Literacy Information

The latest issue of the Journal of academic librarianship (volume 41 no. 4; this is a priced publication) includes
- “It's in the Syllabus”: Identifying Information Literacy and Data Information Literacy Opportunities Using a Grounded Theory Approach by Clarence Maybee, Jake Carlson, Maribeth Slebodnik, Bert Chapman
- Beyond Embedded: Creating an Online-Learning Community Integrating Information Literacy and Composition Courses by Mary Beth Burgoyne, Kim Chuppa-Cornell
- Creation and Use of Intellectual Works in the Academic Environment: Students' Knowledge About Copyright and Copyleft by Enrique Muriel-Torrado, Juan-Carlos Fernández-Molina
- Student, Librarian, and Instructor Perceptions of Information Literacy Instruction and Skills in a First Year Experience Program: A Case Study by Sung Un Kim, David Shumaker
- Demographic Differences in International Students' Information Source Uses and Everyday Information Seeking Challenges by Sei-Ching Joanna Sin
- Establishing a Participatory Library Model: A Grounded Theory Study by Linh Cuong Nguyen
- Foregrounding the Research Log in Information Literacy Instruction by Louise R. Fluk
The issue page is at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00991333/41/4
Photo by Sheila Webber: bee, July 2015

The latest issue of the open access Journal of Information Literacy has been published (volume 9, no. 1, 2015). Articles include:
- The Amazing Library Race: tracking student engagement and learning comprehension in library orientations by Katherine Boss, Katelyn Angell, Eamon Tewell
- How much do first-year undergraduate students in Norway know about information literacy? by Ellen Nierenberg, Øyvind Gjems Fjeldbu
- The impact of library information literacy classes on first year students’ searching behaviour by Torunn Skofsrud Boger, Hanne Dybvik, Anne-Lise Eng, Else Helene Norheim
- Using an information literacy curriculum map as a means of communication and accountability for stakeholders in higher education by Leslin H Charles
- Refining the definition of information literacy: the experience of contextual knowledge creation by Marc Forster
- Evidence-based instruction: assessing student work using rubrics and citation analysis to inform instructional design by Alan Carbery, Sean Leahy
There are also conference reports and book reviews
http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index
Photo by Sheila Webber: wild rose, Sheffield, June 2015