Implementing the Information Literacy Framework

Dave Harmeyer is professor and associate dean of Azusa Pacific University Libraries in California and chairs the campus information literacy committee. He has written more than a dozen articles for his reference interview column in the Reference Librarian and wrote The Reference Interview Today: Negotiating and Answering Questions Face to Face, on the Phone, and Virtually (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014). He has also coauthored articles with classroom faculty on such topics as constructivist-based teaching in Second Life and enhancing student learning in online courses using Twitter #hashtags.

Janice J. Baskin is a retired professor of English and communications and taught English composition for fourteen years, which included instruction in research and information literacy.As a faculty in the Azusa Pacific University Libraries, she was a member of the information literacy committee and served as chair of the Undergraduate Studies Council, where she worked to implement information literacy instruction across the curriculum. She works as an academic editor.

Professor Trudi E. Jacobson, before her retirement, held the rank of Distinguished Librarian and was the head of the Information Literacy Department at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She and Tom Mackey worked closely for many years, first on distinctive collaborative opportunities between classroom and library faculty in information literacy, and then on their signature contribution with the development of metaliteracy. They continue to collaborate on their blog, Metaliteracy.org. Post-retirement, Trudi has found a new passion in pastel painting and exhibits her work frequently at local libraries. She works closely with AI on documenting and conserving antiques, particularly antique needlework tools. She contributes content to both Wikipedia and the Historical Marker Database. Her website is trudijacobson.com.