Publications relevant to Information Literacy

Journals

• Journal of Information Literacy (JIL)
  is an international peer reviewed publication, edited by Ronan O'Beirne.
  
  
• Italics
  is the journal of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences (ICS). ITALICS provides a vehicle for members of the ICS communities to disseminate best practice and research on learning and teaching within the subject disciplines.
  
  Books
• Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0
  Peter Godwin and Jo Parker, editors (March 2008)
  
  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.
  
  March 2008; 200pp; hardback; 978-1-85604-637-4: £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members)
  
  
• Information Literacy Cookbook (July 2007)
  edited by Jane Secker, Debbi Boden and Gwyneth Price, and aimed at an international audience.  The cookbook provides an overview of information literacy (IL) in practice; what it is, why it’s become so important in the library profession and demonstrates how librarians can cultivate a better understanding of IL in their own organisations.
  
  
• The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age (2007) by Tara Brabazon.  Tara Brabazon celebrates the possibilities of digital platforms in education, but deplores the consequences of placing funding on technology and not teachers. In doing so, she opens a new debate on how to make our educational system both productive and provocative in the (post-) information age.