New Information Literacy Instruction - (Best Practices in Library Services) by Patrick Ragains & M Sandra Wood (Paperback)

About the Book

The new ACRL information literacy concepts brings renewed interest in information literacy instruction and skills for librarians. The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best Practices offers guidance in planning for and implementing information literacy instruction programs...

Book Synopsis

The new ACRL information literacy concepts brings renewed interest in information literacy instruction and skills for librarians. The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best Practices offers guidance in planning for and implementing information literacy instruction programs in a wide range of instructional situations. As librarians take a new look at information literacy instruction, this essential book will help guide you in creating and maintaining a quality instruction program.

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[This] is a volume I am sure to refer to in the future as my patrons' ILI needs change. Showing ACRL's 2015 Framework through real-life examples not only provides readers an opportunity to reflect on the status of their current programs, but also provides information on the ways in which they might incorporate the six frame for patrons and staff alike. This book is recommended for any library that supports any level of research.

The book's collection of edited chapters can be read and enjoyed individually or as a whole. The editors have done an excellent job of highlighting instruction examples and case studies that should appeal to librarians with interest in ideas, approaches, and models for instructional engagement that may span one-shot sessions through complete academic courses.... This very valuable and informative book reflects this interesting time of transition in library information literacy instruction, where within different timeframes, and to varying degrees, many librarians are engaging and experimenting with the Framework in their current instructional programs. Like the Framework, this book will challenge librarians to give fresh consideration to many of their current instructional practices.

The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best Practices, edited by Pat Ragains and M. Sandra Wood, is a valuable addition to instructional practices in all kinds of libraries, in particular academic libraries. The publication of this work is timely in light of the Association of College & Research Libraries recently revised Information Literacy Framework, which translates professional standards into more practical application. Each chapter addresses specific areas of library instruction, including discipline-specific to special literacies, all within the context of our professional information literacy guidelines. Librarians can adapt the examples provided or use them as a springboard for creating their own best practices in their liaison areas or specific areas of focus for providing information literacy instruction.

The New Information LiteracyInstruction: Best Practices is one of those smart and uncommon volumes that genuinely advances the field. Editors Ragains and Wood have assembled a valuable collection of essays from authors who represent the new guard of information literacy practitioners and innovators.

About the Author

Patrick Ragains is Business and Government Information Librarian at the University of Nevada, Reno. He holds an MLS from the University of Arizona (1987) and an MA in History from Northern Arizona University (1984). He has edited Information Literacy Instruction That Works: A Guide to Teaching by Discipline and Student Population (ALA/Neal-Schuman, 2013) and has published articles in American Libraries, Communications in Information Literacy, Journal of Government Information, portal: Libraries & the Academy, and Research Strategies. He is former chair of the ACRL Research Committee and is active in the ACRL Instruction Section.

M. Sandra Wood, MLS, MBA, is Librarian Emerita, Penn State University Libraries, and a Fellow of the Medical Library Association. Ms. Wood is founding and current editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly (in its 34th volume). She was a librarian for over thirty-five years at the George T. Harrell Library, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, specializing in reference, education, and database services. Ms. Wood has written or edited more than 12 books, the latest two entitled Health Sciences Librarianship and Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices (both with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014).