Teaching Information Literacy for Lifelong Professional Use

This paper presents a pilot study carried out in 2015-2016. The main aims of the project was to map information literacy practices among nurses in primary health care and make a summary of previous research focusing on known obstacles. A further aim of the literature review was to identify good sol...

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Main Author: Margrethe Bakstad Søvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bergen 2016-12-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education
Online Access:https://noril.uib.no/article/view/2491
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Summary:This paper presents a pilot study carried out in 2015-2016. The main aims of the project was to map information literacy practices among nurses in primary health care and make a summary of previous research focusing on known obstacles. A further aim of the literature review was to identify good solutions and best practice. In spring 2016 a questionnaire was sent out to nurses working in nursing homes in Bergen, Norway. This presentation will outline specificities of IL in the health care context and will then present a few results from the questionnaire connected to this specific context. 
ISSN:1890-5900