| Year | Information Literacy |
| 1969-1980 | 0 |
| 1980-1985 | 6 |
| 1985-1987 | 4 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1990 | 10 |
| 1991 | 31 |
| 1992 | 18 |
| 1993 | 12 |
| 1994 | 25 |
| 1995 | 60 |
| 1996 | 58 |
| 1997 | 82 |
| 1998 | 108 |
| 1999 | 110 |
| 2000 | 150 |
| 2001 | 167 |
| 2002 | 181 |
| 2003 | 241 |
| 2004 | 239 |
| 2005 | 300 |
| 2006 | 252 |
The aim of the search was to look at growth of literature pertaining to ‘information literacy’ over the past 35 years. Bawden states in his article, that his search (which were more comprehensive than mine) were ‘rough and ready’ and that the searches include ‘book reviews as well as original articles’, however, it does give a ‘general idea of the changing significance of concepts.’
I repeated a similar search, initialling using CSA’s LISA database (Bawden uses both LISA and Social SciSearch). My search has initially focused on the term ‘information literacy’, the results are shown below. I hope to increase this table to include synonymous terms such as media literacy etc – this will suffice for now. It is interesting to note that there are no early references indexed in LISA, and this is perhaps a reminder not to rely on a single source for our research. A great overview of the information literacy literature can be obtained from Rader, Information literacy 1973-2002: a selected literature review, Library Trends; 51 (2) Fall 2002, p.242-59
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