Alison Hicks

Risk-Informed Information Practice

Ways of Knowing in an Uncertain World

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Produktbeschreibung

How do people become informed about risk and why is this important? This book draws upon three case studies to interrogate risk's informational thread, including how people map and orient themselves to risk information as well as how these activities shape their increasingly knowledgeable performance within a risk situation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032613819
• ISBN-10: 1032613815
• Artikelnr.: 72542209

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.