<b><i>Information Literacy Programs in the Digital Age: Educating College and University Students Online.</i></b> Comps. Alice Daughtery and Michael F. Russo. Chicago: American Library Association, 2007. 275p. alk. paper, $48 (ISBN 9780838984444). LC2007-31204.

Abstract

Compilers Alice Daugherty and Michael Russo have fully succeeded in meeting their set goal, which is to "…showcase the array of online information literacy programs that have cropped up across the country." They assembled twenty-four chapters written by librarians at North American institutions with information literacy programs. The chapters are broken into three sections: "Information Literacy Credit Courses and Programs," composed of eight chapters; "Information Literacy Instruction Embedded into Discipline Courses and Programs," by far the smallest section with only three chapters; and "Information Literacy Instruction Tutorials (General and Subject-Specific)," which is made up of thirteen chapters. Chapters are an average of ten pages in length. There is a template that most chapters follow, with some variations: Introduction, Rationale, Development, Content, Instruction, Program Assessment, Lessons Learned, and Conclusion. In addition, many of the essays include at least one of the following: notes, appendices, or screenshots of or URLs to relevant instructional materials. Daugherty and Russo take into account that academic institutions vary widely in terms of information literacy requirements whether they be content level (graduate, undergraduate), subject matter, technology, and user type (on-campus, online only, or a hybrid). Programs run from the very specific audience such as a graduate seminary information literacy course (chapter two, "Graduate Online Information Literacy: The ACTS Experience") or a tutorial for third-year medical