Librarians, data, and the education of a new generation of researchers. See more ideas about information literacy, school librarian and teaching. Reviewed by andrew kulp, information literacy and undergraduate studies librarian, shenandoah university on 52118. List of books and articles about information literacy.
Online information literacy instruction in mexican university libraries. Discover ways to work with your community to help students develop as readers. The emphasis should be on the nature of information and how it is expressed. Hosein 2006 discussed the current library instruction at the university of west indies in trinada. Information literacy skills among library and information.
The center for the book in the library of congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read. This is not a comprehensive approach to information literacy research or collaboration across disciplines, nor does it claim to be one. Media and information literacy in higher education sciencedirect. These new librarians believe that literacy includes, but also exceeds, books. As it is important to use relevant adult learning materials, library staff will want to choose materials of interest in local languages. Educators are responsible for teaching students through a range of media. What is information literacy and what does it mean to be information literate. School librarians play a key role in creating readers alongside parents, teachers, and public librarians.
While not a textbook for undergraduate students, the information is useful for graduate students in library programs or for faculty who are interested in incorporating information literacy. Ifla guidelines for librarybased literacy programs. Section one of the book deals with the information and media literacy in the agenda at international level. The general roles of the librarian were to manage a. Information literacy books information literacy tools.
Productive partnerships to promote media and information literacy for. Librarians can explain these media literacy concepts to students and even faculty or at least suggest including resources that describe these features in the course to deepen students interactions with these types of media. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the european conference on information. While information literacy is often talked about on. The role of libraries and librarians in information literacy. Available in digital format for no charge on this page at the wac clearinghouse.
Many libraries have books on tape and other alternative formats for those. Apr 24, 2020 resources and ideas for school librarians and library media specialists to assist with teaching information literacy, and for creating and managing a vibrant learning commons. Faculty would be well advised to take advantage of the services librarians provide to support effective servicelearning, and this book offers both audiences much food for. The american library association defines information literacy as a set of abilities empowering individuals to recognize when information is needed and to be able to locate it, evaluate it, and use it effectively.
Academic librarians and information literacy educators working in universities. The phrase writing information literacy was intended to convey the intertwined acts of writing, research, and information use. Information literacy month school library displays. The lessons in this book, created by teaching librarians across the country, are categorized according to the six information literacy frames identified in the acrl. The information literacy users guide is based on two current models in information literacy. The days of just reshelving a book are over, said ms. Three perspectives on information literacy in academia. Information literacy in the workplace springerlink. Library skills, information skills, and information. Information literacy as a subdiscipline is an emerging topic of interest and counter measure among educators and librarians with the advent of misinformation, fake news, and disinformation.
In the last two years, penn state university libraries has seen rapid adoption of its information literacy microcredentials among students. The new book information literacy beyond library 2. Information literacy and composition are two areas of intensifying instructional focus in higher education today, especially since the adoption of the framework for success in postsecondary writing by the council of writing program administrators wpa in 2011 and the framework for information literacy for higher education by the acrl in 2015. Information literacy is a key component of, and contributor to, lifelong learning. In our book, new roles for research librarians, we contend that academic libraries play a key role in achieving the strategic goals of an academic institution by providing systematic information literacy support and training. This book investigates what university and college students need to. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Youll also find tip sheets for parents on how to read nonfiction text, developing research and information literacy, the importance of reading across genres, and more. This is an outstanding book for professional information literacy librarians. Service learning, information literacy, and libraries represents a key contribution to scholarship in the nascent topic area of servicelearning and academic libraries. Discover librarian selected research resources on information literacy from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. The role of librarians in supporting ict literacy educause.
A rubric is an assessment tool for setting a standard of quality or performance. Media and information literacy in higher education 1st edition. This book investigates what university and college students need to know about. They have helped people choose what to read for leisure and helped with their information needs. Kim baker, in information literacy and cultural heritage, 20. Educationally, the world has changed too, in line with the influx of knowledge bases. A collaboration among faculty and librarians donna scheidt, william carpenter, robert fitzgerald, cara kozma, holly middleton, and kathy shields high point university as other authors in this collection observe, when librarians and writing faculty. Information literacy, defined by the ala 1989 as the ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information, is one of the main current concerns of librarians, who bring to the situation their ability to find quality as opposed to instant knowledge. According to her, university of west indies recognizing the importance of information literacy decided to develop a comprehensive information literacy programme for the university. Librarians role in creating readers services to schools. The myth of information literacy posted on april 5, 2011 by wayne bivenstatum the comments and responses about my bit on information literacy have been intriguing, and obviously lots of us disagree on what information literacy is and what role librarians. Online information literacy instruction in mexican. Information literacy seeks to make sense of that information so it becomes comprehensible. Information literacy and libraries in the age of fake news.
Find ideas to support students with different interests and abilities. There is growing recognition among librarians that students are either making poor decisions about the quality of statistics, data, and related visualizations or that they lack the ability to comprehend these resources altogether. Part of the communications in computer and information science book series. Librarians can play a vital role in helping everyone, of any age, become critical and reflective news consumers. Media and information literacy in higher education. Information literacy skills among library and information science professionals in india dr. The papers in this book discuss key themes in information literacy and have been. The book s focus on the historicostructural contexts of the frameworks, and of information literacy and writing instruction more generally, could benefit newer librarians and instructors by explaining concisely how we have gotten to where we are in the teaching of these subjects. The myth of information literacy academic librarian. I am curious what books if any are used as textbooks in advanced graduate.
Service learning, information literacy, and libraries. Ok, so president obama proclaimed october as information literacy awareness month. Worldwide commonalities and challenges in information literacy. One of the few books written jointly by an academic librarian and a classroom. The c, which comprises the young readers center as well as the poetry and literature center, promotes books and libraries, literacy and reading, and poetry and literature. This paper will show how library and information services in public and school libraries, in. A practical guide to information literacy assessment for academic. This easytouse book is an invaluable source of inspiration for any librarian involved in teaching information literacy, providing practical guidance on tried and. The role of libraries and librarians in information literacy 1. Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information association of college and research libraries acrl, 2000. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Information literacy concepts east carolina university. The american library association provides leadership and support in the form of. Factors affecting the adoption of online information literacy instruction.
The lessons in this book, created by teaching librarians across the country, are categorized according to the six information literacy frames identified in the acrl framework for information literacy in higher education 2015. As mentioned previously, basic computer literacy is a prerequisite for these courses, thus training would focus on the use of software applications such as word processing packages, the use of social media such as. Library strategies and values as a part of the workplace information literacy. The 2011 version of the seven pillars model, developed by the society of college, national and university libraries in the united kingdom1 and the conception of information literacy as a metaliteracy, a model developed by one of this book s authors. Guide teacher education faculty and instruction librarians in developing information literacy instruction for teacher education students.
Information literacy and libraries in the age of fake news and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Information literacy competency extends learning beyond formal classroom settings and provides practice with selfdirected investigations as individuals move into internships, first professional positions, and increasing responsibilities in all arenas of life. What does it look like in the school library media center. In the three years since the publication of the bestselling information literacy meets library 2. The paper closes with an appraisal of research trends and current practice in the teaching of information literacy. The main purposes of the information literacy standards for teacher education are to. Geoff walton is a subject and learning support librarian and research. Collaborating with teaching faculty to integrate information literacy instruction in science courses is of major importance for science librarians, if they want to keep their leadership role in educating students how to use the science resources and manage the information they retrieve from them baykoucheva, 2015a. Online civic literacy is a core skill that should be insinuated into the warp and woof of education as much as possible, he says. Purchase media and information literacy in higher education 1st edition. My book is used in our library media program, and is aimed at students who. Materials for library based literacy programs may be created, donated, borrowed, recycled, purchased or downloaded from the internet, according to local circumstances. Microcredentialstransferable forms of metadataencoded, performancebased educational creditsare not new. One positive outcome of the current furor about fake news may be that information literacy, for media and other types of content, will finally be recognized as a central skill of the digital age.
A collaboration among faculty and librarians, donna scheidt, william carpenter, robert. Home information literacy homepage at nyc doe office. In web age, library job gets update the new york times. Sullivan, information literacy librarian, and karen l. Online information literacy instruction is becoming increasingly popular. Overall, this book is an excellent guide and should be required reading for all librarians implementing information literacy at their institution. Home browse education curriculum and instruction arts and humanities education information literacy.
The association of college and research libraries acrl information literacy competency standards for higher education. Although the field of information literacy has been investigated extensively, most studies have presented a limited view of the issue by focusing on only one of the populations involved. Writing information literacy in firstyear composition. Regional conference on promoting information literacy for lifelong learning plaistrlc conference and general assembly capuchin retreat center, lipa city, batangas the role of libraries and librarians in information literacy by vilma g. Anova for significant difference in the information literacy skills and its aspects with reference to various types of libraries information literacy types of library mean sd f p skill aspects value value librarian as academic library 38 3. The information literacy standards for teacher education were approved by acrl board of directors on may 11, 2011. We found out that our own governor parnell made a similar proclamation, so how could we just ignore that as good librarians media specialists even though we felt like big nerds, we came up with a display idea anyway to define information literacy.
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