The Facet Information Literacy Collection 2 contains everything librarians and educators need to know to develop and deliver effective programmes to support information literacy, web use and internet searching. The Collection includes eight books from the worlds leading information literacy experts and practitioners. The books included are: A Guide to Teaching Information Literacy 101 tips Helen Blanchett, Chris Powis and Jo Webb ...this is an essential book for those new to teaching information literacy, and a useful addition to the collection of experienced practitioners. It is certainly one to which I will return in the future. - Journal of Information Literacy Expert Internet Searching, 4th edition Phil Bradley Whether you are an advanced searcher wanting more options or a beginner just venturing out into the world of search engines, this book covers it. The book is definitely worth a read to make sense of the complexities for searching the world of social media and Google. - Australian Academic and Research Libraries Going Beyond Google Again Strategies for using and teaching the invisible web Jane Devine and Francine Egger-Sider Devine and Egger-Sider make a convincing case in arguing that educators and librarians need to hammer home the importance of using a toolbox of search techniques rather than simply relying on one or two that only skim the webs surface. - Times Higher Education Improving Students Web Use and Information Literacy A guide for teachers and teacher librarians James E Herring Herrings book is an ideal resource for teachers and teacher librarians, a useful and accessible tool, a quick guide to the best use of emerging technologies in a school environment. - Journal of Information Literacy Information Literacy Beyond Library 2.0 Edited by Peter Godwin and Jo Parker This book is of most benefit to anyone teaching information literacy, and especially so to those involved in developing digital literacy skills in their user groups. It is also a great source of contacts and resources, providing names for information literacy proponents across the world. - Managing Information Metaliteracy Reinventing information literacy to empower learners Thomas P Mackey and Trudi E Jacobson This book is for anyone interested in how social media, mobile technologies and open and online environments can enhance their teaching and learning practice...This book gives ample background to an important redefinition of information literacy. - Australian Library Journal Rethinking Information Literacy A practical framework for supporting learning Edited by Jane Secker and Emma Coonan ...a useful and relevant update. It provides good discussions of the current state of IL, and strong arguments for strengthening of the role of librarians and the increased participation of other professionals. Its theoretical component is supported by case studies and detailed practical advice. This is recommended for those interested in information literacy and developments in this field. - Australian Library Journal Metaliteracy in Practice Edited by Thomas P Mackey and Trudi E Jacobson Editors Trudi E. Jacobson and Thomas P. Mackey, respected leaders in distance education and library instruction, reframed information literacy in their acclaimed previous book, Metaliteracy: Reinventing information literacy to empower learners, which provided an inclusive framework that encompasses all the newer literacies such as digital, visual, cyber and media literacy. Metaliteracy in Practice follows on from this book, placing its concepts firmly in real-world practice and delivering a compilation of innovative and practical teaching ideas from some of the leading thinkers in library and information literacy instruction today.

About the Author

Helen Blanchett, Netskills Consultant Trainer, Newcastle University Information Systems and Services. Chris Powis, Deputy Director (Academic Services), Information Services, The University of Northampton. Jo Webb, Academic Services Manager, De Montfort University. Phil Bradley is a renowned information specialist, internet consultant and conference speaker specialising in search. He has worked with a number of search engine companies to help them improve their products, and has a blog on internet search that is widely read. He teaches internet search and social media skills to librarians and information professionals both within the UK and abroad. He also writes a column in the CILIP Update magazine, and previous titles with Facet Publishing include Social Media for Creative Libraries. Phil has been CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) President for 2012-13. Jane Devine is Chief Librarian and Department Chair for the LaGuardia Community College Library, part of City University of New York. Prior to that appointment she served as LaGuardias Periodicals/Government Documents/Electronic Resources Librarian. Before joining the LaGuardia faculty, she worked for the New York Public Library as a Reference Librarian. She holds an MLS degree and a masters in English, both from St Johns University in New York. She is the author, with Francine Egger-Sider, of Going Beyond Google: the Invisible Web in Learning and Teaching (2009). Francine Egger-Sider is Coordinator of Technical Services at LaGuardia Community College. Previously, she worked at the French Institute/Alliance Francaise in New York City. She received her MLS from Columbia University and an MALS in International Studies from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. James E Herring PhD MA(Lib) MA(Hons) is a Lecturer in Teacher Librarianship at the School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia who teaches from his home in Scotland for most of the year. He is an internationally acclaimed authority on information literacy and ICT in schools. Peter Godwin is Academic Liaison Librarian at the University of Bedfordshire. Jo Parker is the Head of Information Literacy at the Open University Library. Thomas P. Mackey PhD is the Dean at the Center for Distance Learning at SUNY Empire State College in Saratoga Springs, New York. His teaching and research interests involve information literacy, teaching with technology, web-based multimedia, and social informatics. He also co-edited Information Literacy Collaborations That Work and Teaching Information Literacy Online with Trudi E. Jacobson. Trudi E. Jacobson MLS is currently Librarian and Head of the Information Literacy Department at the University of Albany, SUNY and is known nationally for her seminal scholarship in the field of information literacy instruction. She has authored or edited numerous books and published articles in a number of journals. Jane Secker (B.A., Ph.D., PGCertHE, FHEA) is Copyright and Digital and Literacy Advisor at LSE, where she has responsibility for the digital literacy programme for staff and PhD students. She also advises staff about copyright issues particularly related to their use of digital resources and e-learning. She has published widely and led several externally funded projects, most recently being project manager for the DELILA (Developing Educators Learning and Information Literacies for Accreditation) funded by JISC and the Higher Education Academy to release digital and information literacy materials and open educational resources. Emma Coonan (M.St., Ph.D., M.Sc.) is Research Skills and Development Librarian at Cambridge University Library, where she has responsibility for designing and teaching classes on various facets of information finding, handling and management. She blogs as the Mongoose Librarian and Tweets as LibGoddess.