Category: Information Literacy

New Book: Information Literacy and Writing Studies in Conversation

by RoryLitwin

Information Literacy and Writing Studies in Conversation: Reenvisioning Library-Writing Program Connections Author: Andrea Baer Price: $28.00 Published: December 2016 ISBN: 978-1-63400-021-5 Printed on acid-free paper 202 pages Available from Amazon Since library instruction’s very beginnings librarians and writing instructors have been natural partners. Library-writing program connections illustrate that both writing and information seeking and use … Read more New Book: Information Literacy and Writing Studies in Conversation

Interview with Annie Downey about her new book, Critical Information Literacy

by RoryLitwin

Annie Downey has agreed to do an interview with me about her new book with Library Juice Press. Dr. Downey is Associate College Librarian and Director of Research Services at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Annie’s professional aspiration is to occupy a constant state of praxis in her daily work. Her research interests help her … Read more Interview with Annie Downey about her new book, Critical Information Literacy

New: Critical Information Literacy: Foundations, Inspiration, and Ideas

by RoryLitwin

Author: Annie Downey Price: $28.00 Published: July 2016 ISBN: 978-1-63400-024-6 Printed on acid-free paper 204 pages Academic librarians are exploring critical information literacy (CIL) in ever increasing numbers. While a smattering of journal articles and a small number of books have been published on the topic, the conversation around CIL has mostly taken place online, … Read more New: Critical Information Literacy: Foundations, Inspiration, and Ideas

Interview with Angela Pashia

by RoryLitwin

Angela Pashia is an Assistant Professor and the Instructional Services Outreach Librarian at the University of West Georgia, where she regularly teaches a credit bearing information literacy course. She has a Masters in Information Science & Learning Technologies, with an emphasis in library science, from the University of Missouri, and a Masters in Anthropology from … Read more Interview with Angela Pashia

A Decade of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature

by RoryLitwin

A Decade of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature By Eamon Tewell From Communications in Information Literacy, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2015) ABSTRACT As information literacy continues in its centrality to many academic libraries’ missions, a line of inquiry has developed in response to ACRL’s charge to develop information literate citizens. The literature … Read more A Decade of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature

Drabinski receives 2015 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award

by RoryLitwin

For Immediate Release Thu, 03/05/2015 Contact: Chase Ollis Program Coordinator ACRL collis@ala.org CHICAGO — Emily Drabinski, coordinator of instruction at Long Island University-Brooklyn, has been chosen as the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award for her article “Toward a Kairos … Read more Drabinski receives 2015 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award

Interview with Andrea Baer

by RoryLitwin

Andrea Baer is the Undergraduate Education Librarian at Indiana University-Bloomington. She holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Washington and a Masters in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee. Andrea’s work in libraries and education is deeply informed by her teaching background in writing and literature and by her interests in … Read more Interview with Andrea Baer

Interview with Andrea Baer

by RoryLitwin

Andrea Baer is the Undergraduate Education Librarian at Indiana University-Bloomington, as well as an Adjunct Lecturer for the University of Tennessee’s School of Information Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Washington and a Masters in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee. Andrea teaches two classes for Library Juice … Read more Interview with Andrea Baer

New book: Informed Agitation

by RoryLitwin

Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond Editor: Melissa Morrone Price: $35.00 Published: February 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-87-1 In librarianship today, we encourage voices from our field to join conversations in other disciplines as well as in the broader culture. People who work in libraries and are sympathetic to, or directly … Read more New book: Informed Agitation

Interview with Andrea Baer

by RoryLitwin

Andrea Baer holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Washington and a Masters in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee. She is teaching a class for Library Juice Academy next month, titled, Information Literacy, Composition Studies, and Higher Order Thinking. She has graciously agreed to do an interview for the Library … Read more Interview with Andrea Baer

New Title: Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis

by RoryLitwin

Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis Editors: Shana Higgins and Lua Gregory Price: $32.00 Published: September 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-56-7 Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis extends the discussion of information literacy and its social justice aspects begun by James Elmborg, Heidi L.M. Jacobs, Cushla Kapitzke, Maria T. Accardi, Emily Drabinski, and … Read more New Title: Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis

Just published: Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction

by RoryLitwin

Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction Author: Maria T. Accardi Price: $22.00 Published: July 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-55-0 Number 3 in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, Series Editor Providing both a theoretical framework and practical guidance, this title introduces feminist pedagogy to librarians seeking to enrich their teaching practices … Read more Just published: Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction

Elitism

by RoryLitwin

I am going to link to an editorial that is not like what we normally link to here, but it is on a favorite topic of mine, one that I have written about here before (here, here, here, and here), in order to continue asking a question and perhaps to challenge our faith as librarians. … Read more Elitism

Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, and the Value of Our Values

by RoryLitwin

ACRL has embarked on the important, even urgent, initiative to support academic libraries in articulating and demonstrating their value to their institutions at a time in which higher education in general finds itself constantly defending its value. Accountability at numerous levels, from our federal government to our university boards of trustees, is the clarion call … Read more Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, and the Value of Our Values

Interview with Maria Accardi

by RoryLitwin

I have just done an interview with Maria Accardi for the Library Juice Academy news blog. Maria is teaching a class next month called, “Changing Lives, Changing the World: Information Literacy and Critical Pedagogy.” This course is based on part on work that she did leading up to her co-editing the book published by Library … Read more Interview with Maria Accardi

Lifelong Learning, Even for Undergraduates

by RoryLitwin

I just listened to the latest episode of Steve Thomas’s podcast, “Circulating Ideas,” with academic librarians Lauren Pressley and Lynda Kellam. Towards the end of the show, they discussed how they’re teaching their students to evaluate information but questioned how they’re doing with the “finding things” part. “Are they [the students] making the connection that … Read more Lifelong Learning, Even for Undergraduates