Web designers and developers experiences of information literacy: A phenomenographic study

Publication date: Available online 5 December 2016 Source:Library & Information Science Research Author(s): Elham Sayyad Abdi, Helen Partridge, Christine Bruce The qualitative research reported here identifies how web designers and developers experience information literacy. Using a phenomenographic approach, this cohort's experience is presented through a map of variation, which includes four different ways of experiencing information literacy. Analysis of 23 in-depth interviews with web workers from different stages of the web design and development process suggested the four ways web workers experience information literacy: staying informed, building a successful website, solving a problem or participating in a community of practice. The study advances the existing understanding of the concept of information literacy, especially in a professional context and from a relational perspective. Additionally, using the web professionals' world as the context of the study, the research contributes to the field of website design and development by shedding light on less-researched information experiences of people involved in the web industry.
Source: Library and Information Science Research - Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: research