Introduction: This study reports an investigation into the ways in which people engaged in a serious leisure activity can experience using information to learn (also known as information literacy).#R##N##R##N#Method: Data were collected through twenty-two semi-structured, one-on-one, phenomenographic interviews conducted with identified serious leisure participants operating within the area of heritage (as defined by the study).#R##N##R##N#Analysis: Empirical material was gathered through audio recordings and transcripts of the collated interviews. Data were analysed using structural and focused coding methods. #R##N##R##N#Results: The study revealed that serious leisure participants experience using information to learn in four ways: acquiring new information, helping the learning community, self-awareness and entertainment. #R##N##R##N#Conclusions: This study contributes to our understanding of information literacy as it applies to a person’s everyday-life leisure world.
['Andrew E. Demasson', 'Helen Partridge', 'Christine S. Bruce']
Information Literacy and the Serious Leisure Participant: Variation in the Experience of Using Information to Learn.