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The Role of Information Institutions in Promoting Information Literacy and Access to Information for Sustainable Development in the Post-Truth Era: The Case of Sweden
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Information Systems and Technology. (Forum for Digitalization)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9959-4336
2020 (English)In: Open Access Implications for Sustainable Social, Political, and Economic Development / [ed] Jain, P., Mnjama, N. and Oladokun, O., IGI Global, 2020, p. 78-99Chapter in book (Refereed)
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Abstract [en]

The right to access government information has been a key element of sustainable development since the 1992 Rio Declaration. It is further recognized in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Therefore, governments are through open government initiatives making information available to the citizens. This is based on a supposition that everyone is information literate and yet this is not the case. Information literacy is defined as the ability to be able to act on the information that is provided to us citizens. Being able to locate, evaluate, and ethically use information is an ability that is crucial to the citizens' participation in society. It requires individuals to be in possession of a set of skills that can enable them to recognize when information is needed to be able to locate, evaluate, and use it effectively. Information institutions have been the gateways to knowledge, and hence, their resources and services have been crucial to the development of information literate, creative, and innovative societies. This study sought to establish how the information institutions in Sweden were promoting information literacy in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 16 amidst the post-truth era. The author has applied a qualitative research methodology where interviews have been used as a data collecting technique.

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IGI Global, 2020. p. 78-99
Keywords [en]
Post-Truth, Information Institutions, Sustainable Information Practices, Information Literacy, Critical Information Literacy, Information Access, UN Sustainable Development Goals
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-39950DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5018-2.ch005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85137468495ISBN: 9781799850199 (electronic)ISBN: 9781799850182 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-39950DiVA, id: diva2:1470207
Available from: 2020-09-24 Created: 2020-09-24 Last updated: 2022-11-22Bibliographically approved

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