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A source about information literacy including: What is information literacy? Why it is important? How can I teach it? Who is doing it? And where can I read more?
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• Vice President Appointed as Endowed Chair on Information Literacy
Dr. Sharon A. Weiner, Vice President of the National Forum on Information Literacy, has been appointed the W. Wayne Booker Endowed Chair in Information Literacy in Purdue
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this site provides practical guidelines and examples for school librarians and teachers for implementing information literacy in schools (K -12). Includes a description of the learning process for various ages, example lesson plans and projects.
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Teaching and learning in an information-rich, knowledge-based society; information literacy and resource-based learning; roles for school libraries, information technology, and reading; roles for teacher-librarians, classroom/subject teachers,
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Learn how to evaluate web sites so that you select only good ones for use in teaching.
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Evaluating Online Educational Materials for Use
Robert M. Branch, Dohun Kim and Lynne Koenecke
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The Web publishing revolution can be compared to the desktop publishing
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Lists important conferences for information literacy professionals. Notable links include a listing of information literacy course syllabi, guides for writing library assignments, and sites about electronic library classrooms.
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Welcome to LOEX! where you can find information about and connections
to the world of library instruction and information literacy.
attests to the organization's 30+ year commitment to be a
resource and conduit for librarians and other
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The Big6 Model is one approach to teaching information literacy skills.
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Information & Technology Skills for Student Achievement
“Data collected from thousands of students showed that students who were taught informative nonfiction using the Big6 approach with a combination of analytical, creative, and
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An award-winning, interactive library tutorial, created by the Digital Information Literacy Office at the University of Texas at Austin. TILT has an open publication license that allows other institutions to create customized, local versions of the tutorial.
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Effective August 14, 2009, TILT has been removed.
The Open Public License version will be available until May 2010 in case anyone wants to download it and host it locally, and then it will be taken down as well. Access that version and information
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Summarizes the proceedings of two major conferences, the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat VI and the International Association School Librarianship conference. In addition, the authors look at the entire history of information literacy and bring together the theory development, the research, and practice in school libraries since the late 1980s. Written by David V. Loertscher and Blanche Woolls.
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The Information Literacy Movement
of the School Library Media Field:
a Preliminary Summary of the Research
Professor, School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
Director, School of Library and
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Provides a brief analysis of ways information literacy impacts today's world. Author Humes is from the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning.
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Understanding Information Literacy
We are outfitting our schools, libraries, and homes with electronic
technologies--but are we preparing our students and teachers for the onslaught
of information that is provided by these technologies? What
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From Syracuse University Library.
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Library Instruction Links
(ALA/ACRL Instruction Section)
Library Instruction Teaching Tips and Examples
(University of Texas at Austin)
Florida Library Instruction Program)
Katharine Holmes, Lesley College Library
Evaluation of Library
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Author Debra Jones argues that critical thinking is a key component of information literacy instruction in this conference paper from 1996.
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Critical Thinking in an Online World
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
Copyright 1996, Debra Jones. Used with permission.
In a rapidly evolving information technology era, librarians find their
foundations of professionalism shaken. Critically
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