"Explains how information literacy (IL) is essential to the contemporary workplace and is fundamental to competent, ethical and evidence-based practice. In today's information-driven workplace, information professionals must know when research evidence or relevant legal, business, personal or other information is required, how to find it, how to critique it and how to integrate it into their knowledge base. To fail to do so may result in defective and unethical practice which could have devastating consequences for clients or employers. There is an ethical requirement for information professionals to meet best practice standards to achieve the best outcome possible for the client. This demands highly focused and complex information searching, assessment and critiquing skills. Using a range of new perspectives, Information Literacy in the Workplace demonstrates several aspects of IL's presence and role in the contemporary workplace, including IL's role in assuring competent practice, its value to employers as a return on investment, and its function as an ethical safeguard in the duty and responsibilities professionals have to clients, students and employers." -- Provided by publisher.

Foreword-- Information Literacy and the workplace : new concepts, new perspectives?-- How is Information Literacy experienced in the workplace? -- Information Literacy and the personal dimension : team players, empowered clients and career development -- From transaction to transformation : organizational learning and knowledge creation experience within informed systems -- Virtuality at work : an enabler of professional Information Literacy -- Determining the value of Information Literacy for employers -- Information Literacy's role in workplace competence, 'best practice' and the ethics of professional obligation -- Learning within for beyond : exploring a workplace Information Literacy design -- Developing information professional competences in disciplinary domains : a challenge for higher education -- The 'hidden' value of Information Literacy in the workplace context : how to unlock and create value -- The 'Workplace Experience Framework' and evidence-based Information Literacy education.