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1 Digital Literacy: An Overview and Introduction

• Prudence W. Dalrymple

  Dalrymple, Prudence W.

  Prudence Dalrymple holds a PhD in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US. a Master of Science from Simmons University, Boston, MA, US and an MS in Health Sciences Informatics from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, US. She practised as a medical librarian for several years before joining the faculty at the University of Illinois, US, and serving as Dean at Dominican University, River Forest, IL., US. Prior to her retirement, she was the founding director of Drexel University’s interdisciplinary MS in Health Informatics. Professionally active throughout her career, she was elected a Fellow of the Medical Library Association and currently serves on the Boards of the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Health Information Management and the Sewell Learning Partnership. She has worked with IFLA over several years and is the author of over 70 articles and book chapters, co-editor with Brian Galvin of Growing Community Health Literacy through Libraries: Sharing Global Perspectives (2020 and a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. Her most recent work focuses on health literacy. She continues to pursue her writing from her new home in Seattle.

  Email: prudencedalrymple@gmail.com

  , Luisa Marquardt

  Marquardt, Luisa

  Professor of Library and Information Science, Departments of Education and Humanities, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy. She is a chartered librarian and for over twenty years has been in charge of the County Council of Rome. Luisa has been professionally involved in school libraries, school librarianship and information literacy since the late 1970s and is the Head of Biblioteca Statuario, Rome. She translated the IFLA-UNESCO School Library Manifesto into Italian, edited the Italian edition of the IFLA School Library Guidelines, and has authored many publications. She is active in library associations including the International Association of School Libraries, with involvement as director of the European section, and recipient of its award for school librarianship in 2008, the Associazione italiana biblioteche/Italian Library Association, the Associazione dei Bibliotecari Ecclesiastici Italiani/Association of Italian Ecclesiastical Librarians, and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions where she has played various roles as Secretary and Chair of the School Libraries Section, and other groups.

  Email: luisa.marquardt@uniroma3.it

  , Janine Schmidt

  Schmidt, Janine

  Trenholme Director of Libraries Emerita, McGill University, Montreal, Canada and Director, Mukurta Solutions. Past roles include University Librarian, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Director Collection Services, State Library of New South Wales; Senior Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Technology Sydney; and Physical Sciences Librarian, University of New South Wales. Janine has served on Standing Committees of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and been the Series Editor of the IFLA/De Gruyter Library Publication Series.

  Email: janine@mukurta.com

  , Heather Todd

  Todd, Heather

  Formerly Director, Learning and Research Services, University of Queensland Library, Brisbane, Australia. Heather has extensive experience in academic libraries, worked in the area of research support, and managed a federal research evaluation program for the University of Queensland. She has presented at international conferences and been involved in reviewing libraries. Heather has been a member of several Australian Library and Information Association and International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) committees and was Chair of the IFLA Health and Biosciences Section for several years.

  Email: toddheather@hotmail.com

  und Ning Zou

  Zou, Ning

  Associate Director of Student Academic Services and Learning Design Librarian at the Gutman Library, Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Cambridge, MA, US. Ning holds an EdM from HGSE, an MBA from Dominican University, an MIS in Human-Computer Interaction, and an MLS from Indiana University Bloomington. With over twenty years of experience in higher education and academic libraries, she has successfully led library services and programmes, taught various courses, directed study abroad programmes, and conducted user research and instructional design work. Active in her professional field, she currently chairs the Information Literacy Standing Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and serves on the council of the American Library Association.

  Email: ning_zou@gse.harvard.edu