Library instruction and information literacy 2021

Abstract

PurposeThis paper presents recently published resources on library instruction and information literacy. It provides an introductory overview and a selected annotated bibliography of publications covering various library types, study populations and research contexts. The selected bibliography is useful to efficiently keep up with trends in library instruction for busy practitioners, library science students and those wishing to learn about information literacy in other contexts.Design/methodology/approachThis article annotates 424 English-language periodical articles, monographs, dissertations, theses and reports on library instruction and information literacy published in 2021. The sources were selected from the EBSCO platform for Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts (LISTA), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Scopus, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, and WorldCat, published in 2021 that included the terms “information literacy,” “library instruction,” or “information fluency” in the title, abstract or keywords. The sources were organized in Zotero. Annotations summarize the source, focusing on the findings or implications. Each source was categorized into one of seven pre-determined categories: K-12 Education, Children and Adolescents; Academic and Professional Programs; Everyday Life, Community, and the Workplace; Libraries and Health Information Literacy; Multiple Library Types; and Other Information Literacy Research and Theory.FindingsThe paper provides a brief description of 424 sources and highlights sources that contain unique or significant scholarly contributions.Originality/valueThe information may be used by librarians, researchers and anyone interested as a quick and comprehensive reference to literature on library instruction and information literacy within 2021.

Library instruction and information literacy 2022

“…MIL was a theme in prior bibliographies (Caffrey et al. , 2022) and is now the third largest topical category in the bibliography.…”

“…Upon closer investigation, we discovered that we had erroneously annotated 20 sources in the 2021 Bibliography that were early online editions and not actually published until 2022 (See Appendix 1). We have made the decision not to reannotate those 20 sources again and instead direct readers to the 2021 bibliography (Caffrey et al. , 2022).…”

“…MIL was a theme in prior bibliographies (Caffrey et al, 2022) and is now the third largest topical category in the bibliography. Wuyckens et al (2022) highlights the difficulties of terminology in this category through their meta-review of concepts and attempts to distinguish media literacy, information literacy and digital literacy.…”

“…Upon closer investigation, we discovered that we had erroneously annotated 20 sources in the 2021 Bibliography that were early online editions and not actually published until 2022 (See Appendix 1). We have made the decision not to reannotate those 20 sources again and instead direct readers to the 2021 bibliography (Caffrey et al, 2022). Going forward, we plan to be more careful about not including online first publications in the incorrect year of publication and additional search features in Scopus will now help automate this exclusion.…”