Foundations Series
ALA Neal-Schuman's Foundations series is an ongoing collection of texts designed to introduce key concepts in librarianship to library and information science students. Each volume is available in e-book format for libraries and individuals through aggregators and other distributors—ask your current vendor or contact us for more information. Examination copies are available for instructors who are interested in adopting titles for course use.
"The text and the references give readers a strong grounding in theories of intellectual freedom to make decisions for themselves.”
— College & Research Libraries
Cooke’s important text, suitable for both graduate and undergraduate courses as well as current practitioners, outlines and examines the components of social justice that are most compelling and relevant for the library and information professions.
"I fully intend to re-read it soon to reinforce the ideas presented and to catch details that I missed the first time through."
— Technicalities
"Library workers, information professionals, LIS faculty and graduate students seeking to understand current theories of information literacy should look no further than Taylor and Jaeger’s Foundations of Information Literacy. This engagingly written text provides a robust introduction to information literacy since its emergence in the 'information society' of the 1970s and its continued evolution to address the information disorder of the participatory Web."
— OIF Intellectual Freedom Blog
"Taylor and Jaeger declare libraries the community institutions to best help learners understand information literacy and contend librarians should 'own' the teaching of it and cultivate community collaborations to further their reach. This volume is for librarians charged with infusing information literacy into their teaching and public-facing work."
— Choice
"This is one of the best library and information science books that I have read in years. The authors cover a huge amount of theoretical and practical ground very successfully ... I found the plea to evolve the approach to information literacy to include contemporary issues such as privacy and surveillance timely. As our roles increasingly expand to research data, data governance, rights and data control, a new community requires education and processes that are built on the fundamentals of information literacy."
— Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
"The text and the references give readers a strong grounding in theories of intellectual freedom to make decisions for themselves.”
— College & Research Libraries
Cooke’s important text, suitable for both graduate and undergraduate courses as well as current practitioners, outlines and examines the components of social justice that are most compelling and relevant for the library and information professions.
"I fully intend to re-read it soon to reinforce the ideas presented and to catch details that I missed the first time through."
— Technicalities
Spanning all types of libraries, from public to academic, school, and special, this matchless text illuminates the major facets of LIS for students as well as current professionals.
"Useful for an introductory level ethics and information course, or an additional text in a foundations course in LIS."
— Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
"This is one of the best library and information science books that I have read in years. The authors cover a huge amount of theoretical and practical ground very successfully."
— Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
