The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best Practices

Information Labs: The Next Best Thing in Information Literacy Instruction?

As higher education transforms itself from a lecture-dominated enterprise to one that encourages active engagement by the students with the curriculum, librarians have a new avenue for inserting themselves into the educational mission of the university. At Purdue University, the libraries have been successful integrating problem-based learning activities into curricula in several departments. O...

A New Approach to Literacy Instruction

can still remember the rich mixture of excitement and terror as I perched on the wobbly seat of my big sister's red and white Schwinn bicycle, pointing down the lawn toward the driveway. My father firmly held me and the bike upright as he began to push gently forward. We were moving, gaining momentum , my legs still limp on the pedals. As he had carefully warned, he ran alongside, gradually let...

To the instruction cave, librarian!: Graphic novels and information literacy

Critical analysis on best practices in health literacy.

From a holistic perspective, health literacy is a requirement for the well-being of entire populations. It moves beyond the focus on individuals to consider the role of organizations and systems. This perspective offers a context for discussing best practices in health literacy, and implications for research and policy development. This paper offers an overview of the best practices that were p...

Information literacy practices and student protests: mapping community information landscapes

Introduction. This paper provides a contribution to understandings of information literacy regarding context and transferability of information practices. Specifically, the paper analyses the subset of information practices in situations of student protests and addresses issues of transfer of information literacy practice from a highly formal landscape to a highly non-formal and unstructured la...