Forster, Marc ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5942-3169 (2026) Phenomenography. In: The Information Literacy Handbook: Charting the Discipline. Facet Publishing, London. ISBN 9781783306343 (In Press)

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Abstract

Does information literacy (IL) have the same meaning for those who use information from different information worlds and for different purposes, with different understandings of
what information is and what it’s for? A comparison of IL experiences between different groups suggests not; why, how and when insurance brokers (Inskip & Donaldson, 2017)
and web designers (Sayyad Abdi et al., 2013), for instance, use information seems to result in different IL experiences, arguably for those very reasons. Studies like these suggest,
however, that collective IL experiences exist within communities with such collective understandings and purposes, and a coherent analysis of those experiences is possible.

Item Type:	Book Chapter or Section
Additional Information:	This is a preprint of a chapter accepted for publication by Facet Publishing. This extract has been taken from the author’s original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive version of this piece may be found in <'The Information Literacy Handbook: Charting the Discipline'edited by Karen F.Kaufmann & Clarence Maybee, 20226>, Facet, London and can be purchased from www.facetpubishing.co.uk. The author agrees not to update the preprint or replace it with the published version of the chapter.
Keywords:	Information experiences; qualitative methods; workplace and everyday life; information literacy education; Informed learning.
Subjects:	Library and information sciences
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2026
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/14686

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