Enough is enough!

Today I spent my reading Owusu-Ansah (2005). His article, “Debating definitions of information literacy: enough is enough!” is essentially a plea for a stop to the constant debates about definitions of information literacy. In his article he briefly charts the background to literacy as well as information literacy. The paper provides a good and relatively up-to-date coverage of the debate over definitions. Owusu-Ansah argues that there is enough consensus with the various definitions that a general understanding can be agreed upon. He argues that Doyle, Eisenberg, ALA definition etc have a common thread. He also states that Bruce has a commonality in to the attributes listed in her research.

This is a very good article and one which should be read by any person wishing to delve into the field.

Owusu-Ansah, E. K. (2005). "Debating definitions of information literacy: enough is enough!" Library Review 54(6): 366-374.