Information literacy Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/information-literacy/ The magazine for the library and information sector Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:01:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://incite.alia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-logo-32x32.png Information literacy Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/information-literacy/ 32 32 Building Reading Culture: The Big Summer Read https://incite.alia.org.au/building-reading-culture-the-big-summer-read/ https://incite.alia.org.au/building-reading-culture-the-big-summer-read/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:34:28 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=2400 The Big Summer Read (BSR) is a national, library‑led summer reading campaign delivered locally through public libraries across Australia. Rather than focusing on reading levels or performance outcomes, the program centres reading for pleasure, choice and inclusion.

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]]> https://incite.alia.org.au/building-reading-culture-the-big-summer-read/feed/ 0 Knowledge, reading and culture https://incite.alia.org.au/knowledge-reading-and-culture-the-judgements-libraries-cannot-outsource/ https://incite.alia.org.au/knowledge-reading-and-culture-the-judgements-libraries-cannot-outsource/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:50:36 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=250 Adult non-fiction is where libraries stop sounding abstract and start making calls. This item or that one. Credible or crank. Solid synthesis or confident nonsense. Worth a place in a public collection, or not. These decisions happen every day, thousands of times, in every public library—and they are epistemic judgements whether we call them that… Read More »

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