[Asis-l] New Book: Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0 / Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, editors

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Colleagues/

New Book: _Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0_ /  Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, editors

/Gerry

_Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0_ / Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, editors

Web 2.0 technologies have been seen by many information professionals as critical to the future development of library services. This has led to the use of the term Library 2.0 to denote the kind of service that is envisaged. There has been considerable debate about what Library 2.0 might encompass, but, in the context of information literacy, it can be described as the application of interactive, collaborative, and multimedia technologies to web-based library services and collections. 

[snip]

This edited collection from an international team of experts provides a practically-based overview of emerging Library 2.0 tools and technologies for information literacy practitioners; addresses the impact of the adoption of these technologies on information literacy teaching; provides case study exemplars for practitioners to help inform their practice; and examines the implications of Library 2.0 for the training of information literacy professionals.

Key topics include:

School Library 2.0: new skills and knowledge for the future 
Information literacy, Web 2.0 and public libraries 
The blog as an assessment tool 
Using Wikipedia to eavesdrop on the scholarly conversation 
Information literacy and RSS feeds 
Library instruction on the go: podcasting 
Sparking Flickrs of insight into controlled vocabularies and subject searching 
Joining the YouTube conversation to teach information literacy 
Going beyond Google 
Teaching information literacy through digital games

Links To More Info and The Companion Blog Available At

[ http://infolitweb20.blogspot.com/2008/05/information-literacy-meets-library-20.html ]

OR

[ http://tinyurl.com/52bj9a ]

/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Victor Hugo
[ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ]

Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows 
[ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]