[Asis-l] Call for Chapters: Teaching IL ONLINE

[Tom.Mackey at esc.edu]

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

We are soliciting chapter proposals for a book entitled Teaching 
Information Literacy Online, to be published in 2010 by Neal-Schuman 
Publishers. This book will include chapters co-authored by librarian and 
faculty teams about successful information literacy initiatives in online 
learning environments.  We are especially interested in information 
literacy collaborations in fully online modes through distance and open 
learning as well as blended or hybrid endeavors.   We encourage 
faculty-librarian author teams from multiple disciplines, at the 
undergraduate and graduate level, in North America and internationally. 
Our previous books include: Information Literacy Collaborations That Work 
(2007), Using Technology to Teach Information Literacy (2008), and 
Collaborative Information Literacy Assessments: Strategies for Evaluating 
Teaching and Learning(2009). 

This new book, Teaching Information Literacy Online, will present 
innovative models for information literacy instruction in online modes, 
such as distance or distributed learning, open learning, as well as 
blended or hybrid.  As these different formats continue to expand in scope 
and influence, it is the ideal time to examine faculty and librarian 
partnerships for developing information literacy instruction online.  We 
have seen the rapid expansion of online programs at community colleges, 
four-year institutions, universities with graduate and doctoral degree 
programs, through non-traditional adult education programs, and via 
international distance learning initiatives.  The central focus of this 
book will be on collaboration among librarians and faculty to effectively 
deliver quality information literacy instruction online.  This will 
potentially include information literacy partnerships for disciplinary and 
interdisciplinary courses and programs, international degree programs, 
open learning initiatives, open educational resources, online assessment 
practices, and adult education programs.  This book will present national 
and international library collaborations that have had a significant 
impact on information literacy instruction efforts and student learning.

Chapters need to be co-authored by a librarian and a faculty member. Also, 
each completed chapter should include the following sections:

Introduction
Related Literature 
Institutional Context
Disciplinary or Interdisciplinary Perspective
Discussion of Faculty Librarian Collaboration (including challenges)
Program Planning (online format, technology, set-up costs, student access 
issues, etc.)
Online Learning Model 
Impact on Student Learning
Assessment of Online Learning
Conclusion

This book will be co-edited by Thomas P. Mackey, Ph.D., Associate Dean at 
the Center for Distance Learning at SUNY Empire State College and Trudi E. 
Jacobson, M.L.S., Head of User Education Programs, University Libraries at 
the University at Albany, SUNY.

Please send proposals of 1-2 pages to Tom Mackey at Tom.Mackey at esc.edu no 
later than November 20, 2009.  Chapter selections will be made and authors 
notified by December 10, 2009. First drafts of the completed chapters 
(25-30 pages) will be due on March 1, 2010. Final drafts will be due by 
May 28, 2010. If you have any questions about proposal ideas or about the 
book please contact Tom Mackey via email.

Thomas P. Mackey, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Center for Distance Learning
SUNY Empire State College
111 West Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-2100 ext. 2790
fax 518-587-2660
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