[Asis-l] Call for Chapters: Metaliteracy in Practice

[Tom.Mackey at esc.edu]

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

We are soliciting chapter proposals for a book entitled Metaliteracy in 
Practice, to be published in late 2015 or early 2016 by the American 
Library Association. We would like to include chapters written by academic 
librarians, disciplinary faculty, administrators, instructional designers, 
and scholars of emerging literacies about successful educational 
initiatives and instruction that involve metaliteracy. The editors are 
particularly interested in ideas that are easily transferable, and that 
include strong components of student metacognition and empowerment. The 
book will include innovative case studies from different academic 
institutions in the United States and internationally. Given the 
relationship between metaliteracy and emerging technologies, we look 
forward to receiving proposals on a range of cutting edge endeavors 
surrounding social media and digital learning.  We are also interested in 
the application of the expanded Metaliteracy Learning objectives featured 
in our current book Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to 
Empower Learners and available via the Metaliteracy.org blog: 
http://metaliteracy.org/learning-objectives/. 


Metaliteracy, which reframes and reinvents traditional conceptions of 
information literacy, has become increasingly well known since its 
introduction in Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy in 
January 2011 in College & Research Libraries.  In fall 2013, a 
connectivist MOOC on the topic was offered and a Coursera MOOC, which 
fully integrates with a metaliteracy badging initiative, will be offered 
in spring 2015. In 2014, Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information to Empower 
Learners was published by ALA Neal-Schuman, which expanded the model in 
both theory and practice and featured two chapters that examined specific 
case studies.  This new compendium, Metaliteracy in Practice, will 
complement the first Metaliteracy book with chapters from a wide range of 
institutional and instructional design settings to meet the needs of 
librarians and other educators who would like to examine a wide array of 
practical examples focused on student success and empowerment. 

The ongoing ACRL process of developing the new information literacy 
framework has generated lively debates in the field about a number of the 
its proposed components, including metaliteracy, demonstrating the 
timeliness of a volume that is based on innovative case studies from the 
field.

For accepted chapters, please consider using the following sections and 
overall organizing structure, if this is appropriate for your content:

Introduction
Related Literature 
Institutional or other Associated Context
Disciplinary/Programmatic/Other Perspective
Metaliteracy Case Study
Application of Metaliteracy Learning Objectives
Contribution/Innovation
Assessment of the Instruction/Endeavor
Conclusion

This book will be co-edited by Trudi E. Jacobson, Head of the Information 
Literacy Department at the University at Albany, and Thomas P. Mackey, 
Dean of the Center for Distance Learning, SUNY Empire State College.

Please send 1-2 page proposals to Trudi at tjacobson at albany.edu no later 
than November 3, 2014. We will make our decisions by late November. First 
drafts of the completed chapters (20-25 pages) will be due on February 16, 
2015. Final drafts will be due by April 17, 2015. 

If you have any questions about proposal ideas or about the book, please 
contact Trudi or Tom.


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