'Information literate' students are increasingly recognized on university, college, and high school campuses as essential. Part of the impetus comes from employers, who want a workforce that knows how to find information to meet new situations and needs. More and more academic administrators understand that one or two course-related instruction sessions are not enough for students to learn the sophisticated information seeking skills that they need.

Not surprisingly, there has recently been a surge in the number of higher education institutions that are offering for-credit information literacy courses. ...Some of these courses are primarily basic classes that teach important information concepts and searching skills. Others are more specialized and sophisticated. Regardless, putting together such a course and developing the material for the class sessions can be daunting and extremely time consuming. However, by borrowing ideas, lessons, and assignments that have already been developed and tested, it becomes much easier. ...This book shares hands-on activities, lesson plans, assignments, and course frameworks that are being used by over 40 librarians throughout the United States. Many are designed for introductory information literacy classes, while others have been developed for use in more specialized classes.