Risk-Informed Information Practice
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-61383-3 (ISBN)
This book offers a novel theoretical, methodological and practical approach for considering how risk responses are informed. As the first full-length treatment of this topic, the book provides insight into how people become knowledgeable about risk, including the various sources of information on which they draw and the social and political conditions that shape access to these information environments. In further centring developmental change, the book also sheds light onto the discontinuities that risk creates as well as the need to adjust to alterations in roles and responsibilities. Resulting in the production of a robust definition and conceptual framework for risk-informed information practice, the book’s broad approach, which involves a consideration of risk understanding alongside the more typical risk perception and management, further integrates reflection on the methodological implications of this work.
The book’s focus on research and practice means that it will be of interest to risk and information professionals, including those with responsibility for risk messaging, information literacy instruction and patient interaction. The conceptual focus further means that this book will be invaluable for information literacy and risk scholars looking to extend their understanding of how people develop knowing when things of value are at stake.
Dr Alison Hicks is an Associate Professor in Library and Information Studies at University College, London (UCL). Her research examines how information literacy practices help people to cope with uncertainty, including risk and transition, within academic, health, everyday and work contexts. She is additionally interested in qualitative, visual and participatory research methods. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Literacy from 2020–2025.
Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introducing risk-informed information practice; Chapter 2: The conceptual background of risk-informed information practice; Chapter 3: Bringing risk into view: A COVID-19 case study; Chapter 4: Understanding risk: Book bans and censorship in UK school libraries; Chapter 5: Managing risk: Learning a language overseas; Chapter 6: The conceptualisation of risk-informed information practice; Chapter 7: Researching risk-informed information practice; Chapter 8. The contributions and future for risk-informed information practice; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Global Perspectives on Library and Information Science |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 470 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-61383-1 / 1032613831 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-61383-3 / 9781032613833 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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