The University of Sheffield
Information School

Research Priorities and Projects

On this page we identify our priority areas for future research, and existing projects in the field.

Priority areas for research

  • Conceptualising information literacy as a field of research and study;

  • Exploring the relationship between information behaviour and information literacy;

  • Developing and evaluating research methodologies appropriate to investigating information literacy;

  • Investigating the nature and impact of pedagogy for information literacy (teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum design);

  • Organisational strategies and structures for information literacy development;

  • Information literacy in the workplace;

  • Information literacy for citizenship in the information society and for lifelong learning.

Recent recsearch grants are: