Information Literacy (IL) has been defined by the ACRL as the ability to identify, access, evaluate, and apply information in an ethical manner. However, IL skills are not an ossified set of behaviors, and IL skills cannot evolve in an intellectual vacuum, without the content that allows for such skills to emerge from practice. As such, IL should be contextualized within the structures and modes of thought of particular disciplines. In response, a burgeoning IL in law movement has arisen, applying the standards of identification, accessing, evaluation, application, and ethical analyses to legal information and the research methods and tools unique to the practice of law. This article traces the development of this movement in three distinct jurisdictions: the United States, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.
This paper aims to give an overview of education of librarians, professional associations, publications and the types of libraries in Turkey. In addition, the activities of the Turkish Platform of Law Librarians and law librarianship in Turkey are presented.
First of all, as a recipient of IALL professional development bursary I would like to express my deep appreciation to the IALL president, Jules Winterton, IALL Immediate Past President, Holger Knudsen, Chair of IALL Scholarships Committee, Halvor Kongshavn, IALL Board Members and IALL members for giving me this outstanding opportunity and support to attend the IALL's 27th Annual Course on International Law Librarianship. Special thanks also go out to the members of Local Organizing Committee for their warm and friendly welcome. Moreover, I want to thank our Library Director, Serdar Katipoglu, and our Assistant Library Director, Sami Cukadar, for giving me this unique opportunity to attend the conference.
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