Recent articles: Disinformation; low news media literacy; AI literacy; teachers' media literacy; transmedia literacy; media use in lessons

The latest issue of open-access Journal of Media Literacy Education (vol 17 issue 2) contains:
- Disinformation awareness via SMS? Exploring a new modality for boosting adult media literacy by Jannie Lilja, Ester Tottie, Niklas Eklund, Tobias Lindé, and Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv
- Battle cry to “Do the research”: Vulnerability to QAnon, Alt Media, and low news media literacy by Kaye D. Sweetser and Kalyca Lynn Becktel - Classroom contexts: Teachers talk teaching media literacy by Sakshi Bhalla, Michelle R. Nelson, and Michael Spikes
- Insights from educators: Integrating AI literacy into media literacy education in practice by Stephanie Jean Tsang
- Media and information literacy strategies: A joint reflection with teenagers in Brazilian public school by Fábio Henrique Pereira, Cristine Marquetto, Liliane Maria Macedo Machado, Nathália Coelho da Silva, Rafiza Varão, and Mariana Fagundes Ausani
- How to shape digital competences among pre-service teachers: A global expert analysis by Łukasz Tomczyk, Francisco David Guillén-Gámez, Maria Lidia Mascia, and Julio Ruiz-Palmero
- Media literacy in the crosshairs: NATO’s strategic goals and the revival of protectionist pedagogy by Nolan Higdon and Sydney Sullivan
- A systematic review of transmedia literacy: Implications for lifelong learning by Rafel Meyerhofer-Parra - Constructivist media decoding in elementary school: Media literacy instruction across a school year by Faith Rogow, Bridget Crossman, Michele Coolbeth, and Janet Balk
- Using media as a source in lessons: Media literacy methodology and Constructivist Media Decoding by Ayşe Aslı Sezgin Büyükalaca, Chris Sperry, and Cyndy Scheibe
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New articles: Embedded libriarians; Academic integrity; Teaching competencies; Online IL

From the last 2 issues of priced journal portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Hammons, J. (2023). A Profile of Teaching and Learning Departments in ARL Libraries. portal: Libraries and the Academy 23(1), 111-144. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2023.0001
- Ferguson, J.S. (2023). Flipping the (COVID-19) Classroom: Redesigning a First-Year Information Literacy Program during a Pandemic. portal: Libraries and the Academy 23(1), 145-168. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2023.0002
- Miyaoka, M., Toolsidass, R., & Magee, M. (2023). Embedded Librarians and Scaffolding for Remote Learning. portal: Libraries and the Academy 23(1), 169-195. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2023.0010
- Daines, J.G., III, Kopp, M.G., & Skeem, D.M. (2022). Bridging the Gap: Competencies for Teaching with Primary Sources. portal: Libraries and the Academy 22(4), 855-878. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2022.0045
- Ma, L.F.H., Horban, Y., & Skachenko, O. (2022). Enhancing Academic Integrity in Academic Libraries: The Experience in Hong Kong and Ukraine. portal: Libraries and the Academy 22(4), 797-810. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2022.0042

Photo by Sheila Webber: Fresh produce, January 2023

New articles: #COVID19 ; epistemology; health librarian research; virtual refernce; universal design; neoliberalism

The latest complete issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship (a priced publication), Volume 48 issue 4 (July 2022) has a COVID-19 focus and includes, amongst other articles, the following:
- Automated Epistemology: Bots, Computational Propaganda & Information Literacy Instruction by Ian O'Hara
- “First years' information literacy backpacks: What's already packed or not packed?” by Joyce Kasman Valenza et al.
- Health sciences librarian research and instruction services in pandemic information environments by Deborah H. Charbonneau, Emily Vardell
- Reading Format Attitudes in the Time of COVID by Diane Mizrachi, Alicia M. Salaz
- Effectiveness of Virtual Reference Services in Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Study Based on the 5E Learning Model by Angel Lok Yi Tsang, Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Transformation of libraries during Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review by Murtaza Ashiq, Farhat Jabeen, Khalid Mahmood
- Students with disabilities and library services: Blending accommodation and universal design by Casey Alexander Roberson, Trisha Barefield, Eric Griffith 

Also a refreshing read is COVID-19 doesn't change anything: Neoliberalism, generation-ism, academic library buildings, and lazy rivers by John Buschman
Go to https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-journal-of-academic-librarianship/vol/48/issue/4
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New articles: Information Literacy bibliography 2019; business students; undergrads IL; Attitudes to Google Scholar

The latest issue of priced publication Reference Services Review is Volume 48 Issue 4. It includes 

- Library instruction and information literacy 2019 by Tessa Withorn, Joanna Messer Kimmitt, Carolyn Caffrey Gardner, Anthony Andora, Cristina Springfield, Dana Ospina, Maggie Clarke, George Martinez, Amalia Castañeda, Aric Haas, Wendolyn Vermeer. This is the latest of the annual annotated bibliographies published by RSR. "This year, 370 articles, books, reports and dissertations are annotated and organized in the following categories: K-12 Education, Children and Adolescents (31); Academic and Professional Programs (257); Everyday Life, Community and the Workplace (30); Libraries and Health Information Literacy (23); Multiple Library Types (13); and Other Information Literacy Research and Theory (16)." As usual, this is not a comprehensive listing of all articles to do with information literacy from 2019, but it covers English-language LIS journals well and is very useful. When I accessed it the pdf was of the article from the previous year, but the web version was correct, hopefully it will all be correct by the time you look at it.

- Relating library user education to business students’ information needs and learning practices: a comparative study by Yifei Zhang, Patrick Lo, Stuart So, Dickson K.W. Chiu 

- Belief in importance of information literacy abilities among undergraduates. Underlying factors and analysis of variance by Maria Pinto, David Caballero, Dora Sales, Alicia Segura 

- OhioLINK librarians and Google Scholar over time: a longitudinal analysis of attitudes and uses by David Luftig, Joan Plungis. 

Go to https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0090-7324/vol/48/iss/4

Photo by Sheila Webber: I made the Christmas puddings a week ago, using my mother's recipe. They are now all cooked (steamed) and maturing.

Recent articles: School libraries around the world; Gamification; Digital literacies; Inquiry approach; Fiction as information

Published online are Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship and the 23rd International Forum on Research in School Librarianship, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 21-25, 2019. They include some interesting articles relevant to information literacy. The home page is here: https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/index
To pick out a few:
- Fiction as Information: A Look at Reading as Information Source by Mary Ann Harlan. This includes a literature review (looking at reading and information literacy) and a study of 16/17 year olds. (North America) The author concludes " ... that fiction as a form of art is a way to engage our emotions, to explore our world, a way to learn" https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/article/view/7378
- Pedagogical centre: A way of empowering and transforming a school library by Therése Haglind, Emmelie Ernst, Ulrika Boström (Sweden) "This paper will present a process of development, successful in our school; a cooperation between Pedagogical centre, teachers and management" https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/article/view/7369
- School library concepts developed by an inquiry-approach curriculum organization by User experiences and perceptions about the Ideal Libraries document of the International Baccalaureate by Anthony Tilke (Netherlands) https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/article/view/7398
- Gamification in School Libraries by Dejan Šiptar (Croatia) https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/article/view/7389
- Digital and information literacies and the school library: A case study by Yvonne L Barrett (Turkey) https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/article/view/7384
- School Library Perspectives from Asia: Trends, Innovations and Challenges in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan by Chin Ee Loh, Annie Tam, Daisuke Okada (not about IL< but useful background) https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl/article/view/7258
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An interview with Lewis Li, Information Instruction Librarian

Just published, a longish interview with a Hong Kong librarian who has information literacy as a key part of his job; in the relaunched open access magazine of CILIP's International Library and Information Group:
Evolution of One-on-one Research: Consultations in the Age of the Internet: An interview with Lewis Li, Information Instruction Librarian, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Focus on International Library and Information Work, 50(1), 17-26. https://www.cilip.org.uk/resource/collection/0DA88322-0241-45BF-9800-092F114F8A94/focus_50_1.pdf
Photo by Sheila Webber: Manly, July 2019

Recent articles: Learning outcomes; ACRL framework; Mexican libraries; Outreach; Facebook use

Volume 45 issue 3 (2019) of the priced Journal of Academic Librarianship includes the following articles:
- Mapping curriculum learning outcomes to ACRL's Framework threshold concepts: A syllabus study by Eleonora Dubicki

- Academic library as learning space and as collection: A learning commons' effects on collections and related resources and services by Deeann Allison, Erica DeFrain, Brianna D. Hitt, David C. Tyler

- Online information literacy instruction in Mexican university libraries: The librarians' point of view by Andrés Fernández-Ramos

- Student perceptions of information literacy skills and curriculum before and after completing a research assignment by Lyda Fontes McCartin, Stephanie Evers, Brianne Markowski

- Analyzing the use of Facebook among university libraries in Hong Kong by Ernest Tak Hei Lam, Cheuk Hang Au, Dickson K.W. Chiu

- Outreach in academic librarianship: A concept analysis and definition by Stephanie A. Diaz

- Faculty perceptions of librarian value: The moderating relationship between librarian contact, course goals, and students' research skills by Savannah L. Kelly

 - Popular research topics in the recent journal publications of library and information science by Guoying Liu, Le Yang

Abstracts at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-journal-of-academic-librarianship/vol/45/issue/3

Photo by Sheila Webber: bee and poppy, May 2019

Recent articles

Lumsden, E., McBryde-Wilding, H. and Rose, H. (2010) "Collaborative practice in enhancing the first year student experience in Higher Education." Enhancing the Learner Experience in Higher Education, 2(1), 12-24. http://journals.northampton.ac.uk/index.php/elehe/article/viewFile/10/18
Eckerdal, J.R. (2011). "To jointly negotiate a personal decision: a qualitative study on information literacy practices in midwifery counselling about contraceptives at youth centres in Southern Sweden." Information Research, 16(1) paper 466. http://InformationR.net/ir/16-1/paper466.html
Chu, S. K. W., Chow, K. & Tse, S. K. (2011). "Developing Hong Kong primary school students' information literacy and IT skills through collaborative teaching and inquiry PjBL [project based learning]." Library & Information Science Research, (in press, preprint). http://www.edu.hku.hk/samchu/docs/2011_Dev_HK_info_lit.pdf
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