Friday, March 30, 2012

Information Literacy Beyond Library 2.0: new book

Godwin, P. and Parker, J. (Eds) (2012) Information Literacy Beyond Library 2.0. London: Facet. ISBN: 978-1-85604-762-3
"Part 1 explores the most recent trends in technology, consumption and literacy, while Part 2 is a resource bank of international case studies that demonstrate the key trends and their effect on information literacy and offer innovative ideas to put into practice. Part 3 assesses the impact of these changes on librarians and what skills and knowledge they must acquire to evolve alongside their users."
More info at http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7623
You can download chapter 1, by Peter Godwin, for free "Library 2.0: a retrospective": http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/downloads/file/godwin&p-ch1.pdf
Photo by Sheila Webber: Cherry Blossom, March 2012.

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