Information Literacy Instruction: Selecting an Effective Model

Woodhead Publishing Ltd, September 2011, Pages: 218

An invaluable guide for MLS professionals and students, this new book explains how librarians can select an effective method of library instruction based on their users, the objectives of the instruction and the delivery environment. The content describes the different methods available and in what circumstances the methods are most effective. It includes descriptions of curriculums for the methods currently available and describes a range of objectives the curriculums meet and the common environments librarians use for instruction. Information Literacy Instruction also introduces two new ideas for methods of instruction: one which combines information literacy with cyber-literacy (MLI) forming an instructional method appropriate for internet users and internet information and the Fully Automated Reference Instruction (FARI) that actively involves users with the instruction while completing research they are currently involved in for specific targeted classes.

Key features:

- introduction to multi-literacy instruction
- using instruction to protect users from disinformation on the Internet
- new active learning idea for web based instruction (MLI and FARI)
- presents current research measuring the effectiveness of instruction at increasing library usage
- combines social psychology concept with instruction to develop a persuasive information literacy instruction (ILI) method

Readership: Academic and public librarians, MLS instructors and students at both undergraduate and graduate level institutions.

Introduction
- References

Methods of instruction
- What is information literacy instruction?
- Information literacy instruction: what has it become?
- Teaching methods
- Take-home message
- References

Objectives of instruction
- The role of assessment
- Measuring effectiveness of instruction
- Take-home message
- References

Participant populations, library environments, and learning environments
- Participants
- Library environments
- Learning environments
- Take-home message
- References

Effective ILI methods
- What to consider
- Choosing based on objective
- Choosing based on teaching method comparison
- Choosing based on learning-environment comparison
- Take-home message
- References

The future of information literacy instruction
- Multi-literacy instruction
- Transliteracies
- Other new ideas for ILI
- Take-home message
- References

Appendix: ACRL competencies, standards, performance indicators, and outcomes
- Standard One
- Standard Two
- Standard Three
- Standard Four
- Standard Five
- Index

John Walsh has over 10 years experience in academic and corporate libraries. He is currently a PhD. student of the School for Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. He has been researching the effectiveness of information literacy instruction since 2006 and currently works in access services at Cochise College Libraries in Sierra Vista, AZ.

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