{"data":[{"id":1479,"title":"Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship","edition_statement":"3rd Edition","volume":null,"copyright_year":2024,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":"9780473722944","license":"Attribution","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Librarianship in ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information (MLIS) degrees are rare. We have all been surprised by ChatGPT and similar Large Language Models. Generative AI is an important new area for librarianship. It is also developing so rapidly that no one can really keep up. Those trying to produce AI courses for the MLIS degree need all the help they can get. This book is a gesture of support. It consists of about 100,000 words on the topic, with a 4-500 item bibliography. The third edition has changes and additions. These include: a new Chapter 6 on evaluation and the future new materials in Chapter 5 on current large language and multimodal models scattered revisions, corrections, and updates.","contributors":[{"id":6492,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Martin","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Frické","location":"The University of Arizona","background_text":""}],"subjects":[{"id":3,"name":"Computer Science","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"QA76","visible_textbooks_count":137,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/computer-science-information-systems"},{"id":6,"name":"Humanities","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":null,"visible_textbooks_count":418,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/humanities"},{"id":34,"name":"Philosophy","parent_subject_id":6,"call_number":"B72","visible_textbooks_count":40,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/philosophy"},{"id":90,"name":"Library Science and Museum Studies","parent_subject_id":9,"call_number":"Z665-718.8","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/library-science-and-museum-studies"},{"id":9,"name":"Social Sciences","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"H1","visible_textbooks_count":285,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/social-sciences"}],"publishers":[{"id":1456,"url":"https://softoption.us/","year":2024,"created_at":"2023-08-24T14:56:19.000-05:00","updated_at":"2024-04-09T22:07:32.000-05:00","name":"SoftOption"}],"formats":[{"id":3725,"type":"PDF","url":"https://softoption.us/AIandLibrarianship","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":3726,"type":"MS Word","url":"https://softoption.us/AIandLibrarianship","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":3,"reviews":[{"id":34695,"first_name":"Tabitha","last_name":"Driver","position":"Learning Resource Center Lead","institution_name":"Eastern Shore Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"While there is no index or glossary, the Table of Contents is very helpful in understanding the division of topics. There are also 60 pages of appendices. \n\nThe division of librarians’ roles into synergists, sentries, educators, managers, and astronauts is a helpful framework for categorizing the various implications of AI in the library field. The background information on Artificial Intelligence in the first half of the book is very detailed with helpful examples, but it occasionally assumes the reader has a computer background rather than a librarian background, such as when it uses the OCR acronym before explaining it (p. 230).","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content combines research from multiple sources to give the most accurate picture of the current field.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The topic is one that is rapidly changing and could make the text obsolete quickly. The book frequently mentions the publishing year, recommends articles that it calls “recent”,  and makes predictions about how AI will change in the future. For example, on page 107, Frické writes, “At present, June 2023, there are only research instances of Switch Transformers.” However, the topic necessitates that there will be regular updates to this book and the book is more useful for being current at the publication date.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"Most of the book is accessible with analogies and the author’s personal experiences to illuminate particularly difficult AI concepts. The text often abruptly changes topics, so the reader must rely on the headings to understand the topic flow. However, Chapter 00 is especially abrupt and uses more academic vocabulary.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is consistent. It introduces a large amount of AI terminology, and then continues to use those terms after explaining them.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The headings and subheadings are extremely organized and detailed making it easy for a professor to distinguish which sections to assign and helping a student know where to find background information for specific questions. The headings are part of the content and are essential to understanding it.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The flow of the content could be confusing if the reader skims over the headings. Topic changes can seem abrupt. However, the organization makes sense if the reader takes the time to look over the Table of Contents and read the headings.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship is available via PDF and Microsoft Word, and neither have any interface issues. PDF allowed one to read it easily on a mobile device and add highlights and comments.","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"There are frequent sentence fragments which are perhaps a stylistic choice of the author. There is a spelling error (p. 266) and a run-on sentence (p.288). The author frequently makes asides or uses idioms, making the text somewhat more informal.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The book discusses guarding against bias in AI such as bank loan algorithms which could favor a specific race or language that often assumes gender for various jobs. While personal examples are infrequent, the examples do display people from a variety of countries.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship: Notes for Teaching provides a needed resource for a new and exciting subject that does not have much material written for it. Frické’s enthusiasm for librarian involvement in leading AI policy and processes is very evident and motivational.","created_at":"2023-10-17T12:26:42.000-05:00","updated_at":"2023-10-17T12:26:42.000-05:00"},{"id":35079,"first_name":"Kimberly","last_name":"McFall","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"Marshall University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"As a fellow librarian, I find \"Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship\" by Martin Frické to be a remarkably comprehensive and insightful resource. The book discusses everything from foundational AI concepts to advanced applications like language models and chatbots. Each chapter is meticulously detailed, yet understandable, addressing critical issues such as bias, ethical considerations, and the evolving roles of librarians in an AI-driven landscape. The inclusion of practical sections on LLM applications and managerial implications makes this book a guide for modern librarians seeking to harness AI technologies effectively in their work. Whether you're new to AI or looking to deepen your understanding, this book offers valuable knowledge and practical insights tailored to our field.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Frické has done extensive research to provide up-to-date and precise information on the subject. The detailed explanations of AI concepts and their applications in librarianship are well-supported by examples and references. The book's annotated readings and comprehensive bibliography further attest to its reliability and scholarly rigor. Overall, \"Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship\" is a trustworthy and accurate resource for any librarian interested in the integration of AI in our profession. It should be noted by the reader (as it was by the author), that the speed of change is rapid and certain ideas could shift with the tides of AI updates.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"\"Librarianship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\" is a dynamic guide navigating the rapid evolution of AI's impact on libraries. From understanding AI fundamentals to exploring its applications in information retrieval and bias mitigation, this book equips librarians to adapt and innovate in a swiftly changing landscape, ensuring continued relevance and service excellence. With discussions spanning various avenues like chatbots, language models, and knowledge graphs, it offers a comprehensive roadmap for embracing AI's potential while addressing its challenges. This text provides a solid foundation for understanding AI's benefits to the field, with a reminder to continuously reassess the evolving landscape of AI technology.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"\"Librarianship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\" presents an extensive exploration of AI's impact on libraries. While the text is well-researched and written for understanding, the sheer volume of information covered in the book can be overwhelming for readers. Dividing the book into volumes or parts, such as a historical overview in Part 1 and practical guidelines on usage in Part 2, could help mitigate this overwhelming feeling. This structure would provide clearer delineation between topics and make it easier for readers to navigate the wealth of information presented. Overall, despite the potential for overwhelm, the book offers valuable insights into the intersection of AI and librarianship.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Consistency in terminology and definitions is a notable strength of \"Librarianship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.\" The text maintains a clear and cohesive language style, ensuring that readers consistently encounter familiar terms and concepts throughout the book. This consistency enhances understanding and facilitates a smoother reading experience, allowing readers to grasp complex topics more effectively. By employing a uniform approach to terminology and definitions, the book enhances clarity and reinforces key concepts, ultimately enriching the overall reading experience.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The book boasts a structured and easily navigable format, complemented by an extensive table of contents. The book's organization facilitates a logical flow of information, making it easy for readers to follow along and locate specific topics of interest. The detailed table of contents serves as a roadmap, providing readers with a clear overview of the book's contents and allowing them to quickly locate relevant sections. This thoughtful structure enhances the accessibility of the text, ensuring that readers can efficiently access the wealth of information presented within its pages.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The author adeptly arranges its topics in a logical and coherent manner, fostering a seamless progression of ideas for readers to follow. While each chapter builds upon the previous one, they also function independently as informative guides, ensuring a cohesive narrative that enhances comprehension. The book's logical structure not only facilitates understanding but also aids readers in grasping complex concepts with greater ease.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The book is easy to navigate.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The book is grammatically correct and uses appropriate terminology for the field(s) of Librarianship and AI.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"\"Librarianship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\" is a crucial resource for librarians striving to maintain relevance in today's rapidly evolving landscape. By delving into the intersection of AI and librarianship, the book equips professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to adapt and thrive in the digital era. Its practical insights enable librarians to harness AI technologies effectively, enhancing their ability to meet the diverse needs of patrons and communities. With this invaluable resource at hand, librarians can confidently navigate the complexities of modern information environments and remain indispensable contributors to society.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"\"Librarianship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\" was initially daunting due to its wealth of information, but it quickly became an invaluable resource, especially for those in the field of librarianship. The book's contextual background provided much-needed clarity, resonating with my professional experiences and enhancing my understanding. I found the discussion on concerns and limitations, as well as insights on Large Language Models (LLMs), particularly enlightening. It helped me make connections to elements like keyword searching and considerations within MARC record 600 fields. Despite the initial challenge, the book's depth and relevance significantly enriched my professional practice. I highly recommend it, especially for School Library professionals seeking to navigate the evolving landscape of AI and librarianship.","created_at":"2024-05-28T11:45:49.000-05:00","updated_at":"2024-05-28T11:45:49.000-05:00"},{"id":35172,"first_name":"Jeanette","last_name":"Liberato","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"Northern Essex Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The comprehensiveness of the book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické is unparalleled, covering a wide range of topics related to AI in the field of librarianship. From basic concepts to advanced applications, this book provides a thorough overview of how AI is transforming the way librarians work and interact with information.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The accuracy of the book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické is impeccable, with information grounded in current research and best practices in the field. The author's expertise and attention to detail ensure that readers can trust the information presented in this comprehensive guide to AI in librarianship.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické is praised for its clarity, presenting complex concepts in a straightforward and accessible manner. The author's clear explanations and organization of the content make it easy for readers to grasp the key ideas and implications of AI in the context of librarianship.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické is praised for its clarity, presenting complex concepts in a straightforward and accessible manner. The author's clear explanations and organization of the content make it easy for readers to grasp the key ideas and implications of AI in the context of librarianship.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické maintains a high level of consistency throughout, ensuring a cohesive and unified reading experience. Readers can rely on the consistent tone, structure, and depth of analysis present in each chapter, making it a valuable resource for understanding the integration of AI in librarianship.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The modularity of the book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické allows readers to easily navigate and explore different topics at their own pace. Each chapter is self-contained, making it convenient for readers to focus on specific areas of interest or refer back to key concepts as needed.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The organization of the book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické is logical and systematic, guiding readers through a structured exploration of AI in librarianship. The chapters flow seamlessly from one topic to the next, building upon each other to provide a comprehensive understanding of how AI is impacting the field of librarianship.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"This book is not available in a digital format, it does not have an interface in the traditional sense. However, the physical layout and design of the book are thoughtfully crafted to enhance readability and usability for readers.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The grammatical accuracy of the book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické is excellent, with clear and concise writing that is free from errors. The author's attention to detail in language and grammar ensures that readers can focus on the content without being distracted by any grammatical issues.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"The cultural aspects of the book Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické may be limited, as the primary focus is on the technical and practical applications of AI in librarianship. However, the book may touch upon cultural implications and considerations related to the adoption of AI technologies in library settings.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship 2nd edition by Frické is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding the impact of AI on library services. The book provides a comprehensive overview of AI technologies and their practical applications in the field of librarianship.","created_at":"2024-07-08T13:24:49.000-05:00","updated_at":"2024-07-08T13:24:49.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/artificial-intelligence-and-librarianship","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:37:36.000-06:00"},{"id":1062,"title":"Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2021,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"You will learn how scholarly information is produced, organized, and accessed; how to construct and use effective search strategies in a variety of web tools and scholarly databases; how to choose finding tools appropriate to the type of information you need; critical thinking skills in the evaluation of resources; and best practices in the ethical use of information.","contributors":[{"id":5504,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":true,"title":null,"first_name":"Iowa State University Library Instruction Services","middle_name":null,"last_name":null,"location":"Iowa State University","background_text":""}],"subjects":[{"id":90,"name":"Library Science and Museum Studies","parent_subject_id":9,"call_number":"Z665-718.8","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/library-science-and-museum-studies"},{"id":9,"name":"Social Sciences","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"H1","visible_textbooks_count":285,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/social-sciences"},{"id":10,"name":"Student Success","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"LB1062.6","visible_textbooks_count":65,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/student-success"}],"publishers":[{"id":1040,"url":"https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/","year":null,"created_at":"2021-09-16T21:35:39.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-09-16T21:35:39.000-05:00","name":"Iowa State University"}],"formats":[{"id":2595,"type":"eBook","url":"https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/lib160/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":2596,"type":"PDF","url":"https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/lib160/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":10,"reviews":[{"id":33395,"first_name":"Elena","last_name":"Rodriguez","position":"Research and Instruction Librarian","institution_name":"College of Charleston","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The Introduction to College-Level Research provides a straightforward and thorough review of the research process. The five chapters cover the primary elements students should be considering as they become proficient in locating, evaluating, and using information. Being a student centered textbook, I can understand why there isn't any mention of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy or a specific section that discusses why this book was created, but these are elements that would be helpful for instructors using this textbook outside of the institution. Additionally, as this appears to be for a specific course, including a glossary of terms would be helpful as a reference. While definitions are provided throughout each chapter, they can get lost in the text.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content appears to be accurate, error-free and unbiased. Any included references were relevant and functioned properly.  I appreciated that, in the section concerning Wikipedia, the authors did address the issue that the majority of editors are male and there are inherent biases and exclusions in those articles.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Given that these chapters cover topics with a general approach, it is unlikely that this content will be obsolete in the near future. However, some of the images from the institution's interface may become outdated.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The authors clearly define concepts and terms, and provide excellent examples throughout. Some of these examples, however, may edge into the overwhelming for novice researchers. A particular example is the graphic provided in the Boolean Operators section, 3.2. The very detailed search example (that includes AND, OR, and NOT with nesting) is simultaneously effective and a lot to take in. I very much appreciated their approach of including \"strengths\" and \"weaknesses\" at the end of certain section; this summarized information very concisely and helps demonstrate that there isn't one source or tool that is perfect.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Despite being written and compiled by the Library Instruction Services unit, this book manages to have a consistent voice and approach to how each chapter and subsequent section is presented.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Keeping to 5 chapters with quick subsections makes this book easy to use and read, either as a professor assigning work or a student using it as a resource. The sections are, for the most part, very reasonable in length, and the ones that verge on being too long are appropriately divided. I did not find the text to be disruptive.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book is thoughtfully organized with a clear and simple structure. The order of the chapters is logical and follows a typical research process.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"No issues noted with the interface. The occasional “check your understanding” quizzes were very effective and added to the overall experience of using the textbook online.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I did not note any grammatical errors during my review of the text.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"The text did not appear to be culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. Generally, all their examples and screenshots were very generic and represented authors from different backgrounds and fields of study. However, there is certainly opportunity to provide more inclusive examples or to discuss critical information literacy and social justice.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Overall, a good resource for an introductory college research course. It is simple in its approach, which makes the material approachable for novice researchers. For instructors not at the home institution wanting to use this book, certain sections may be confusing for students given the very specific screenshots, but this is expected given it’s attachment to the 160 course offered at Iowa State University. It would be useful to have more details about the course itself and the institution, as well as the makeup of the Instruction Services team that authored this source.","created_at":"2021-09-28T18:32:18.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-09-28T18:32:18.000-05:00"},{"id":33545,"first_name":"Meridith","last_name":"Wolnick","position":"Director of Teaching and Learning","institution_name":"University of Virginia","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research is written for students attending a particular course at Iowa State University. It has a full table of contents and is easy to navigate. Sections are short and include clearly labeled subsections. While there is no index, the linked table of contents handily provides user-friendly navigation.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Generally, the text is accurate and unbiased. However, Web Search Engines are incorrectly identified as not having filters for advanced search or narrowing a search (Table 2.1, pg. 28). In the case of Google, there is a capacity for advanced search, searches can be narrowed by time, and images can be narrowed by type of image, usage rights, etc. This is something the authors acknowledge further in the text (Section 4.6, pg. 129).","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The content is up-to-date and relevant to today’s readers. The text does link to tutorials and other resources from other universities. Given that those links are out of the hands of the authors and ISU, broken links may go unnoticed. Additionally, there are several figures that look like they are from the ISU Library catalog. While those helpfully illustrate the text, they may become dated as web pages change. That said, given their placement in the text, updates should be easy to make.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The text is clear and terms are defined for those new to the concepts. Each chapter includes learning outcomes that are achieved by the end of the chapter. Terms (like 'popular information' and 'peer review') are well-defined with examples. However, the use of bolding for terminology is not consistent throughout the book. Some terms (like 'thesis' and 'finding tools') are bolded and explained but others (like 'item records' and 'DOI') are just explained, not bolded. It also would be helpful to have bolded terms and concepts in a central list in the book for easy reference. In Section 1.4 (pg. 8), it’s not clear by Books whether the authors are referring to scholarly books or all books. Section 3.3 covering nesting and Boolean operators was complex compared to the rest of the text. It was helpful when the text differentiated between the ISU Quick Search function and a search engine. For instance, when discussing Boolean operators, the text identifies how to do a search similar to Quick Search in Google using a – instead of NOT.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is consistently written and cohesive.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The text is logically divided, and individual sections can be assigned independently. Sections are generally small and concise, easy to take in and understand. Page numbers did not consistently appear in the downloaded PDF.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The flow of the text is logical. The sequence of the sections, particularly illustrating the steps in beginning the research process, are clear and aligned with the student experience. The sections on Keywords are particularly organized and well-defined.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Navigation throughout the text is easy and logical. A few things I noted that could be improved: Figure 1.1 on page 10 in the section defining journal articles/issues/volumes is mid-quality and not ultimately necessary for the text since it is well explained in the preceding section. It may become dated since the journal clearly shows publication dates.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I didn’t observe any grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"While the examples used throughout the text assume some knowledge about the United States, they are inclusive and cover a wide range of topics. Since the book is clearly written specifically for ISU students, reliance on U.S. concepts is less of an issue. The sub-section on outdated and offensive subject headings (pg. 80) was a helpful addition to the text.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"This text is written for students early in their college careers. It would be useful for any student undertaking academic research for the first time. The text adds helpful sections that go beyond basic research skills, such as the Did You Know section (pg. 30) about free accounts. There are interactive checks for understanding that are relevant to the subject matter being reviewed. They include the opportunity to retry if answered incorrectly and give immediate feedback to the student. In the PDF, the checks are labeled “An Interactive H5P element” which may cause a student who is unfamiliar with H5P to avoid clicking.","created_at":"2021-12-16T09:33:04.000-06:00","updated_at":"2021-12-16T09:33:04.000-06:00"},{"id":33724,"first_name":"Stefania","last_name":"Hiltgen","position":"Public Services Librarian at Newberry College","institution_name":"Newberry College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book goes into great detail and includes modern research concepts such as using Wikipedia for background information and how to search Google.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"I found no issues with accuracy.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The length was just right-not exhaustive,  but inclusive of all topics needed to understand how to conduct modern-day research.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"It also includes a helpful Glossary.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"It is consistent in the terminology it uses.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"It is organized in good-sized chunks.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The fluid nature of research makes organizing it a little difficult. This is no fault of the authors; it is just a difficult subject to unravel linearly.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The e-book version flowed very well. Indid not take a look at the PDF version.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I found no grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I found no examples that were offensive or insensitive.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"I found it very helpful and look forward to using it in the near future, myself.","created_at":"2022-03-09T08:11:27.000-06:00","updated_at":"2022-03-09T08:11:27.000-06:00"},{"id":34087,"first_name":"Maribel","last_name":"Pagan","position":"Librarian","institution_name":"Klamath Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book is extremely down-to-earth with easy to access chapters, sections, and information.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The book is very accurate to today's libraries, but I wish it covered a bit more about the CRAAP test which is still relevant in some libraries today.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"This book uses information that tends to stay the same. For example, even with databases, boolean operators do not tend to change even when the databases do. This makes it easier to follow along and makes it accessible to all regardless of which databases they use.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The book is extremely accessible with its use of down-to-earth language that's extremely easy to understand. It feels wordy at times as a result, but I feel it also makes it more personable to both staff and students.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Very consistent in its explanations, its down-to-earth language, and all the steps needed to effectively conduct research.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Very easy to take out sections of it and utilize in a class section. The book often separated each section of a chapter into subsections, which makes it easy to adapt and utilize the text.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"This book follows a clear organization and goes step by step, following all the outcomes that are first outlined in each chapter.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The interface is pretty interactive, allowing the user of this text to simply read or to also engage with the material through interactive activities.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Did not notice any grammatical errors in the text.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"Did not notice any culturally insensitive aspects of the book and felt the piece was pretty inclusive.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"The book is very down-to-earth, easy to read, and easy to utilize parts of. I love how the user of this text can simply read or also engage with the material through interactive activities, which I'll be sure to incorporate some of these interactive activities in my own information literacy classes. I wish they also adapted more visual learners by providing some linked videos or something akin to that. I also wish that the book had a print version that I could have at hand and offer students if they expressed any interest in learning more. Some students have come to me before asking for print copies of their books, and it would be nice to have a print copy at hand for students to pick up and look through.\r\n\r\nThe sections on teaching students strengths and weaknesses of each information source helps tremendously as well. It shows how one can evaluate different resources and understand the different types of sources that may come up. I feel there could be some additional coverage of how to utilize research for research powerpoints, presentations, etc.\r\n\r\nOverall, a wonderfully written book that provides accessibility to all.","created_at":"2022-10-25T12:06:32.000-05:00","updated_at":"2022-10-25T12:06:32.000-05:00"},{"id":34122,"first_name":"Annie","last_name":"Cifelli","position":"Reference Librarian","institution_name":"Cape Cod Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"As an introductory text book, Library160 does a good job covering the basics. The 5 chapters address \"Getting Started,\" \"Locating Information,\" \r\nSearch Techniques,\" \"Evaluating Information,\" and \"Using Information Ethically.\" Each chapter begins with clearly stated learning objectives. The sub-sections within the chapters proceed in a logical and well-organized manner. There is a thorough glossary at the end.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The content in Library 160 is accurate; however, examples rely rather too-heavily on the authors' (Iowa State University Library Instruction Services) unique library features. Adapting this text book would require substantial editing. For example, some screen grabs are from ISU's specific search interface, record examples and unique “pay for” tools like Map It and Get It. But explanation of Library of Congress call numbers is quite good.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"Content is up-to-date. Again, using ISU's specific website to illustrate content may prove problematic in the future. Likewise, the database search pages change not infrequently and may not reflect what students see when they login to their own school's library page.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"One of the strengths of Library 160 is the way in which it is written. The language used is accessible and friendly. I made note of several \"real world\" examples (like avoiding \"BS\") that help make the content real to students.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Library 160 does an excellent job using terminology consistently. One issue with information literacy classes is the lack of standard terms. For instance, faculty often use phrases like \"scholarly articles,” \"academic journals,” and \"peer reviewed sources,\" interchangeably, which can be confusing for students new to the research process. Also, between disciplines what constitutes a primary source can vary. This textbook explains all of the \"jargon\" and offers clear visuals as to how the terms interrelate.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"As mentioned above, the 5 chapters are each divided into smaller sub-sections. The Table of Contents is always on the left side of the screen, making it easy to move around between sections or return to previously covered content. Moving between pages is also straightforward--the arrows at the bottom of the screen show what's \"previous\" and what's \"next.\"","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Overall, the organization of Library 160 makes sense. However, the early mentions of \"how to cite\" work represent something of an issue. Ethical information use is covered in the last chapter book, but opportunities for additional coverage abound. The style guides (MLA, APA, Chicago) are only just mentioned. Likewise, fair use, copyright, plagiarism are all addressed but only in most generic terms.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The interface is fantastic! There are a lot of great visuals (bullet points, charts, graphs) and several embedded YouTube videos break up large sections of text. Plus, there are quizzes to check understanding.  Yay quizzes!","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I did not find any grammatical errors. At first, the use of the second person \"You\" seemed too informal for a textbook, but by the end of the book, it felt collaborative as \"you\" can be singular or plural--\"you\" the individual student as well as \"you\" all the students in this class.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"There is one curse word in this book (BS), but in context and with a solid reason. I was surprised to see it, but not offended.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"At the very end of Library 160, there is a small section on \"Promoting Yourself as a Student Researcher.\" The idea of sharing student work through scholarly channels and encouraging students to think about themselves as “student researchers” is a powerful one. More energy should devoted to that concept in information literacy instruction. Too often students feel like they're just “pretending” to be scholars. Perhaps Library 160 can help change that!","created_at":"2022-11-07T16:12:33.000-06:00","updated_at":"2022-11-07T16:12:33.000-06:00"},{"id":34243,"first_name":"Rachel","last_name":"Milani","position":"Assistant Librarian","institution_name":"Minnesota North College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This textbook comprehensively covers the research process in a concise, comprehensible format that should be easily understood by students at the community college level. This book additionally provides information on ethical use of information, resources for students who wish to learn how to develop a citation, and a brief overview of how research fits into the overall writing process.  I also like that this book introduces the SIFT method and explains why the CRAAP method may no longer be the most effective evaluation tool. One critique would be that this book fails to mention that students should cite their sources as they find them so that they can more easily find those sources again if necessary and more effectively prevent plagiarism.  Understanding when a source requires citation is one thing, but students often leave citing those sources until the very end of the writing process, which can lead to confusion and errors in citations.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Content within this text is accurate and unbiased.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"While this book was written for a specific institution and program, this text makes an effort to generalize certain topics (like database availability and selection) to be broadly applicable to other institutions that might utilize different platforms and tools or have other options available.  This is something that can be easily customized by anyone with access to Pressbooks. This does detract slightly from the comprehensiveness of the book, but not by much. This book seems to be most relevant to an undergraduate \"Introduction to College\" course or to segments of a Freshman Composition course.  That said, this book could also easily be incorporated into other courses that assign research papers.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Again, this textbook comprehensively covers the research process in a concise, comprehensible format that should be easily understood by students at the community college level.  This book covers some complex concepts (like copyright and fair use) and makes them accessible to students.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The language, tone of voice, and terminology used within this text are consistent.  The use of Glossary Terms easily enables students to learn the terminology and ensures continuity of terminology throughout the book, as well as clear definitions of each term.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"At no point does this text refer the reader to another internal section.  Each topic is further subdivided into smaller segments that could be utilized in a stand-alone manner as needed.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"This text is organized in a linear, logical manner, proceeding from one step to the next logical area of consideration.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"All aspects of the Pressbooks interface for this text seem to be free of navigation issues or distortions. The only potential issue could be that the \"next page\" button is a little easy to overlook, but that's nitpicking.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"From what I could see, there were no blatant grammatical errors in this textbook.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"This book is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way.  It serves as a \"how-to\" manual regarding the steps of the research and citation process.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2022-12-06T14:35:24.000-06:00","updated_at":"2022-12-06T14:35:24.000-06:00"},{"id":34736,"first_name":"Maletta","last_name":"Payne","position":"Systems Administrator/Reference Librarian","institution_name":"Southern University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text appropriately covers all information literacy areas and provides a practical glossary.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The content is accurate, moderately error-free, and unbiased.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The text is up-to-date and reflects the current information landscape.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The clarity of language and accessibility of the prose, coupled with sufficient context for jargon and technical terminology, are commendable attributes of the information literacy text.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The book's consistency and framework make it an invaluable resource for undergraduate students seeking a structured and cohesive approach to understanding the research process.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The book's modularity is apparent, allowing readers to navigate the content in a flexible and personalized manner.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The text's topic is presented logically and clearly, with each section building on the appropriate research practices.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The interface is easy to navigate.\nAdditionally, this textbook contains a video to guide users on the book layout and \"Check your understanding\" interactive elements for users to practice concepts outlined in the chapters.","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"There are very minimal grammatical errors in this textbook.","cultural_rating":3,"cultural_review":"The textbook does not contain culturally insensitive or offensive materials; however, the book can benefit from images of various ethnicities.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research consistency across chapters, in writing style and terminology, makes it a reliable guide for readers navigating the intricate landscape of information literacy.","created_at":"2023-11-14T09:10:11.000-06:00","updated_at":"2023-11-14T09:10:11.000-06:00"},{"id":34770,"first_name":"Morgan","last_name":"Montgomery","position":"Assistant Library Director","institution_name":"Claflin University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book's table of contents made it easy to focus on the chapters that interested me the most.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The book provided wonderful examples of scenarios in teaching and instruction of research.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The contents of this textbook are timely and relevant. I will definitely be implementing it in to my information literacy lesson plans and instruction.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The book was easy to follow, the chapters flowed and it was brimming with examples.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The book is consistent with terminology and examples.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"I like the fact that the topics ranging from locating primary sources to newspapers are broken down into sections. I would recommend a particular section to our English 101 professors.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book's structure and flow is easy to follow. It starts from the beginning explaining what is research to building up selecting searches and web (internet research).","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The book's interface and design made it easy to jump from chapter to chapter and focus on headings highlighted in the book.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The book contained no errors.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"N/A","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"This book is a natural fit for learning, improving, and implementing research building blocks into your information literacy classes. I well definitely be utilizing this book this semester.","created_at":"2023-12-05T10:52:02.000-06:00","updated_at":"2023-12-05T10:52:02.000-06:00"},{"id":35272,"first_name":"Erin","last_name":"Weldon","position":"Director of Instructional Design and Development","institution_name":"Trine University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This textbook is an excellent introduction to college research. It provides a foundational understanding of the research process, guiding learners through essential steps such as initiating research, retrieving information from various resources, research techniques, information evaluation, and how to research ethically. Readers will learn how to identify research topics, formulate effective research questions, discover library databases and online resources, acquire practical researching skills, develop critical thinking skills to assess credibility, reliability, and bias, and lastly, understand the importance of academic integrity, avoiding plagiarism, and properly citing sources.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The textbook provides accurate and reliable information pertaining to the research process. I particularly appreciate the interactive H5P tools that effectively assess learners' comprehension of key research concepts. The inclusion of guidance on evaluating the credibility of Wikipedia is valuable. While Wikipedia can be a useful resource, it is critical to assess the information presented due to anyone being able to revise and edit the content.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The content is relevant and up to date. It might be helpful to add generic information for universities who want to use this textbook. Students from other university’s might find it helpful to be referred to their school library instead of another institution’s library. Developing a generic textbook for anyone to use might be more appealing to instructor’s adopting this textbook for their courses.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"This is a well-constructed textbook and demonstrates clarity and readability. Its clear organization, concise explanations, and logical progression of information provide an excellent resource for readers and learners. The progression of the material begins with how to get started with research and ends with the ethical implications that readers need to be made aware of. It is very clear on where the referenced material is located in the course by adding references to each page.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The terminology used in the textbook is consistent with current research practices ensuring that students are exposed to accurate and widely accepted language within the field of study. This consistency assists learners in understanding, comprehension, and effective communication of research findings.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This textbook is simple and to the point. The cover page is engaging and depicts a sense of reality. The textbook design prevents students from feeling overwhelmed by the volume of material, allowing them to focus on key concepts without being distracted by excessive detail. I like the finishing touch at the end with the Glossary for learners to review important terms.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The overall organization of the textbook is logical and well-structured, facilitating a nice flow of information. To further enhance its comprehensiveness, it might be beneficial to include Academic Integrity in the section that focuses on Plagiarism, as these topics are closely interconnected. The inclusion of a section discussing Reusing Your Work is valuable and provides excellent guidance to students. This chapter is organized very well! I highly encourage instructors to use Chapter 5 with students who are learning to research, writing papers, or are entering into the world of online learning (Undergraduate and Graduate students).","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I did not find navigation to be in issue within this textbook. Very well-written!","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"Overall, there were not too many grammatical errors. I did feel as if the Learning Objectives should be complete sentences and capitalizing the first word of each bullet.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Section 4.1 does include explicit language; however, there is a purpose to this section, to help readers understand there is a possibility of inaccurate, misunderstood, or misinterpreted information when conducting research.\nThe inclusion of guidance on promoting oneself as a student researcher is a valuable addition to the textbook. This provides students with practical advice on building their professional profiles, networking, and showcasing their research accomplishments, opening up exciting opportunities for personal and academic growth.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Overall, this textbook serves as an excellent introduction to college research. It provides the very basic foundations of research to allow learners to become familiar with how the research process works. Whether used as a primary text or a supplemental resource, this textbook can provide helpful support to students as they navigate writing research papers.","created_at":"2024-10-14T15:14:24.000-05:00","updated_at":"2024-10-14T15:14:24.000-05:00"},{"id":35398,"first_name":"Jonnie","last_name":"Carney","position":"Adjunct Faculty","institution_name":"Tidewater Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"Although the book does not have a glossary or index, it provides clear explanations and definitions for terms that are introduced throughout the text.  It also provides interactive opportunities for students to assess their understanding of key elements within the chapters.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Information and strategies provided were error-free and unbiased.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"Although some of the library information is specific to Iowa State University, the layout of the chapters and concepts covered could be easily implemented. With respect to college level research, the steps provided are timeless. However, the score of 4 has been given because updates are necessary to take into account topics such as ethical use and documentation of AI resources.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The text is easy to read and the introduction of applicable terminology is explained.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The modularity of the text allows for either one or more chapter, or the entire book to be used within a course. There are five chapters: Getting started with research, Locating information; Search techniques, Evaluating information, and Using information ethically.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics in the text are presented in a logical and clear fashion.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I found the text to be free of significant interface issues. It can be easily navigated as it has clear headings, font size/color, and tables to illustrate and explain concepts.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"To my knowledge, there were no grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"There were no culturally insensitive or offensive issues within the text.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Overall, the book provides clear and concise information for conducting research. It can be used as a main text or made available for students to use as a course resource in a class that has a research paper requirement.","created_at":"2025-01-31T23:39:34.000-06:00","updated_at":"2025-01-31T23:39:34.000-06:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/library-160-introduction-to-college-level-research","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:33:44.000-06:00"},{"id":1433,"title":"Introduction to Library and Information Science","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2023,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"This book explores the history, present, and future of library science, both in theory and in practice. It examines the place of the librarian as arbiter of information access in a constantly-changing and modernizing global community.","contributors":[{"id":6300,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Reed","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Hepler","location":"College of Southern Idaho","background_text":""},{"id":6301,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"David","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Horalek","location":"College of Southern Idaho","background_text":""}],"subjects":[{"id":24,"name":"Curriculum \u0026 Instruction","parent_subject_id":5,"call_number":"LC980","visible_textbooks_count":44,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/curriculum-instruction"},{"id":5,"name":"Education","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"L7","visible_textbooks_count":144,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/education"},{"id":90,"name":"Library Science and Museum Studies","parent_subject_id":9,"call_number":"Z665-718.8","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/library-science-and-museum-studies"},{"id":9,"name":"Social Sciences","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"H1","visible_textbooks_count":285,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/social-sciences"}],"publishers":[{"id":1411,"url":"https://csi.pressbooks.pub/","year":null,"created_at":"2023-05-29T21:20:14.000-05:00","updated_at":"2023-05-29T21:20:14.000-05:00","name":"College of Southern Idaho Pressbooks Network (CSI)"}],"formats":[{"id":3615,"type":"Online","url":"https://csi.pressbooks.pub/lis/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":3616,"type":"eBook","url":"https://csi.pressbooks.pub/lis/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":3617,"type":"PDF","url":"https://csi.pressbooks.pub/lis/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":3771,"type":"XML","url":"https://csi.pressbooks.pub/lis/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4","textbook_reviews_count":3,"reviews":[{"id":34634,"first_name":"Taylor","last_name":"Tharpe","position":"Research \u0026 Digital Services Librarian","institution_name":"Longwood University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"In Part I of the textbook, the author offers consistent definitions of certain terms, such as data, knowledge, and information. The author does a great job of providing helpful resources and information to go hand-in-hand with each chapter/section. However, some of the material that is questioned in the interactive quizzes are not mentioned in that particular section.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"I noticed no bias while reading this textbook. All information is presented in an accurate and unbiased manner.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The majority of the content was relevant and up to date.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"This textbook is written in accessible prose and provides a disclaimer and instructions for the interactive features that accompany each section/chapter.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The textbook is consistent in terms of terminology and framework.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Textbook is broken into three different parts, that can be separated to support different units of a course or class.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics presented are organized in an understandable manner. They flow together nicely.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Pictures and graphs could use some formatting work as the some of the captions aren't directly under the image, but I think this just depends on how you are viewing the textbook. The online version of the textbook is much more user-friendly than the PDF version.","grammatical_rating":2,"grammatical_review":"This textbook makes many grammatical errors. This includes capitalization, sentence structure, spelling, misusing, etc. I counted numerous errors throughout the entire text.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The author touches on the subject of demographics and knowing how to serve patrons regardless of ethnic group, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. The textbook also has a section on DEI and how important it is for libraries to acquire materials and hold events that meet the DEI initiative.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"The author focuses more on the application of skills associated with working within the library field, rather than just lecturing about library theory. However, the author also mentions using ChatGPT, which doesn't seem very reliable to me.","created_at":"2023-07-18T11:55:35.000-05:00","updated_at":"2023-07-18T11:55:35.000-05:00"},{"id":34724,"first_name":"Kathy","last_name":"Evans","position":"Reference \u0026 Archive Librarian","institution_name":"Shenandoah University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This textbook is logically organized, with distinctive chapters covering essential practices of librarianship. Hepler and Horalek do not offer an index in this introductory text. The authors define key concepts within the text, and those words are conveniently bolded and offer a \"pop-out\" definition. Unfortunately, these concepts are not in a glossary of terms or a helpful index. However, the text is searchable as an eBook.","accuracy_rating":3,"accuracy_review":"The text reads accurately in regards to librarianship. Some wording in the texts indicates bias. For example, the authors describe OCLC as a monopoly. Which is arguably true, but is it necessary to state that? The authors mention \"publisher's whims.\" Whims? Another word may be more appropriate. Curiously, there is no mention of the ancient Library of Alexandria in Chapter 2 – History of Libraries.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Overall, the text is straightforward and relevant to the subject. Updates should be relatively easy, given the organization and format of the information.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"Current terms may help clarify the different aspects of librarianship and library services. Some sections are wordy and lack confidence in the subject discussed, while others seem almost rushed.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text is consistent in terms of terminology and framework. As mentioned under clarity, more current descriptions of library services could be added to the text to clarify the terminology used.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The authors do a good job organizing the sections into readable chunks of information.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The authors organized the textbook logically.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The interface is easy to navigate. The self-check modules at the end of each section are helpful, albeit clunky, to use.","grammatical_rating":3,"grammatical_review":"The text is wordy in the delivery of the material covered. Some language seems too familiar when presenting the information. Several punctuation errors are apparent.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The authors address the importance of diversity, inclusion, and equity in library collections.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"Introduction to Library and Information Science could be a helpful textbook with some added proofreading and revisions.","created_at":"2023-11-10T09:53:25.000-06:00","updated_at":"2023-11-10T09:53:25.000-06:00"},{"id":35395,"first_name":"Barbara","last_name":"Tait","position":"Instruction Librarian","institution_name":"Radford University","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book is a decent overview of library and information science; the author manages to touch on important aspects of librarianship without getting too ‘in the weeds.’ That said, there are several ways this book could be strengthened without making it excessively lengthy.","accuracy_rating":2,"accuracy_review":"There are several terms that are inaccurate or lack context. As one example, the digital divide section does not mention anything about the wide variance of technology and broadband access in different communities and relies too heavily on the year of someone’s birth as the determiner of their digital skills, leaving out important factors that contribute to digital literacy.\n\nIn several sections the author gives too much weight to his own opinions and does not provide a nuanced perspective. \n\nOverall, it includes good external resources, though a couple links are broken.","relevance_rating":3,"relevance_review":"It includes recent information (generative AI and how it is being used in librarianship, for example) but needs to be updated already.","clarity_rating":3,"clarity_review":"There are exercises included at the end of some of the sections to help students integrate knowledge. Some of them are helpful, some are not. A few examples of what I mean by unhelpful - a couple of them lack instructions, one displays on the eBook version such that it’s very hard to see all the words, and a handful of questions don’t actually evaluate knowledge from the previous section.","consistency_rating":3,"consistency_review":"There are a few carelessly used abbreviations. \n\nThis is a small thing, but worth noting - the introduction states: “Please consult ODLIS, which stands for the Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science. I will not link to it, because as a library scientist, you should know how to search for things and find them\" (para. 5). \nI find this to be unnecessary and belittling. Presumably, most of the readers will not be library scientists, they will be students, and all the ‘should-ing’ (here and in many other places) is not supportive of learning. Later on, there are a number of links provided – the consistency would be improved by simply providing links for everything (for ease of use) and taking out the above comment.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"The sections are manageable and clearly outlined.","organization_rating":3,"organization_review":"The sections are sensible enough – some rearranging could be argued for and would strengthen the book but nothing too jarring. \nThe exercise at the end of the acquisitions section includes questions about weeding, but weeding has not yet been covered. \nIt would be nice if you could just click next to go to the next section for the eBook, as opposed to going back up to navigate through the menu – this was only the case in Google chrome with the window enlarged.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Multiple formats are provided – I tested a small amount of the xhtml version with a screen reader and it seemed accessible.","grammatical_rating":2,"grammatical_review":"For the most part the grammatical errors do not obstruct the overall meaning but there are quite a few typos; this book could benefit from an editor.","cultural_rating":3,"cultural_review":"I did not note anything overtly culturally insensitive, but the book doesn't present multiple perspectives in several places. The author does talk about the importance of treating all patrons with dignity, and covers DEI in the library, including some decent examples.","overall_rating":6,"overall_review":"Overall, this book is OK – it could be used in strategic ways to support an LIS class, but I do not recommend using it as the sole textbook, at least not without adaptation, elaboration, and some framing.\n\nThe tone is slightly arrogant throughout, and much of the content is presented in an oversimplified way that will not require students to think critically about some important issues of librarianship. It would be useful to provide more of a critical framework for students to explore pros and cons of various approaches, instead of feeding them opinions (some of which do not represent the consensus of experts in this profession). \n\nIt should be noted that the author used ChatGPT to write some of this book (chapter 12, AI section). He talks about the importance of editing any material generated by AI, but unfortunately this book does not demonstrate that he is 'walking the walk.' He does talk about issues of ethics when using generative AI, but this book is not a great model, given that you only learn halfway through the book that AI was used to write some of it, and given that many sections of the book are not well edited or well written.\n\nIt does include some good information and external resources - it's a starting point.","created_at":"2025-01-27T10:59:50.000-06:00","updated_at":"2025-01-27T10:59:50.000-06:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-library-and-information-science","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:37:22.000-06:00"},{"id":1464,"title":"Cataloging with MARC, RDA, and Classification Systems","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2023,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"This book goes over a wide range of cataloging schemata, tools, and norms. 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It demands reflection on what is being accessed (and what is not), who is gaining access (and who is not), who is providing access (and who is not), and what the goal is of this access (and what lies beyond access).\"—from the Foreword by Rajiv S. Jhangiani Information literacy skills are key when finding, using, adapting, and producing open educational resources (OER). Educators who wish to include OER for their students need to be able to find these resources and use them according to their permissions. When open pedagogical methods are employed, students need to be able to use information literacy skills as they compile, reuse, and create open resources. Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy captures current open education and information literacy theory and practice and provides inspiration for the future. Chapters include practical applications, theoretical musings, literature reviews, and case studies and discuss social justice issues, collaboration, open pedagogy, training, and advocacy. The book is divided into six parts: Foundations Teaching Info Lit with OER Librarian Support of Open Pedagogy/OER Social Justice/Untold Stories Student Advocacy Spreading the Love: Training Future Advocates and Practitioners Chapters cover topics including library-led OER creation; digital cultural heritage and the intersections of primary source literacy and information literacy; situated learning and open pedagogy; critical librarianship and open education; and developing student OER leaders. Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy—which went through an open peer review process—informs and inspires on OER, info lit, and their many iterative convergences. 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She has been recognized as an Affordable Learning Georgia Featured Advocate and co-edited the Fall 2020 special edition of the academic journal, Library Trends, “OER and the Academic Library,” with Elizabeth Dill."},{"id":5933,"contribution":"Editor","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Elizabeth","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Dill","location":"Hartford, Connecticut","background_text":"Elizabeth Dill is the Director of University Libraries at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, CT. As an instructor of university-level theater classes, she assigned OER, facilitating open pedagogy. She has also used her librarian role to advocate for OER. Dill has presented at national and international conferences on Open Educational Resources. 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This book is divided into six parts that will walk the reader through the beginnings of this partnership up to the prospects of future advocates. Each chapter can stand alone, but work together to provide an overview of the important part librarians play in bringing OER to the forefront.  I enjoyed reading perspectives from differing authors and their experiences and there is something here for both the novice and the more experienced user of Open Education.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"I found the information to be unbiased, accurate and error-free. A read through of the authors shows the overwhelming amount of expertise that is being tapped into throughout this text.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"There is no doubt that Open Education will be relevant in the future as will the task of keeping students and faculty skilled in the art of navigating Open Educational Resources. I do not see this text being obsolete within a short period of time. The format makes for an easy update if need be.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The first chapter was born out of the reasoning that some readers \"may be new to the concepts of open education, open educational resources, open pedagogy, and information literacy. Key Takeaways that clarified points were offered in some chapters. All while being an appropriate read for those in higher education.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"This text was consistent in its mission to drive home the importance of Open Education. Chapters are in an appropriate order and chapters are, for the most part, short and easy to read. The only minor inconsistencies were in how individual authors chose to wrap up their sections, some did conclusions while others offered key takeaways. It would have been nice to have key takeaways from each author.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"As someone with a reasonable amount of knowledge regarding OER, I appreciated the variety of authors and being able to skip around and read those areas of interest without having to do so in order. The layout was easily defined and generally good overall.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Each of the six parts were clearly defined as to what would be included in them as well as who the author was. The arrangement is logical, but as stated in the foreword \"most chapters could easily have fit into two or three different sections...\".","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"There we no interface issues with downloading this text on the computer or iphone. Navigation was actually smoother on my phone than on the computer. The only other option available besides PDF was the option of a hardcopy which I found a little pricey at $100.80 for an ALA member.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I truly enjoyed reading the differing experiences of the authors and reread chapters more than one time. There were no noted grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I did not come across any cultural or gender bias in this book. There was nothing insensitive and it was nice to see parts dedicated to social justice and equity.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Very excited overall about this book. If you have a passion for the intersecting of Open Education and Information Literacy, you will be also.","created_at":"2022-12-15T13:57:50.000-06:00","updated_at":"2022-12-15T13:57:50.000-06:00"},{"id":34366,"first_name":"Barbara","last_name":"Pope","position":"Reference/Periodicals Librarian and Professor","institution_name":"Pittsburg State University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"This OER text addresses a wide array of topics, including introducing the concepts of OER and open pedagogy, copyright and licensing in OER, searching for OER, and evaluation criteria. In addition, several of the authors relate their experiences with creating OER, using it in a class, and the impact on student learning. This diversion points to a move away from rote learning in traditional education and towards mindful, self-directed learning facilitated by faculty utilizing OER. OER is open and the texts do not have a cost for students, which is a major boon to students who would be otherwise unable to succeed in college due to high textbook costs. The authors note that most of the discussion around OER addresses cost and access. However, OER provides opportunities for improved learning, including allowing students to direct their learning, make connections in learning, create content, and develop information literacy skills that will serve them well. OER could also provide for the differing learning styles of students. In addition, OER allows faculty to utilize resources and materials that are more inclusive and diverse in viewpoint, something which is impossible with a traditional textbook.\r\n\r\nThe only omission in this text that I can see is that accessibility of OER for the disabled is not even mentioned until page 43. Accessibility is important for all students in higher education, some of whom may have undiagnosed disabilities or not wish to disclose them. I also spotted some accessibility issues with the text itself.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"This text is a compilation of chapters written by different authors from a variety of viewpoints. I see no obvious biases, and in fact, the variety of viewpoints and topics represented points to an effort to make the text as diverse as possible. The only errors I can find in the text have to do with accessibility of the text itself, specifically the screen reader reading order. When I used a screen reader to read the text, the by-line at the bottom of the title page reads before the title that is at the top of the title page. This is not a problem for me, but it may be for a disabled student who depends on a screen reader.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"OER is relevant as a format, because it bypasses one of the major barriers in higher education and that is the cost of textbooks. It also allows for greater agency on the part of students who may have a voice in its content and benefit from improved learning beyond rote memorization.\r\n\r\nThe content of this OER text is timely, but not so much that it will be out of date quickly. It would be a great text to support a library science class on information literacy or OER, or as a reference for a librarian, because the chapters cited current examples and literature. Each chapter can stand alone as an essay or be combined with other resources. One of the advantages of OER is that the underlying text can remain the same, but the examples, exercises, and lessons can be updated as needed for changing interests and needs.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"This OER text is written in easily understood and accessible language and provides for adequate explanation for specialty terms within the text.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"This OER textbook is consistent in the message about the importance of open education and OER in higher education and information literacy. By using an OER textbook with the possibility of more diverse viewpoints, the students are not limited to information in a traditional textbook. The students have the opportunity for improved learning, learn how to create content, and gain invaluable information literacy skills.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This OER text can easily be broken up into smaller parts that stand on their own. However, the combination of chapters provides readers with a unique blend of viewpoints and stories about OER and information literacy.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The text is divided into sections: 1) Foundations (chapters 1 thru 3), 2) Teaching Info Lit with OER (chapters 4 thru 6), Part 3 Librarian Support of Open Pedagogy / OER (chapters 7 thru 10), Part 4 Social Justice / Untold Stories (Chapters 11 and 12), Part 5 Student Advocacy (Chapters 13 and 14), and Part 6 Spring the Love: Training Future Advocates and Practitioners (Chapters 15 thru 17). The divisions of the sections make sense in the overall context and are progressive, beginning with chapter 1, which provides an introduction to OER and open pedagogy for readers who may not be familiar with the concepts, and ends with a section on training future OER advocates and practitioners. The forward does accurately state that some chapters could have fit into more than one of the sections of the text. The authors also talk about Creative Commons licensing, sites for accessing OER, and criteria to use in evaluating OER for class use.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"The text is mostly free of significant interface issues, including distortion of images and charts. However, some of the text did not render correctly, as some lines of text are missing either the top or bottom half of the line. The text is still readable, though. An example is on page 39, third line from the bottom of the page. The other interface issue I noticed is accessibility. The PDF is mostly accessible, but the screen reader reading order is incorrect. I also did an accessibility check of the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro and 3 minor issues came up. The headlines for each chapter are in a sans serif font, but the chapter text appears to be Times New Roman, which can be problematic for some screen readers.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The text contains no known grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I found reading this OER text with differing perspectives on OER and information literacy to be a breath of fresh air. Adopting OER in higher education serves to reduce the students’ costs for textbooks as well as expand opportunities for improved learning and engagement with the coursework. In addition, faculty adopting OER have more freedom to assemble a more diverse array of materials to support the course that utilizing a traditional textbook.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"Overall, I feel like this book is a comprehensive overview of many of the issues in OER and higher education. If you are passionate about information literacy or OER, then this book is for you.  However, a quick accessibility check in Adobe Acrobat Pro revealed a few minor problems, but the bigger problem was the screen reader reading order is not logical. However, overall, this OER text would make an invaluable addition to academic library collections or for librarians teaching information literacy or involved in OER at their institutions.","created_at":"2023-01-12T15:19:44.000-06:00","updated_at":"2023-01-12T15:19:44.000-06:00"},{"id":34557,"first_name":"Barbara","last_name":"Lovato","position":"Principal Lecturer III / Library Director","institution_name":"University of New Mexico","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"This OER text about OER and Information Literacy is timely and comprehensive. Through the lens of different authors for each chapter, the subject is covered effectively. No index or glossary are included, which would be useful for the extreme novice in this area, but are not particularly necessary for general comprehension and potential application.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The variety of knowledgeable authors writing on the same theme allows for the presentation of diverse viewpoints, that are nonetheless, very similar. There are no obvious biases  or errors present.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Open Educational Resources and the ACRL Information Literacy standards are extremely timely and relevant topics. Practitioners are scrambling to provide content to students that provides the appropriate rigor, but is also financially accessible to students. This is a topic that will continue to be relevant and in this format can continue to be updated.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"This text is easy to understand and although there is no glossary, there is appropriate explanation and context for any specialty terminology presented.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text remains consistent in its message of the importance of open education and information literacy theory and practice. Additionally it provides examples of the implementation of open pedagogy, content creation and collaboration among others.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This text provides a overview at OER and Information Literacy and has chapters grouped into sections by topic.  It can be easily be broken into individual chapters or grouped differently based on areas of interest or course focus.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"This first chapter of this text provided a good background on the concepts that will be presented in subsequent chapters. Although the book is organized by topic, any chapter can be utilized on its own.  The chapters are diverse enough to keep the reader interested and as you continue through the book, demonstrates the how this topic has become and will remain an iterative process.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"There were no significant interface issues present in this text. The chapters I printed looked exemplary and I had no issues with the text or images displayed on desktop, laptop or cellphone.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No obvious grammatical errors where found in this text.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"This text was in no way culturally insensitive or offensive. It was refreshing to see practices that were considerate of social justice and equity in content creation, open pedagogy and access.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"This book is extremely timely and informative. It provides excellent examples of applications in higher education settings and opens up concepts in the area of open education and information that we may not have previously considered.","created_at":"2023-05-16T11:51:42.000-05:00","updated_at":"2023-05-16T11:51:42.000-05:00"},{"id":35631,"first_name":"Max","last_name":"Robinson","position":"Faculty Librarian","institution_name":"Chemeketa Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text is a comprehensive review of both Information Literacy (what is it, why is it important, and how can we all be information literate?) and Open Educational Resources (what are they, why have them, and how can we encourage our respective institutions to consider utilizing OERs as a primary textbook for all courses?). Not only does it achieve this, but it does so in a manner that is engaging and covers bases that one might not have previously considered.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"All of the information is well researched and comprehensively sourced. I appreciated the inclusion of an endnotes and bibliography at the end of each chapter, particularly the fact that the links provided all appear to jump directly to the appropriate source.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"I can imagine the relevance of this textbook carrying long into the 21st century and beyond. Discovering and identifying the connection between OERs and information literacy is an integral step into information justice and a hopefully provides a hopeful glimpse into a more equitable and accurate information superhighway for the human race, particularly in the age AI chatbots and a lack of accountability for providing fair and accurate information.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Though, as others have mentioned, the text lacks a glossary, it does a good job of defining and redefining words and acronyms along the way. The use of story within creating a more definitive framework also provides a clearer picture of the importance of OERs and the critical intersection of those within information literacy. ","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Despite the variety of different voices, the text does a fabulous job of reading as though it were written by a single author. ","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"With 6 clear sections, and a good division of chapters within each (2-4), the text provides a good makeup for a full course worth of instruction. Utilizing this as the sole resource in a library course or a college success course could provide a new channel for student growth and comprehensive research patterns within even the newest community college student. Chapter 11 on Critical Librarianship alone, should be required reading for MLS and MLIS students today.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"As mentioned above, the 6 sections are clear, and the accompanying chapters all take unique pathways to contributing to the greater whole. That being said, the organization of the book could be described a bit more clearly at the beginning, and the section names should be a bit more clear as well. This would help with accessibility of the text too.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"I did not experience any trouble interfacing with the text. I do think having easier quick navigation points throughout would make the 400 plus page book a more enjoyable reading experience. Additionally, I think the book could use an accessibility refresh, as I do not believe a person using a screen reader would have an easy time navigating this book.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I did not encounter any grammatical errors as a part of my review.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Today, factual information can be perceived as political, so it is always difficult to say with certainty. Wearing my librarian hat, I’ve found this information to be refreshing, particularly as someone working in a community college with a student body often having to make choices of whether to buy a textbook or groceries, I would much rather have my students be fed, and continue to have access to everything they need to be successful in their education. This book goes into vivid detail as to why that is important and how to accomplish that.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"As previously mentioned, the text is a joy to read. I could see many students diving into the world of information justice with this a primer. I will be sharing this resource with my colleagues, and now aim to advocate for the use of OERs all over my college. I would like to advocate for accessibility in all texts, so the interface improvements to be made here could really be made for most collegiate materials in circulation today. 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Angela had been working on social justice issues for a while at that point, while CJ had a wealth of expertise on open educational resources (OER). We merged our two areas of expertise in drafting that chapter, discussing OER as an opportunity to not only save students money but incorporate CRT into the curriculum—both in content and in practice. We submitted the final draft and were dismayed when we received the publication agreement. The publisher was unwilling to allow us to retain the copyright, even after we shared the licensing agreement that the Association of College \u0026 Research Libraries (ACRL) Press uses as an example. In discussing how to proceed—should we submit this chapter somewhere else?—we realized that we were really excited about extending the discussion of OER beyond just ensuring that all students can afford to access their course materials. So we pitched the idea of an edited volume on this topic to a publisher that we know has publishing practices we support (chapter authors retain copyright and select the Creative Commons license they prefer for their work), and here we are! Our entrance to academic work on social justice was through a focus on CRT. We outline this background here but wish to emphasize that it explicitly addresses only one aspect of social justice. For us, the structural understanding of racism in the United States creates a foundation upon which to understand other structures of oppression as well as intersectionality.","contributors":[{"id":5927,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Kevin","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Adams","location":"Alfred, NY","background_text":"Kevin Adams is an information literacy librarian at Alfred University. His research focuses on critical librarianship and critical information literacy."},{"id":5928,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Murray","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Anderson","location":"Athabasca, Alberta","background_text":"Murray Anderson is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Health Disciplines at Athabasca University. He has 20-plus years of experience as both a private and public health care practitioner, including roles as a coordinator, outreach worker, and crisis response clinician. His research focuses on the stigma and trauma attached to those dealing with issues related to clutter and hoarding. He also maintains a small, private practice where he works with couples, addiction issues, and those dealing with life transitions."},{"id":5929,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Elissah","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Becknell","location":"Minneapolis, MN","background_text":"Elissah Becknell is a faculty librarian at Minneapolis Community \u0026 Technical College Library and teaches in the Library Information Technology and Information Studies departments. She is an advocate for teaching information as a discipline and liberal art in its own right. Critical information literacy and culturally responsive pedagogy greatly influence the content of Elissah’s teaching. She uses open education resources and zines in her classroom and advocates their use on her campus."},{"id":5930,"contribution":"Editor","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"CJ","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Ivory","location":"Carrollton, Georgia","background_text":"CJ Ivory is an associate professor and librarian at the University of West Georgia where she teaches information literacy and research with a focus on social justice. She is also an advocate for open education on her campus and works with faculty across disciplines to support the implementation of open textbook alternatives. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Central Florida and MLIS from Florida State University. Her research interests include information literacy instruction, social justice education, and open pedagogy."},{"id":5931,"contribution":"Editor","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Angela","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Pashia","location":"Carrollton, Georgia","background_text":"Angela Pashia has over a decade of experience as an academic librarian focusing on teaching critical information literacy, mentoring colleagues, working against structural oppression within libraries, and growing as a collaborative leader. Angela’s first co-edited book (with Jessica Critten), Critical Approaches to Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses, was selected as an ACRL Instruction Section, Teaching Methods Committee Selected Resource in 2020. Angela currently works as professor and head of the learning and research support department at Ingram Library, University of West Georgia, and is beginning to explore opportunities to support other scholars as a book and career coach."}],"subjects":[{"id":24,"name":"Curriculum \u0026 Instruction","parent_subject_id":5,"call_number":"LC980","visible_textbooks_count":44,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/curriculum-instruction"},{"id":5,"name":"Education","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"L7","visible_textbooks_count":144,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/education"},{"id":90,"name":"Library Science and Museum Studies","parent_subject_id":9,"call_number":"Z665-718.8","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/library-science-and-museum-studies"},{"id":43,"name":"Sociology","parent_subject_id":9,"call_number":"HM586","visible_textbooks_count":35,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/sociology"},{"id":9,"name":"Social Sciences","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"H1","visible_textbooks_count":285,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/social-sciences"}],"publishers":[{"id":1235,"url":"https://www.ala.org/acrl/","year":null,"created_at":"2022-10-03T12:45:21.000-05:00","updated_at":"2022-10-03T12:46:43.000-05:00","name":"Association of College and Research Libraries"}],"formats":[{"id":3140,"type":"PDF","url":"https://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/booksanddigitalresources/digital/9780838936771_OA.pdf","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":3,"reviews":[{"id":34101,"first_name":"Joel","last_name":"Leader","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"University of Texas at Arlington","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book covers a wide range of topics related to social justice and how OER can be harnessed to remove obstacles for marginalized populations. Further, the chapters critically examine the institutional policies and approaches prevalent in higher education that have traditionally prevented the type of access championed by the OER movement.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"No significant errors noted.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The content in this book is highly relevant to academia and society in general. The book explores the sources of social injustice and provides remedies to address systemic inequities.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The text is accessible, clear, and free of overly technical jargon.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is consistent throughout.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The book is well-sectioned into cohesive themes, each of which builds upon the last. Chapter lengths are manageable.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book is organized logically and each topic builds upon the others.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"No issues noted.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No significant errors were identified.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"One of the strongest sections of this book is the discussion of the decolonization of learning in the global south. While other works have touched on this topic, I feel this text explores how OER and the push for social justice impact those often overlooked or excluded from the conversation.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2022-11-03T09:40:24.000-05:00","updated_at":"2022-11-03T09:40:24.000-05:00"},{"id":34688,"first_name":"Abigail","last_name":"Dutcher","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"University of Saint Francis","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text starts with an introduction and an overview of the OER text. Furthermore, there is a table of contents that follows.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The authors did a great job explaining the issues and the platform in a factual manner.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"This textbook is very up-to-date and relevant with what is happening in educational institutions. The authors address CRT and the political climate and how OER can be used in our current educational context.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"While the writing structure was easy to understand, I do wish that there was a glossary or terminology section of the textbook.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The authors are very concise in showing their ideas for using OER and maintaining their framework throughout the text.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The text is divided into five sections that have three to four chapters within these sections. The chapters average about 20 pages of reading for each chapter. The table of contents follows an organized approach of ideas.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The text follows a very logical progression of ideas. The authors start with helping the reader to understand the problem. The text then moves to different examples. Then, it moves into ways that practitioners can use the information and strategies in meaningful ways. The progression of ideas is written in a way that anyone knew to OER, and social justice work can understand and apply the content.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"There are no interface issues.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Grammar usage and mechanics were well done. Sentence and writing structure was easy to follow.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The authors did a superb job outlining the issue surrounding social justice work in the introduction of the textbook. Furthermore, the author's incorporate great examples of how to put the theoretical practice of using OER into practice in culturally relevant ways in the second section of the textbook.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"This is a very timely text that is relevant in today's educational climate. The text gives the reader applicable ideas and strategies for using OER to promote social justice.","created_at":"2023-10-11T11:22:04.000-05:00","updated_at":"2023-10-11T11:22:04.000-05:00"},{"id":34692,"first_name":"Natasha","last_name":"Mitchell","position":"Adjunct Faculty","institution_name":"Metropolitan State University of Denver","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"I was immediately skeptical when I saw the term critical race theory (CRT) was being used to legitimize something that is a made-up construct intended to suppress DEI and uphold the current structures. I found the index was beneficial when searching for social justice interests.","accuracy_rating":3,"accuracy_review":"Again, using the term CRT indicates there is a bit of biases with some social justice references sprinkled in.","relevance_rating":1,"relevance_review":"I would say the text will remain in circulation as researchers begin to explore the use of CRT and how normalizing the phrase helps or hurts the social justice movements.","clarity_rating":3,"clarity_review":"I could not make heads or tails of the information shared in chapter 14 (Decolonizing Wikipedia) since not much data was presented to back up the statements.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text used modern terminology.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"The text was divided into subheadings.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The text was presented in a logical and clear fashion.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I did not encounter any interface issues or navigation problems.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I do not believe there were any grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":1,"cultural_review":"Adopting the phrase CRT is neither insensitive or offensive but is irresponsible.","overall_rating":7,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2023-10-14T17:00:19.000-05:00","updated_at":"2023-10-14T17:00:19.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/using-open-educational-resources-to-promote-social-justice","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:35:13.000-06:00"},{"id":1247,"title":"Enhancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources (OER)","edition_statement":"Australian Edition","volume":null,"copyright_year":2022,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":"9780645326","license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"This practical guide provides a framework and tips to enhance inclusion, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in Open Educational Resources.","contributors":[{"id":5908,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Nikki","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Andersen","location":"Toowoomba, Australia","background_text":"Nikki Andersen is the Open Education Content Librarian at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ). In this role she supports open educational practices, including the development of open textbooks using the open publishing platform, Pressbooks. She has previous experience as a Copyright Officer, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and is the editor the Australasian Open Educational Practice Digest. Nikki is also a part of the Council of Australian University Librarian’s (CAUL) Open Educational Resources Professional Development Program Project Team, and the ASCILITE Open Educational Practice Special Interest Group. She identifies as disabled and Deaf and speaks nationally about issues relating to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Her advocacy for diversity and inclusion has been featured in The Australian, the Australian Government’s EmployAbility initiative, and in several library and information studies courses across Australian universities. In 2017, she received UniSQ’s Head of School Award for Excellence in Education for her work on creating accessible and inclusive digital learning environments for blind and visually-impaired students. She is interested in the relationship between open educational practice, social justice and student success. 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The audience appears to be educators/academics/scholars who wish to create OER using frameworks and principles that reflect social justice, recognitive justice, and representational justice. A plethora of specific examples are provided on how to design equitable OERs, along with ample resources to learn more about the particular topic areas, such as: diverse and inclusive images; example names; inclusive language; researchers and references; diverse examples and balanced perspectives; appropriate terminology and inclusive metadata; indigenisation, decolonisation, and cultural inclusion; accessibility, usability, and Universal Design for Learning; and anti-racist and inclusive open pedagogy.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The contents of the book appear to have gone through a rigorous peer reviewer process. Nine peer reviewers representing various diversity perspectives have gone through the materials and have provided their feedback and suggestions. In addition, the author, Nikki Andersen, acknowledges contributions by other subject matter experts to support the information in the book chapters.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The content appears to be up-to-date and reflective of the latest information related to equity, diversity, and inclusion. The author also mentions at the beginning of the book that she encourages any updates or corrections from readers. Because the book examines the Australian context, it does not discuss people in other countries, although it does provide important implications for discussing indigenous peoples in a holistic manner. If authors from, for example, the US, would like to apply these principles to discussing First Peoples in the US, there is useful and relevant information that the authors can use in writing their own OER.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The book emphasizes the use of clarity and simple English language to make the contents accessible. If any terms are used, they are described for the reader. The prose is very readable and easy to understand.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The author is careful to make sure that the text is internally consistent in terms of the terminology and framework. Toward the end of the book, the author nicely draws relationships among open pedagogy, culturally responsive pedagogy, critical pedagogy, and trauma-informed pedagogy. The author is also mindful throughout the book to keep accessibility and usability at the forefront.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The book is 90 pages in total and is divided into 10 chapters with subsections that include aims, actions and considerations, examples, and references. The sections are succinct enough to read through quickly and retain the main points.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book chapters begins by providing a general framework for designing OER with equity, diversity, and inclusion in mind. The following chapters examine more granular points about designing OER, such as inclusive language, diverse examples and balanced perspectives, and Universal Design for Learning.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The book appears to be free of significant interface issues. There are links throughout the chapters that are all functional, and H5P is used as external tools that are functional as well. The photos all contain alt text and are clear in quality.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The book contains almost no grammatical issues. I noticed that sometimes periods are not used when discussing titles such as Mr and Mrs. A very small issue is in the introduction when discussing \"redistributive justice, recognitive justice, and representational justices.\" Justice could be singular with each category or pluralized at the end of the sentence.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I believe this is the main strength of the book. The author is very mindful of cultural respect and examples. There is an ample array of contexts and instances that readers can use in designing their own OERs and avoiding insensitive or offensive representations. Intersectionality is used throughout the book chapters to examine how various identities interact with one another.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"This is a very important resource for educators/academics/scholars in designing their own OER to be equitable, diverse, and inclusive. It provides useful and actionable principles to implement in building OERs. There is a dearth of resources in this area, so it is a welcome addition to the body of knowledge on OER creation.","created_at":"2023-06-20T14:15:42.000-05:00","updated_at":"2023-06-20T14:15:42.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/enhancing-inclusion-diversity-equity-and-accessibility-idea-in-open-educational-resources-oer","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:35:02.000-06:00"},{"id":913,"title":"The Discipline of Organizing: 4th Professional Edition","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2013,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":"9780999797013","license":"Attribution-NonCommercial","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"We organize things, we organize information, we organize information about things, and we organize information about information. But even though “organizing” is a fundamental and ubiquitous challenge, when we compare these activities their contrasts are more apparent than their commonalities. We propose to unify many perspectives about organizing with the concept of an Organizing System, defined as an intentionally arranged collection of resources and the interactions they support. Every Organizing System involves a collection of resources, a choice of properties or principles used to describe and arrange resources, and ways of supporting interactions with resources. By comparing and contrasting how these activities take place in different contexts and domains, we can identify patterns of organizing. We can create a discipline of organizing in a disciplined way. The 4th edition builds a bridge between organizing and data science. It reframes descriptive statistics as organizing techniques, expands the treatment of classification to include computational methods, and incorporates many new examples of data-driven resource selection, organization, maintenance, and personalization. It introduces a new “data science” category of discipline-specific content, both in the chapter text and in endnotes, marked with [DS] in editions that contain endnotes.","contributors":[{"id":5283,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Robert","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Glushko","location":null,"background_text":"Bob Glushko is an Adjunct Full Professor at the University of California at Berkeley in the Cognitive Science Program, which he joined in 2017 after fifteen years at the School of Information. Before joining the Berkeley faculty in 2002, he had more than twenty years of R\u0026D, consulting, and entrepreneurial experience in information systems and service design, content management, electronic publishing, Internet commerce, and human factors in computing systems. He founded or co-founded four companies, including Veo Systems in 1997, which pioneered the use of XML for electronic business before its 1999 acquisition by Commerce One. Veo's innovations included the Common Business Library (CBL), the first native XML vocabulary for business-to-business transactions, and the Schema for Object-Oriented XML (SOX), the first object-oriented XML schema language. From 1999-2002 he headed Commerce One's XML architecture and technical standards activities and was named an \"Engineering Fellow\" in 2000. In 2008 he co-founded and for several years served as a Director for Document Engineering Services, an international consortium of expert consultants in standards for electronic business. From 2005-2010 he was a member of the Board of Directors for OASIS, an international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of \"open standards for the global information society,\" and and also served on the Board of Directors for the Open Data Foundation, dedicated to the adoption of global metadata standards for statistical data. He is the President of the Robert J. 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Due to the reiterative manner the text introduces concepts, perhaps it would be good practice to only assign relevant sections to students for required reading.  Students may find the material kind of dense, so berry pick from the sections and encourage reading the whole thing for those who want more comprehensive coverage. Then they can use the links and key points to access the sections that expand the explanations as in an encyclopedia.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Content is accurate but sometimes written with an assumed technical background and so is either too \r\nhigh level or too technical for those new to these ideas.  Unfortunately it could be deemed too basic \r\nfor those with technical backgrounds who could benefit from understanding the legacy processes inherent\r\nin memory institution practices which have stood the test of time.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"It is relevant and the interlinkages available throughout connect themes and topics.  Strives to expand the boundaries of the Discipline of Organizing and may seem too Information School for some and too Library Science for others.  For example, a basic explanation of the meaning of bibliographic control is unfortunately glossed over. From a traditional standpoint the abstract definition of resources to be organized, without enough corresponding attention to the more granular aspects of the discipline of organizing, renders it approachable but not foundational.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"Although the Svenonius (2000) quotes provide a good framework, her ability to translate complex and philosophical themes into practical applications for examples is not achieved due to too much use of technical terms without sufficient explanation.  Parts such as the allegory of organizing a kitchen are helpful and useful.  Students may find it dense and conceptual: more theoretical and philosophical than practical and suited to a survey course in information science.  There are numerous real world examples, preferring principles over specific applications or implementation.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"Style is inconsistent as it a compendium from different contributors without sufficient structure to smooth \r\nit out and fit together. Some topics are covered in-depth and others only in passing, especially tradition \r\naspects of bibliographic and other library centric practices.  This collaborative process used in creating the text is both a strength and weakness.  The scope is broader but the topics lack cohesion. The writing is uneven, with some sections very relatable and others abstruse.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This e-book version  has a lot of features that are not available in the print edition including the ability to link to and from the author’s notes, expanded illustrations, interactive self-checks of chapter content, case studies to help convey content, and the ability to add bookmarks and your own notes to the text.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The book is entertaining with examples that will likely keep student interest, but may lead to following rabbit trails. Unfortunately classical foundations are obscured by the forward focus and this undermines the stability and structure.  Using other resources portraying more of the historical and traditional grounding would improve and contextualize the concepts and provide a scaffold for appreciating the long roots of the field and prepare for the future of this interdisciplinary field.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"The e-book and online formats make the links more accessible than in the pdf version.\r\nThe tags are color coded with different fields to show connections and themes.\r\nThe companion website (https://www.ischools.org/Discipline-of-Organizing) and case studies (https://www.ischools.org/Discipline-of-Organizing-Case-Studies-Overview/) are helpful","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The book is written with correct language and I did not notice any grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Seems good for a basic overview of the information science and theory, but does display a somewhat automated digital bias and fails to capture the appreciation for the important role and work of catalogers and metadata specialists in organizing and making resources accessible and doing so following informed judgment and ethical guidelines.  This is essential to honoring the important function of providing access as well as understanding bias and the need to keep a human in the loop to provide oversight and correction.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I have used whole chapters and significant excerpts of the text for several years in an organization of information course.  I purchased a previous edition which I found valuable and worth the price, and still for sale on Amazon, so an open text version, especially an updated and expanded digital version would be beneficial to students and educators alike.  Overall, I enjoyed the book and find the new edition better integrated and evolving.  However, I do  not recommend this as a book to be read from cover to cover in a semester.","created_at":"2021-05-14T22:24:14.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-05-14T22:24:14.000-05:00"},{"id":33415,"first_name":"Bobbie","last_name":"Long","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"Emporia State University","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"Glushko provides excellent foundational information for any organization of information class. Using this resource as a supplemental textbook or as a spine with newer, supplemental readings will provide students with both an overview of the topic as well as a basic for further studies in cataloging, metadata, and similar coursework.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Glushko is only limited by the date in which the book was written.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"Glushko does a great job of make organization relatable to everyday topics and situations.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"This textbook uses introductory language that students can easily understand.","consistency_rating":3,"consistency_review":"Instructors may find that some of Glushko's terms are not what is currently used in the field. However, to be fair, some terms are ambiguous among scholars, so the fault is not the author's.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"Chapters are a good length for students and easily mesh with supplemental readers or another textbook as a spine.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"Glushko begins with little assumed knowledge and walks the reader through the topics in a meaningful way.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Glushko is clear in presentation.","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"None noticed.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"None noted.","overall_rating":8,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2021-10-18T06:20:17.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-10-18T06:20:17.000-05:00"},{"id":35188,"first_name":"Rebecca","last_name":"Kuske","position":"Digital Archivist","institution_name":"University of Wisconsin-Stout","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This text is comprehensive, and it would be a valuable foundational book for students in Library and Information Studies. Certain chapters, like Chapter 27: Organizing Resources, may also be useful for other professions and education programs. Chapter 27, for example, gives detailed context as to why things are organized the way they are. This can help students organize as well as locate resources as well. Each topic discussed in this book is fleshed out, and there are extensive examples of each topic.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content is accurate. Some examples are older, but the author is careful to keep concepts applicable to the evolving capabilities of organization.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"This book continues to be relevant, and it provides an effective base to organization topics. Topics and concepts discussed are still applicable in 2024, and the real-world examples are general enough that they can be applied or discussed by current students.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"This book discusses theoretical and philosophical concepts with real world, practical, and career specific examples. This is what originally attracted me to this book, and I have used the case studies, in particular, to build and inform course assignments. It speaks about organization at an introductory level, allowing all levels to use this book and follow along.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Style is consistent through the book. Organization as a concept and discipline is not only relevant to information professionals. This book uses more widely used terms for organization related concepts that could be applied to other fields and education programs. It also makes it easier to be used throughout time as standards, terminology, and technology evolves.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The chapters were easy to navigate, and they were rightsized for students to digest. The organization of the book made the process for selecting and communicating what chapters/sections to read for my students simple.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics addressed were practical, and the book guides the reader through the topics thoroughly and logically. The book begins with more general concepts and narrows down all the way to specific organization related case studies. There is an entire chapter that goes into the organization of this book. This both gives insight and clarity to decisions made by the author and gives another real world example of applying organization effectively.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I utilized the e-book format. The e-book is accessible and usable.  The e-book version allows for more capabilities like linking to author notes, examples, illustrations, and other text. I found the placement and use of quotes and illustrations to be logical and helpful in understanding the topics being addressed in the text.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I did not notice any grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I found no issues of cultural insensitivity.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"I used specific chapters for an organization course in a MLIS program. I used the book's natural order, but I did skip chapters where necessary. The case studies were extremely useful for my students to understand how organization can be directly applied.  Overall, this book gave great context to organization techniques and helped answer the 'why' for standards in the information profession.","created_at":"2024-07-31T12:08:43.000-05:00","updated_at":"2024-07-31T12:08:43.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-discipline-of-organizing-4th-professional-edition","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:29:22.000-06:00"},{"id":1357,"title":"Contextualised open educational practices: Towards student agency and self-directed learning","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2022,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":"9781779952653","license":"Attribution","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"This book covers original research on the implementation of open educational practices through the use of open educational resources at the university level. 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It would be nice if the book was available as an ebook in addition to a PDF, but the PDF is excellent. \n\nGreat work!","created_at":"2023-11-15T05:14:23.000-06:00","updated_at":"2023-11-15T05:14:23.000-06:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/contextualised-open-educational-practices-towards-student-agency-and-self-directed-learning","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:36:55.000-06:00"},{"id":1503,"title":"Making Ripples: A Guidebook to Challenge Status Quo in OER Creation","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2023,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":"9781989014318","license":"Attribution","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Making Ripples: A Guidebook to Challenge Status Quo in OER Creation is a short resource designed to expand your understanding of inequities in the educational systems through breaking down the work into smaller pieces with opportunities for you to reflect, identify strategies for action, and locate resources and community members to connect with. 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