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LIBRARIAN’S INSTRUCTIONAL ROLE

COMING SOON
Information Literacy for Science
and Engineering Students

Concepts and Skills
MARY DEJONG
Students majoring in science and engineering disciplines will be entering careers in which
they must be skilled at finding, evaluating, and using information. However, because
mastering information literacy skills within these disciplines is uniquely complex and
challenging, these students need specialized training.

March 2024, 150pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 This book teaches students basic skills to do well by decoding real-world information
Paperback: 978-1-4408-7876-3 literacy problems. It also offers details about the utility, structure, and packaging of
$55.00, £41.00, €48,00 information, giving students the strong foundation they need to absorb more advanced
eBook: 978-1-4408-7877-0
concepts in scientific communication. Mary DeJong provides students with a compelling
context and rationale for the skills they are being asked to learn, helping them learn to

MARY DEJONG is an associate librarian at appreciate the value of these skills for career success. Explicit connections are made
Northern Arizona University’s Cline Library.
between practical information literacy skills and the threshold concepts outlined by the
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Most important, the
book is written specifically for students, so it’s appropriately thorough, well-paced, and
engaging. In fact, it’s often funny!
FEATURES
• Helps science and engineering students understand foundational concepts in
information literacy and scientific communication using infographics, illustrations, and
real-life examples

NEW
Concise Guide to Information Literacy

3RD EDITION | SCOTT LANNING AND CAITLIN GERRITY
“ strongly advised to consider this valuable work. ”
Academic libraries and faculty professional development centers are

—Library Journal, June 1, 2022
Both a students’ textbook and an instructional reference for educators, this brief but
information-rich text teaches students what information literacy is and why it’s such
an important skill to develop. Authors Scott Lanning and Caitlin Gerrity concentrate on
developing skills and behaviors that positively impact the information literacy process.
February 2022, 196pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 They teach such skills as evaluating and using information and behaviors like exploring,
Paperback: 978-1-4408-7819-0 analyzing, and creating.
$50.00, £38.00, €44,00
eBook: 978-1-4408-7820-6 Updated to incorporate the new AASL standards, this third edition of Concise Guide to
Information Literacy includes new information on the value of curiosity and choice in
SCOTT LANNING is associate professor the research process, offers a new model of the research process (the Reflective Inquiry
and librarian at Southern Utah University, Model), and updates the Decision Points Information Seeking Model that describes how
Cedar City, UT.
student researchers choose to use the information they’ve found. This book has proven to
CAITLIN GERRITY is associate professor be invaluable for high school and college students learning about information literacy and
and librarian at Southern Utah University, librarians and teachers in upper high school and community college settings.
Cedar City, UT.

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