Handbook

Aiming to extend the scholarly conversation, the ILIAD group has produced a book making the argument that information literacy is maturing into a discipline. Co-edited by Karen Kaufmann and Clarence Maybee, the book is titled, Information Literacy Handbook: Charting the Discipline. It was published by Facet Publishing in May 2026. Representing the extensive interest in information literacy across the globe, the authors, editors, reviewers, and advisors who contributed to the Handbook hail from over 15 countries worldwide.

Encyclopedic in nature, the Handbook offers longer conceptual chapters as well as brief entries describing concepts, activities, events, and organizations that collectively provide supporting evidence of the development of information literacy into a maturing discipline. Following the introductory chapters, the Handbook is divided into six sections that align with aspects of a discipline, including: scholarly community, traditions and history, modes of inquiry, ethical values, knowledge and curricula, and communication networks.