New issue of Journal of Information Literacy

JILThe latest issue of the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) is now available, and includes reports on the Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC 2014) by the two Student Award winners.

The Journal of Information Literacy is the international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, and aims to investigate information literacy (IL) across a wide range of settings.

The contents of Issue 8 (1) are as follows:

Editorial
A matter of perspective, Jane Secker

 Articles
Assessing information literacy programmes using information search tasks.  Nikolas Leichner, Johannes Peter, Anne-Kathrin Mayer, Günter Krampen

Bilingual workplaces: integrating cultural approaches to information literacy into foreign language educational practices.  Alison Hicks

The creation of a university library outreach programme to develop the information literacy of further education students: an interactive approach to support transition.  Lisa Anderson, Stephen Bull

Articles from LILAC
Exploring the lived information-seeking experiences of mature students.  Sarah Clark

Projects
AMORES – Discovering a love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity. Geoff Walton

Information literacy: a matter of course.  Elizabeth Tilley

Graduate information literacy in online education using the embedded librarian model. Lauryl A. Lefebvre, Martha C. Yancey

Conference corner
LILAC 2014 Conference report: a student’s perspective.  Amanda Brennan

LILAC and IL: Views from outside the academy.  Penny C S Andrews

Book reviews
Book Review of Heine, C. and O’Connor, D. 2014. Teaching information fluency: how to teach students to be efficient, ethical and critical information consumers. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press.  Jennifer Wilson

Book Review of Hepworth, M. and Walton, G. (eds). 2013. Developing people’s information capabilities. Bingley: Emerald.  Evi Tramantza

Book review of Baker, K. 2013. Information literacy and cultural heritage. Cambridge: Chandos Publishing.  Lorna Hughes

Book review of Crawford, J. and Irving, C. 2013. Information literacy and lifelong learning: policy issues, the workplace, health and public libraries. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. Natasha Skeen


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