Information literacy as professional legitimation

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how the professionalization of school and academic librarianship contributed to the establishment of information literacy as a form of legitimation. Design/methodology/approach Historical analysis via Abbott. Findings The need to obtain and maintain professional status did place school and academic librarians in a vulnerable position during a time of change that forced them to seek a new jurisdiciton of expertise. Originality/value Important for the profession to examine the context of the emergence of a current and important framework.

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