Secker, Jane, and Emma Coonan, eds. Rethinking Information Literacy: A Practical Framework for Supporting Learning. London: Facet, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-85604-822-4
From the Publisher
Based on groundbreaking research undertaken by editors Jane Secker and
Emma Coonan as part of the prestigious Arcadia Program at Cambridge
University, UK, this book presents a new and dynamic information
literacy curriculum developed for the 21st-century information
professional. The authors adopt a broad definition of information
literacy that encompasses social as well as academic environments and
situates information literacy as a fundamental attribute of the
discerning scholar and the informed citizen. It seeks to address in a
modular, flexible and holistic way the developing information needs of
students entering higher education over the next five years.
The book is organized around the ten “strands” of the new curriculum, which cover the whole landscape of information literacy development required to succeed as an undergraduate in higher education. Interweaving the editors' research and the reflections of internationally recognized experts from the library, education, and information literacy fields, including Moira Bent, Andy Priestner, Sarah Pavey, Geoff Walton and Elizabeth Tilley, it illustrates how and why this new curriculum will work in practice. Detailed appendices present the curriculum, lesson plans and tools for institutional audit, giving readers all the tools they need to implement it successfully in their institutions.
The table of contents and chapter 1 of the book are available online.
The book is organized around the ten “strands” of the new curriculum, which cover the whole landscape of information literacy development required to succeed as an undergraduate in higher education. Interweaving the editors' research and the reflections of internationally recognized experts from the library, education, and information literacy fields, including Moira Bent, Andy Priestner, Sarah Pavey, Geoff Walton and Elizabeth Tilley, it illustrates how and why this new curriculum will work in practice. Detailed appendices present the curriculum, lesson plans and tools for institutional audit, giving readers all the tools they need to implement it successfully in their institutions.
The table of contents and chapter 1 of the book are available online.
