Call for Book Chapters:

Transforming Information Literacy for Sustainability: Principles and Practices

Editors:

Ruhua Huang, Professor at the School of Information Management, and Assistant University Librarian, Wuhan University; Director of Information Literacy Section of the Library Society of China

Priscilla Pun, Head of Technical Process of the University Library, University of Macau, China; Chief Supervisor of Macao Library & Information Management Association; Member of Information Literacy Section of the Library Society of China; Information Coordinator of IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section

Lihong Zhou, Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Information Management, Wuhan University; Information Coordinator of IFLA Knowledge Management Section; Standing Committee Member of IFLA Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship SIG; Member of iSchools Leadership Board.

This book aims at providing key themes in information literacy for sustainability. It intends to give a professional and comprehensive overview, as well as emerging practices worldwide. Information literacy for sustainability is a catalyst and connector to educational change.It contributes to lifelong learning, sustainable development, innovations and community resilience. The chapters of the book consider information literacy for sustainability in the higher education and the general public arena. It would be a useful reference for educators, libraries, information centres as well as interested individuals or parties in advocating and promoting sustainability.It will highlight a variety of emerging trends, both theoretical and practical, as well as serve as a useful reference book of information literacy for sustainability to those previously unfamiliar with this topic of teaching and learning.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• Understanding the roles of information literacy in developing sustainability

• Impact of the concepts and development goals of sustainability to information literacy

• Environmental aspects and knowledge scope of information literacy education

• Teaching and learning methods of information literacy education for sustainability

• Information literacy education focusing on different target audiences, or in different scenarios

• Best practices for integration of sustainability to information literacy education programs

• Best green practices for educational institutions, libraries, information centres, individuals, etc.

• Formal education and training programs of information literacy education for sustainability

• Contributions to and Collaborations in advocating and promoting information literacy education for sustainability

Target Audience

The target audience is represented by academics, researchers, students, librarians, managers, leaders and interested individuals.

Important Dates

7 November 2022: Proposal Submission Deadline —> 22 December 2022

19 December 2022: Notification of Acceptance —> 31 January 2023

8 May 2023: Full Chapter Submission —> 30 June 2023

Submission Notes:

Your proposal should include:

• Title of proposal

• Abstract, maximum of 500 words

• Author information (name, job title, academic affiliation/organization)

• An author bio, less than 100 words

Please submit your proposal in English via email as a MS Word file by 7 November 2022 to:nipun@um.edu.moorL.zhou@whu.edu.cn

Submissions should be original and not previously submitted, published and under review to other books, journals, conferences or etc. The full chapter submission should be of about 6,000 words, and follows the manuscript preparation guidelines athttps://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/your-publication-journey/manuscript-preparation