Information Literacy and Theological Librarianship: Theory & Praxis

Authors

Bobby Smiley (ed)
Vanderbilt University

Keywords:

ACRL Framework, information literacy, theological librarianship, writing, research

Synopsis

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.

Information 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.

Chapters

  • Introduction
    Bobby Smiley
    Introduction
  • Exposing the Null Curriculum in Graduate Religious Studies Education
    Keegan Osinski
    Chapter 1
  • Making Our Information Ecosystem Explicit
    Evan Kuehn
    Chapter 2
  • Getting Everyone on the Same Page
    Critically Re-imagining Library Instruction for Diverse and International Student Populations
    Kristine Veldheer
    Chapter 3
  • Framing Information Literacy within the Disciplines of Theological Education
    William B Badke
    Chapter 4
  • Charting Information Literacy
    Curriculum Mapping at an Embedded Seminary
    Elizabeth Young Miller
    Chapter 5
  • Scholarship as Conversation
    Information Literacy in the Divinity School Curriculum
    Kaeley McMahan
    Chapter 6
  • Building Competencies
    Using the ACRL Framework to Construct an Information Literacy Lab
    Jérémie LeBlanc, Victoria Tsonos
    Chapter 7
  • Hands-on Learning
    Using Primary Sources as Tools for Information Literacy
    Christopher Anderson, Brian Shetler
    Chapter 8
  • Reframing Information Literacy as Theological Habits
    Embedding the Framework into Theological Curriculum
    Brandon Board
    Chapter 9

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October 7, 2019
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