The Information Literacy Cookbook: Ingredients, Recipes and Tips for Success (Chandos Information Professional Series)

This book, aimed at an international audience, provides an overview of Information Literacy (IL) in practice; what it is, why it's become so important in the library profession and demonstrates how librarians can cultivate a better understanding of IL in their own organisations. It uses the 'Cookbook' theme throughout to provide a more informal approach, which will appeal to practitioners, and also reflects the need to provide guidance in the form of recipes, tips for success, regional variations, and possible substitutions if ingredients aren't available. This approach makes it easy to read and highly valuable for the busy information professional. It includes an overview of information literacy in higher education, the schools sector, public libraries, the health service and the commercial sector. It also includes contributions from international authors.* Highly readable for busy information professionals * Contains advice, case studies and examples of good practice particularly useful for practitioners * Relevant to librarians from all sectors Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyright , Page iv Acknowledgements , Page vii Introducing the chefs: about the authors , Pages ix-xiv 1 - Appetisers and aperitifs: getting started with the information literacy cookbook , Pages 1-9 , Jane Secker, Debbi Boden, Gwyneth Price 2 - Feeding the masses: digital citizenship and the public library , Pages 11-25 , Rónán O’Beirne 3 - Healthy mind, healthy body: digital literacy in the NHS , Pages 27-43 , Di Millen, Helen Roberts 4 - Information discovery stir-fry: information literacy in the commercial sector , Pages 45-69 , Angela Donnelly, Carey Craddock 5 - Alone in the kitchen: when you’re the only one providing the service , Pages 71-89 , Sarah Hinton 6 - Educating the palate of pupils and teachers: recipes for success in school libraries , Pages 91-109 , Rebecca Jones 7 - Variety is the spice of life, or choosing your toppings with care: information literacy challenges in the further education sector , Pages 111-122 , Gwyneth Price, Jane Del-Pizzo 8 - Information literacy beef bourguignon (also known as information skills stew or i-skills casserole): the higher education sector , Pages 123-152 , Jane Secker, Debbi Boden, Gwyneth Price 9 - Conclusion: coffee, cheese, biscuits and petit fours , Pages 153-157 , Jane Secker, Debbi Boden, Gwyneth Price Index , Pages 159-162 Aimed at an international audience, this book provides an overview of information literacy (IL); what it is, and why it's become so important in the library profession. It also demonstrates how librarians can cultivate a better understanding of IL in their own organisations