Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.

Introduction / Sarah McNicol --PART 1: THEORIES OF CRITICAL LITERACY. 1. Renegotiating the place of fiction in libraries through critical literacy / Sarah McNicol -- 2. Death of the Author(ity): Repositioning students as constructors of meaning in information literacy instruction / Jessica Critten -- 3. Reading health education comics critically, challenging power relationships / Sarah McNicol -- 4. Reframing librarian approaches to international student information literacy through the lens of New Literacy Studies / Alison Hicks -- 5. Using new literacies to discuss disability in the library / J.J. Pionke -- 6. "Anyone can cook": critical literacy in the workplace / Andrew Whitworth -- 7. Social justice, adult learning and critical literacy / Jennifer Lau-Bond --

PART 2: CRITICAL LITERACY IN PRACTICE. 8. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Teaching Media Literacy / Michael Cherry -- 9. Curricular and extra-curricular opportunities to engage school students in critical literacy in England / Rebecca Jones -- 10. New media and critical literacy in secondary schools / Joel Crowley -- 11. Critical literacy and academic honesty: a school librarian's role and contribution / Anthony Tilke -- 12. Engaging Undergraduate Communications Students in critical information literacy / Rachel Elizabeth Scott -- 13. Exploring pedagogical implications of students' search mediation experiences though the lens of critical information literacy / Sarah Clark -- 14. Diffusing critical web literacy in a teacher education setting: initial reflections and future planning / Evangelia Bougatzeli and Efi Papadimitriou.