Information literacy thought leaders Thomas Mackey and Trudi Jacobson build a persuasive case 'that information literacy needs to be far more inclusive than its traditional conception. The information literacy knowledge and skills that have customarily been taught involve locating, accessing, evaluating, and using information, but information primarily in text formats.Metaliteracy will help readers understand that 'media literacy, visual literacy, digital literacy, and a host of other specific literacies are critical for informed citizens in the twenty-first century.

Metaliteracy in Practice will provide inspiration for librarians and educators in need of up-to-date and thought-provoking information literacy curricula and instructional approaches. 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...