Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2010
Publication Title
College and Research Libraries News
First page number:
532
Last page number:
533; 567
Abstract
Transliteracy is recent terminology gaining currency in the library world. It is a broad term encompassing and transcending many existing concepts. Because transliteracy is not a library-centric concept, many in the profession are unsure what the term means and how it relates to libraries’ instructional mission and to other existing ideas about various literacies. Transliteracy is such a new concept that its working definition is still evolving and many of its tenets can easily be misinterpreted. Although this term is in flux, academic librarians should watch developments in this new field to continually assess and understand what impact it may have on the ways they assist and interact with their patrons and each other.
Keywords
Libraries; Library science; Media literacy; Technological literacy
Disciplines
Archival Science | Communication Technology and New Media | Library and Information Science
Language
English
Publisher Citation
Ipri, T. (2010). Introducing transliteracy: What does it mean to academic libraries? College & Research Library News, 71, 532-533, 567. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/532.full
Repository Citation
Ipri, T. A.
(2010).
Introducing transliteracy: What does it mean to academic libraries?.
College and Research Libraries News
532-533; 567.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/106