1st Edition
Risk-Informed Information Practice Ways of Knowing in an Uncertain World
Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introducing risk-informed information practice; Chapter 2: The conceptual background of risk-informed information practice; Chapter 3: Bringing risk into view: A COVID-19 case study; Chapter 4: Understanding risk: Book bans and censorship in UK school libraries; Chapter 5: Managing risk: Learning a language overseas; Chapter 6: The conceptualisation of risk-informed information practice; Chapter 7: Researching risk-informed information practice; Chapter 8. The contributions and future for risk-informed information practice; Index.
Biography
Dr Alison Hicks is an Associate Professor in Library and Information Studies at University College, London (UCL). Her research examines how information literacy practices help people to cope with uncertainty, including risk and transition, within academic, health, everyday and work contexts. She is additionally interested in qualitative, visual and participatory research methods. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Literacy from 2020–2025.
