Trudi E. Jacobson

Metaliteracy is a term used by academic librarians that tries to push the teaching practices of academic librarians beyond one-shot sessions where they make students aware of resources and teach how to search commercial databases. The editors have published a previous book describing a whole new range of concerns and literacies including digital citizenship, concentration on the creation of knowledge rather than just regurgitation, use of technologies in the creation of student products and the response of libraries to the real needs of students rather than just those we perceive that they need. In this book, they gather a range of full length chapters that describe new practices to fulfill the new information literacy standards for academic libraries. For high school teacher librarians, our aim is to prepare many of our students for college. This book helps us realize that just trying to prepare students for the academic research paper is not enough. Having said that, I think that if teacher librarians are looking at a range of literature that includes academic library practice, that there are many shorter article about these practices. So, while this collection brings a number of these ideas together, there are easier and less expensive alternatives. This collection is recommended if you have ample budgets to purchase professional books; but you can check out your own databases for article on metaliteracy just as easily.… (mehr)