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ERIC Number: EJ1142467
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1051-144X
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Constructing and Reading Visual Information: Visual Literacy for Library and Information Science Education
Ma, Yan
Journal of Visual Literacy, v34 n2 p1-22 2015
This article examines visual literacy education and research for library and information science profession to educate the information professionals who will be able to execute and implement the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Visual Literacy Competency Standards successfully. It is a continuing call for inclusion of visual literacy into the curriculum for library and information science education and research in order to educate students to provide professional services in this visual information world and it is a call for a paradigm shift from text-based information services and research realm to a social construction of meaning, reading, searching, finding meaning in a visual information world.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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