Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Call for chapter proposals: Teaching Information Literacy by Discipline

There is a call for chapter proposals for a new edited collection on adapting the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education to specific disciplines, provisionally entitled Teaching Information Literacy by Discipline: Using and Creating Adaptations of the Framework, to be published by the Association of College & Research Libraries in 2024. "Proposals can reference uses of the ACRL's official Framework companion documents or other disciplinary adaptations created and used by the author(s)."
Proposals (250 to 500 words long) should be sent to Scott Libson (scott.libson@yale.edu) and Malia Willey (willeyme@jmu.edu) by 13 February 2023 accompanied by a CV. Proposals should make connections between the Framework and applications to a discipline. First drafts of chapters (approximately 2,500 words will be due on 10 July 2023.
"The book will be divided into sections based on broad subject areas. Within each section, chapters will focus on a particular discipline. The tentative outline is as follows:
"- Section 1: Arts (Chapter 1: Art, Architecture, and Design - Can include work based on the The Framework for Visual Literacy in Higher Education; Chapter 2: Music; Chapter 3: Theatre; Proposals on other art disciplines are encouraged!)
"- Section 2: Humanities (Chapter 4: History - Can include work based on the Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy; Chapter 5: Journalism - Can include work based on the Journalism companion document; Chapter 6: English - Can include work based on the Research Competencies in Writing and Literature companion document; Chapter 7: Women's and Gender Studies- Can include work based on the Women's and Gender Studies companion document; Proposals on other humanities disciplines are encouraged!)
"- Section 3: Professional Studies (Chapter 8: Social Work- Can include work based on the Social Work companion document; Chapter 9: Business; Chapter 10: Education; Chapter 11: Health; Proposals on other professional disciplines are encouraged!)
"- Section 4: Social Sciences (Chapter 12: Political Science - Can include work based on the Politics, Policy, and International Relations companion document; Chapter 13: Sociology- Can include work based on the Sociology companion document; Chapter 14: Psychology - Can include work based on the Psychology companion document; Proposals on other social science disciplines are encouraged!)
"- Section 5: Sciences - Can include work based on the STEM companion document (Chapter 15: Biology; Chapter 16: Engineering; Chapter 17: Environmental Science; Chapter 18: Geology; Proposals on other science disciplines are encouraged!)"
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