Whilst searching Amazon for blog fodder, sorting by most-recent, I came across a whole clutch of books which have "Information Literacy" in the title, and which look (from the samples I read) to be AI-generated patchworks, not even stitched together properly. I know that this isn't is a new thing, but I hadn't realised quite how many there were on IL. There is a distinctive look to the covers, and, bizarrely, the "authors" are mostly photogenic US-born women who, after a glittering academic/professional career, settle in the UK. Obviously I won't link to the books, but I can't resist giving one title i.e. Information Literacy: An Interesting Guide for Librarians. Perhaps I should write that book, as a counter to all the (evidently) uninteresting books about information literacy.
Anyway, I thought I should also feature one of the real books I came across (it has structured chapters! paragraphs! sentences that make sense! was written by someone who knows about the subject!):
DeJong, M. (2024). Information Literacy for Science and Engineering Students: Concepts and Skills. Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9781440878763.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/information-literacy-for-science-and-engineering-students-9781440878763/
Image by Sheila Webber using Midjourney AI: prompt was: women in a field of flowers, chasing flying books, whimsical --ar 9:16
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