Title: Transforming
Information Literacy Programs:
Intersecting Frontiers of Self, Library Cultures, and Campus Community
Description: This
is a collection of essays on information literacy and its place in the academic
library and within higher education. Rather than more tips and tricks on
classroom management with the one-shot, these essays deal with the success in
general of information literacy programs, librarians as teachers, and
assessment issues, among other topics.
Audience: Academic
librarians and others interested in the teaching of information literacy as an
academic skill.
Major ideas: Information
literacy, despite its importance, is still struggling to make headway on many
campuses. Library/librarian/administrative ambivalence and lack of faculty
buy-in are a couple of reasons for the lack of success, as well as the
difficulties inherent in assessment of these programs.
Wrap-up: This is
probably the best book I’ve read on information literacy in the academic
library setting. I really liked the focus on theory and research (rather than
lore or local experience), and also the emphasis given to the big picture of
information literacy programs. 4/5*
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