cfp: The Information Literacy Framework: Case Studies of Successful Implementation

There is a call for chapters for a book to be published by Rowman and Littlefield in the ALISE book series (ALISE is the North American association for library and information educators). The working title is The Information Literacy Framework: Case Studies of Successful Implementation and the editors are Heidi Julien (University at Buffalo), Melissa Gross (Florida State University) and Don Latham (Florida State University). The book "is intended to help demystify how to incorporate ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education into information literacy instruction in higher education as well as how to teach the new Framework to pre-service librarians as part of their professional preparation. The book will bring together current case studies from academic librarians who are implementing the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education as well as cases from Library and Information Science faculty, who are working to prepare their pre-service students to practice in the new instructional environment. Individual chapters will describe how a library is implementing the Framework, or how the Framework is being taught to pre-service librarians. Chapters will focus on successes, while acknowledging challenges. Authors are expected to be reflective and tie their narratives to existing literature and to theory. Instructional librarians, administrators, educators, and students will benefit from the experiences of the people on the ground who are actively working to make the transition to the Framework in their professional practice."
The deadline for proposals (approx. 500 words) is August 1, 2018, and they should be sent to Heidi Julien (heidijul@buffalo.edu). The final chapters will be about 5000 words and will be due March 1, 2019.
Photo by Sheila Webber: lilac, Blackheath, May 2018