Alex Berrio Matamoros. Information Literacy for Today’s Diverse Students: Differentiated Instructional Techniques for Academic Libraries. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2018. 159p. Paper. $75.00 (ISBN 987-1-4408-6207-6). LC 2018031624.

Abstract

Alex Berrio Matamoros seeks to help academic instruction librarians accommodate their students’ different learning styles and cultures “by introducing them to a differentiated instruction teaching approach, explaining the approach and its benefits for students” (2). In addition, he aims to provide advice to librarians regarding strategies for implementing differentiated instruction for both information literacy courses and one-shot sessions. Matamoros is Manager of Knowledge Management at an international law firm. He was also an associate law library professor and emerging technologies librarian at the City University of New York School of Law. The author effectively describes differentiated instruction and suggests practical advice on how to introduce the approach within the context of teaching information literacy; however, some of the theory presented to justify the use of differentiated instruction is disputed.