Appleton, Leo; Grandal Montero, Gustavo and Jones, Abigail. 2017. Creative Approaches to Information Literacy for Creative Arts Students. Communications in Information Literacy, 11(1), pp. 147-167. ISSN 1933-5954 [Article]

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This paper discusses the information literacy requirements of art and design students, and how traditional approaches to information literacy education are not always appropriate for these particular students. The paper argues that different, creative, and innovative approaches to information literacy training need to be developed with the specific learning styles of this group of students in mind and that using a radical information literacy approach, incorporating the specific nature of the art and design information landscape, enables this. Using the University of the Arts London (UAL) as a specific art and design higher education institution, the paper shares three separate case studies which demonstrate such approaches including the incorporation of drawing, object-based learning, and enquiry-based learning into information literacy.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	art students; design students; drawing; visual literacy; object based learning; art and design; arts education
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Library
Dates:	Date Event 1 June 2017 Published 1 December 2016 Accepted
Item ID:	20883
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2017 10:16
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2020 16:29
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20883

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