Integrating Information Literacy into the Chemistry Curriculum (ACS Symposium

Reviews the current state of information literacy in chemistry and provide concrete examples of assignments and interventions aimed at teaching information literacy skills in chemistry curricula.

Charity Flener Lovitt is a lecturer in Division of Physical Sciences in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at the University of Washington Bothell. Prior to University of Washington Bothell, she served on the faculty at Seattle University, Seattle Central College, and Bellevue College. She was a faculty member at Seattle University when she helped organize the 2014 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education symposium that inspired this book. She received her PhD in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kristen Shuyler is Director of Outreach and Partnerships at James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies. Her current scholarship work is in the area of academic library outreach. She was a Science and Engineering Librarian and Information Services Coordinator at Seattle University when she helped organize the 2014 BCCE symposium that inspired this book. She earned her Master of Library and Information Science and Master of Arts in Geography from the University of Washington. Ye Li was the Chemistry Librarian at the University of Michigan during the time when she co-edited this book. Dr. Li is currently the Scholarly Communications and Instruction Librarian in the Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines. She received her PhD in Chemistry and Master in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa.