Information Literacy: What Does It Look Like in the School Library Media Center? [Paperback]

Ann Marlow Riedling (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1591582016 | ISBN-13: 978-1591582014 | Publication Date: November 30, 2004 | Edition: annotated edition

This book is designed for courses that prepare college and university students for undergraduate or graduate degrees in school library media. It is also written as a helpful instructional manual or guidebook for practicing school library media specialists. The overall goal of this textbook is to teach library media specialists what information literacy looks like—in general, in the school, in the classroom, in your mind, in life, and in motion. Helpful scenarios and extensive annotated resources are included.

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While readers may find it difficult to envision what information literacy actually looks like in action, Riedling makes an admirable attempt to do so in this relatively slim manual. In fact, the annotated endnote references for each chapter seem sometimes as long as the chapters themselves. The book is organized into six extensively researched chapters. The author includes boxed insets of pertinent questions, information, statistics, and sample formats for various applications. If you carry away nothing else, the following statistic should change how you teach technology: citing a survey commissioned by the OCLC, of the 1050 college students representing 18- to 24-year-olds throughout the nation, "only 4 percent of college students question the information they encounter" on the Internet. The information about how this all meshes together into a coherent whole that leads to learning and also aligns to district, state, and national requirement makes this book a worthwhile addition.-Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA
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?While readers may find it difficult to envision what information literacy actually looks like in action, Riedling makes an admirable attempt to do so in this relatively slim manual. In fact, the annotated endnote references for each chapter seem sometimes as long as the chapters themselves. The book is organized into six extensively researched chapters. The author includes boxed insets of pertinent questions, information, statistics, and sample formats for various applications. If you carry away nothing else, the following statistic should change how you teach technology: citing a survey commissioned by the OCLC, of the 1050 college students representing 18- to 24-year-olds throughout the nation, "only 4 percent of college students question the information they encounter" on the Internet. The information about how this all meshes together into a coherent whole that leads to learning and also aligns to district, state, and national requirement makes this book a worthwhile addition.?-School Library Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited; annotated edition edition (November 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591582016
• ISBN-13: 978-1591582014
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,372,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Interesting Book, March 21, 2006

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This review is from: Information Literacy: What Does It Look Like in the School Library Media Center? (Paperback)

I used this book as part of a bibliography for a user group study I was conducting for a Master's degree course, and I was immediately impressed by both the content and depth of information. The book is divided into six easy to read and comprehend chapters, and there are many accompanying tables and graphs for emphasis.

I was especially impressed with the information the author provided about the components which make up an information-literate user, as well as her description about various information outlets, such as the internet, and the false fallacy that many people have about the internet being full of reliable, valid information.

The reality is that the internet is full of unreliable, unvalidated information. It is the job of the information-literate user to figure out how to decide what is useful information and what is unreliable, filter out the unreliable information, and apply the useful information to a specific task.

This book is a true gem in the information-seeking genre. The content is exceptional, and the author provides many compelling examples to back up her arguments. I highly recommend this book. If you are searching for information, this book will be a valuable aid in assisting you so you can find the most valid and reliable information possible while at the same time removing invalid and unreliable information.