Information literacy & theological librarianship : : theory and praxis / / edited by Bobby Smiley.

• Place / Publishing House: Chicago : : Atla Open Press,, 2019.; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 pages) :; illustrations

"For librarians working in research, reference, and instruction, information literacy (IL) is foundational to their work. Since the advent of the Association of College and Research Libraries' Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, IL has been substantially reimagined both theoretically and in professional practice. While much attention and scholarship has focused on broad-based, undergraduate education, there has been less work on information literacy for specific disciplines, such as theological and religious studies, or in library settings with unique curricular and professional needs. nformation Literacy and Theological Librarianship: Theory & Praxis gathers together reflective practices and theoretical explorations from librarians across a range of theological libraries, including research universities with divinity schools, seminaries, religious universities, and small liberal arts colleges. This volume engages key concepts and concerns in information literacy pedagogy for theological libraries, and furnishes applied examples drawn from instructional experience. Placing the Framework in conversation with the study of religion and theological education, Information Literacy and Theological Librarianship provides theological and religious studies librarians working in different academic environments with concrete and practical ways to extend their own work on information literacy that is grounded in pedagogy and applicable to the unique features of theological librarianship."

Table of Contents

Introduction / Bobby Smiley -- Theory. Exposing the null curriculum in graduate religious education / Keegan Osinski ; Appendix 1A: Thesis writing and research methods workshop syllabus ; Making our information ecosystem explicit / Evan Kuehn ; Getting everyone on the same page / Kristine Veldheer ; Framing information literacy within the disciplines of theological education / William B Badke -- Praxis. Charting information literacy : curriculum mapping at an embedded seminary / Elizabeth Young Miller ; Scholarship as conversation : information literacy in the divinity school curriculum / Kaeley McMahan ; Building competencies : using the ACRL framework to construct an information literacy lab / Jérémie LeBlanc, Victoria Tsonos ; Appendix 7A: Library lab syllabus ; Appendix 7B: Evaluation rubric ; Hands-on learning : using primary sources as tools for information literacy / Brian Shetler, Christopher Anderson ; Reframing information literacy as theological habits : embedding the framework into theological curriculum / Brandon Board ; Appendix 9A: Information literacy policy ; Appendix 9B: Information literacy scaffolding ; Appendix 9C: Information literacy assessment rubric.