Information Literacy Teaching in BC Academic Libraries: Research into Critical Approaches to Library Practices

This article reports on research into librarians' critical information literacy (CIL) awareness and teaching practices in BC higher education. The research conducted through online surveys and in-person interviews explores the perceived gap in librarians' knowledge of critical theories that underpin their information literacy practices-that is, the value of learning about and applying theories and measuring the success of information literacy teaching. This research builds on the scholarship of information literacy teaching practices in other Canadian jurisdictions and addresses a gap in the research and scholarship related to CIL pedagogy in Canadian higher education.