Renegotiating the place of fiction in libraries through critical literacy

McNicol, SL (2016) Renegotiating the place of fiction in libraries through critical literacy. In: Critical Literacy for Information Professionals. Facet Publishing. ISBN 9781783300822

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Abstract

While information literacy usually focuses on the use of non-fiction texts, critical literacy is often explored through various forms of fiction. This chapter explores how by adopting critical literacy approaches, libraries across all sectors may find opportunities to use fictional texts in new ways to explore different notions of ‘truth’ through critical readings.