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Metaliteracies, creative practitioners and art libraries: a critical review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2017

Duncan Chappell
Duncan Chappell*
Affiliation:
Academic Liaison Librarian, Glasgow School of Art, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RF, UK Email: d.chappell@gsa.ac.uk
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Abstract

How do artists, designers, architects and craftspeople seek and deploy information in support of their practice? It is a question that is of central importance to the learning and teaching that art libraries provide, yet one that has also been subject to much debate within the historical and contemporary literature. An attentive reading of this literature reveals three fundamental metanarratives, each underpinned by a particular epistemology, and it is these narratives that have then informed how institutions construct, embed and assess the teaching of information skills to their readers. Only by critically evaluating the literature is it possible to resituate our own practice and that of our respective institutions within a paradigm that is most appropriate for our particular contexts. It is also possible to identify gaps in our collective professional understanding, in the hope of signposting avenues of research potential for the future.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 42 , Special Issue 2: Information Literacy in UK and US Art Libraries , April 2017 , pp. 66 - 72
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Copyright © ARLIS/UK&Ireland 2017 

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