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Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration across Disciplines

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Reviewed:: Sep 28, 2021 by Library and Information Services

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Overview:: This collection brings together scholarship and pedagogy from multiple perspectives and disciplines, offering nuanced and complex perspectives on Information Literacy in the second decade of the 21st century. Taking as a starting point the concerns that prompted the Association of Research Libraries (ACRL) to review the Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education and develop the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2015), the chapters in this collection consider six frameworks that place students in the role of both consumer and producer of information within today's collaborative information environments. Contributors respond directly or indirectly to the work of the ACRL, providing a bridge between past/current knowledge and the future and advancing the notion that faculty, librarians, administrators, and external stakeholders share responsibility and accountability for the teaching, learning, and research of Information Literacy.
Type of Material:: Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:: The textbook is not written for students, but rather to inform and inspire information literacy instructors and administrators. It can be used in a library science class, as homework, by individuals or teams and for assignments
Technical Requirements:: Web browser and PDF viewer needed.
Identify Major Learning Goals:: The goal of this textbook is to provide information to instructors, librarians, and administrators about various approaches to teaching information literacy skills which take into account the new ACRL IL Framework.
Target Student Population:: Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: Grounding in information literacy and pedagogy.

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Strengths:: This well-rounded book explores a variety of approaches to information literacy, informed by pedagogy and the ACRL framework. For those struggling to accommodate the IL framework in their classes, some of the chapters provide some novel approaches which might be considered. For administrators, information and research on the place of information literacy in the curriculum is discussed.
Concerns:: None.

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Strengths:: This textbook can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used to teach various concepts, open pathways for discussion to find other ways that are applicable in a specific university. This textbook can also be used to create assignments further than reading; students can be required to design their own plan for collaboration.
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Strengths:: Since this is a textbook there is no need for instructions. Users will either use the textbook as assigned by the professor or read which chapters pertain to what they are researching at the time.
Concerns:: Could use a brief summary of each chapter on the Table of Contents page.

Other Issues and Comments:: This is a wonderful Open Access Textbook on Information Literacy. The idea of collaboration is something that pertains to all librarians and the ideas that can be learned from others that have accomplished this collaboration is very helpful. It can be used as both a starting point and a blueprint for design.
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