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From Information Literacy Toward Information Illiteracy

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Information Literacy: Moving Toward Sustainability (ECIL 2015)

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The objective of this paper is to explore the concept of information literacy in relation to the constant changes in technology, communication channels and habits. The findings show that new releases of computer programs (software) and devices (hardware), as well as new models of communication tools and channels, services, professional measurement devices, and techniques have a significant role in creating information illiteracy already information literate people. The findings of this work help to better understand the nature of the information literacy phenomenon in modern society. On the one hand, the causes for the accelerating obsolete of skills are linked to technology development in general. On the other hand, the causes are directly linked with the industrial concept of planned obsolescence. This latter concept has a direct impact on the ever faster obsolescence of skills and information literacy.

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  1. Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ksenija Tokić

  2. INA- Industrija nafte d.d., Zagreb, Croatia

    Ivo Tokić

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  1. Dept. of Information Management, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Türkiye

    Serap Kurbanoglu

  2. DICEN IDF EA 7369, Université Paris Descartes DICEN IDF EA 7369, Paris, France

    Joumana Boustany

  3. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Sonja Špiranec

  4. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Esther Grassian

  5. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Diane Mizrachi

  6. School of Information, The University of Texas School of Information, Austin, TX, USA

    Loriene Roy

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Tokić, K., Tokić, I. (2015). From Information Literacy Toward Information Illiteracy. In: Kurbanoglu, S., Boustany, J., Špiranec, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Roy, L. (eds) Information Literacy: Moving Toward Sustainability. ECIL 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 552. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28197-1_19

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