Information literacy and the world of work: is an alliance possible, in Italy?

Abstract

The recent reshaping of the world of work has brought into the limelight the issue of employability, i.e. the ability to know how to actively seek, find and keep a job. The article provides a few questions, insights, scientific resources and practical suggestions in order to analyze the issue with a specific focus on information literacy.
The text consists of three parts: the first one examines the national and international (i.e. European) active labour market policies; the second part provides a first LIS literature review about the relationship between information literacy and the world of work; the last part describes an Italian pilot project accomplished by a job center thanks to European funds: a training course for young entrepreneurs given by a heterogeneous team of professionals, including a full module of information literacy.