Information Literacy and the Digitalisation of the Workplace

Gunilla Widén is Professor of Information Studies and Vice Rector for Education at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Finland, and holds the title of Docent in Information Management at University of Tampere, Finland. Her research interests have focused on the role of information as a resource in organisations as well as in everyday life. She has led several large projects financed by the Academy of Finland, such as the impact of information literacy in the digital workplace (2016–20). She is currently leading research on trust in information, part of the project Diversity, Trust and Two-Way Integration (Mobile Futures) funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC), Academy of Finland (2021–26), and on cultural policy decision-making, the case of Helsinki Central Libary Oodi, in the PolyCul project funded by the Norweigan Research Council (2021–24). José Teixeira defended his doctoral dissertation entitled ‘Coopetition in an Open Source Way’ in 2018. With an educational background in both computer science and management, he worked in the industry developing and deploying information systems at Wipro, Tesco, Airbus and Nokia. His research interests cover open-source software, coopetition, social network analysis, information practices and information literacy. José communicates his research results both to the Information Systems and the Library and Information Science research communities.

Introduction: Advancing Theory on Workplace Information Literacy
Farhan Ahmad and Gunilla Widén

1 Literature Review: In Search of the Many Meanings of Information Literacy
José Teixeira and Muhaimin Karim

2 Digital Literacy in a Post-Digital Era: Rethinking ‘Literacy’ as Sociomaterial Practice
Mika Mård and Anette Hallin

3 Methodological Choices of Information Literacy at the Workplace: Qualitative, Quantitative or Mixed-Methods?
Shahrokh Nikou and Farhan Ahmad

4 Investigating Information Seeking and Information Sharing Using Digital Trace Data
José Teixeira

5 Making Do with Limited Transparency of Sensitive Information in Secretive Organisations: Collective Information Literacy Through Hinting
Inti José Lammi and Anette Hallin

6 Information Literacy Competencies for Career Transitions in the Digital Age
Marina Milosheva, Hazel Hall, Peter Robertson and Peter Cruickshank

7 The Importance of Information Literacy for Work Satisfaction in a World-Wide-Workplace Context
Angela Djupsjöbacka, Jannica Heinström and Eva Österbacka

8 Entrepreneurs’ Digital Information Sources Selection: A Perspective on the Impact of Information Literacy and Generational Differences
Thao Orrensalo, Malin Brännback and Shahrokh Nikou

9 Conclusion: Workplace Information Literacy as the Literacy of the Digital Workplace
Isto Huvila, Gunilla Widén, Farhan Ahmad and José Texeira