Creating and Maintaining an Information Literacy Instruction Program in the Twenty-First Century: An Ever-Changing Landscape (Chandos Information Professional Series)

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) set forth Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline. Creating and Maintaining an Information Literacy Instruction Program in the Twenty-First Century provides readers with a real-world, practical guide for creating an instruction program step-by-step, as well as a framework for reviewing, assessing, and updating existing programs. Each chapter focuses on one of the main aspects of the ACRL guidelines. Current research, anecdotal evidence and tools provide the reader with the support and instruments needed to either begin, or reinvigorate, an instruction program. The book begins by placing information literacy in programme context. It then covers how to survey your current program, and how to develop and implementing a program plan. The next chapters concentrate on administrative and institutional support; curriculum integration and campus collaboration; present and future students; pedagogy for the information professional; program marketing and outreach; assessment and future trends. Finally, this book concludes by asking its readers to re-survey their information literacy instruction program landscape once again. Provides a practical, scalable information literacy instruction program framework based upon the 2011 draft ACRL Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices Reflects current scholarship and practice Contains sample worksheets, templates, and assessment instruments The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) set forth Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline. Creating and Maintaining an Information Literacy Instruction Program in the Twenty-First Century provides readers with a real-world, practical guide for creating an instruction program step-by-step, as well as a framework for reviewing, assessing, and updating existing programs. Each chapter focuses on one of the main aspects of the ACRL guidelines. Current research, anecdotal evidence and tools provide the reader with the support and instruments needed to either begin, or reinvigorate, an instruction program.

The book begins by placing information literacy in programme context. It then covers how to survey your current program, and how to develop and implementing a program plan. The next chapters concentrate on administrative and institutional support; curriculum integration and campus collaboration; present and future students; pedagogy for the information professional; program marketing and outreach; assessment and future trends. Finally, this book concludes by asking its readers to re-survey their information literacy instruction program landscape once again.

• Provides a practical, scalable information literacy instruction program framework based upon the 2011 draft ACRL Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices
• Reflects current scholarship and practice
• Contains sample worksheets, templates, and assessment instruments

Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v List of figures and tables , Page xi Acknowledgements , Pages xiii-xv About the author , Page xvii Introduction , Pages xix-xxi 1 - Where are you now? Really? , Pages 1-14 2 - Why are we here and where do we want to go? Program mission, goals and objectives , Pages 15-28 3 - Planning. Yes, more planning , Pages 29-39 4 - Packing for the journey: administrative and institutional support , Pages 41-49 5 - Articulation and collaboration , Pages 51-63 6 - Today’s (and tomorrow’s) student , Pages 65-74 7 - Pedagogy, or “I’m a librarian, not a teacher!” , Pages 75-89 8 - Staffing , Pages 91-106 9 - Outreach and marketing , Pages 107-112 10 - Program and student assessment , Pages 113-127 11 - The road ahead , Pages 129-133 Appendix 1: Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices , Pages 135-143 Appendix 2: Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education , Pages 145-157 Appendix 3: Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians , Pages 159-180 Appendix 4: Association of College and Research Libraries Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators , Pages 181-191 Bibliography , Pages 193-218 Index , Pages 219-224 "The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) set forth Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline. Creating and Maintaining an Information Literacy Instruction Program in the Twenty-First Century provides readers with a real-world, practical guide for creating an instruction program step-by-step, as well as a framework for reviewing, assessing, and updating existing programs. Each chapter focuses on one of the main aspects of the ACRL guidelines. Current research, anecdotal evidence and tools provide the reader with the support and instruments needed to either begin, or reinvigorate, an instruction program. The book begins by placing information literacy in programme context. It then covers how to survey your current program, and how to develop and implementing a program plan. The next chapters concentrate on administrative and institutional support; curriculum integration and campus collaboration; present and future students; pedagogy for the information professional; program marketing and outreach; assessment and future trends. Finally, this book concludes by asking its readers to re-survey their information literacy instruction program landscape once again."--Publisher's description