We Can Teach That - Information Literacy for School Librarians

In the academic, education and library worlds we have been using the term information literacy to cover a very broad spectrum of different types of literacies. And here is the most interesting thing: school librarians have been teaching these literacies forever under the terms of library skills and research skills.

List of contents

Foreword Barbara Stripling
Preface Ewa Dziedzic -Elliott
Chapter 1: Visual Literacy Rachel Anne Mencke
Chapter 2: Navigating Developmental Milestones: Information Literacy for Elementary School Students Amanda Harrison
Chapter 3: Preparing for the Unknown: Media Literacy in Elementary School Katherine Counterman
Chapter 4: Health Literacy Eleanor Layo Freed
Chapter 5: Information Literacy in Middle School Beth Thomas
Chapter 6: Visual Literacy in the Age of AI Cathy Collins
Chapter 7: Teaching Tech Literacy from Toddlers to Tweens Tricina Strong-Beebe
Chapter 8: Shifting Our Thinking From "Digital Natives" to "Digital Awareness" Steve Tetreault
Chapter 9: Preparing School Librarians to Integrate Visual Literacy Using Artificial Intelligence Lesley Farmer
Chapter 10: Multicultural and Cultural Literacy in K-12 Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott
Chapter 11: How Images Manipulate Us Robbie Barber
Chapter 12: Developing Information Literacy Habits for College and Beyond Holly A. Weimar, Elizabeth A. Gross, Ashley B. Crane
Chapter 13: Information Literacy in High Schools: Designer Librarians Needed Brenda Boyer
Chapter 14: High School Students Learning Media Literacy Olga Polites
Chapter 15: Teaching Students to Decode the World: Librarians as Leaders for Media
Literacy Chris Sperry
Chapter 16: Student Inquiry Moves: Customizing Performance Evaluation for School Librarians Deborah Lang Froggatt and Mary H. Moen
Chapter 17: Academic and School Library Partnerships focused on Professional Development in Information Literacy Neil Grimes and Gary Marks

About the author

Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott serves as the subject librarian for all departments in the School of Education at The College of New Jersey. She has 10 years of experience as a K-12 librarian, including work in both elementary and high school settings. She holds an MLIS from Rutgers University and an MA in Polish Language and Literature with a minor in Speech Therapy from Jan Kochanowski University, Poland, EU. She has published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship, Political Librarian, and Library Connections. She currently serves on the board for New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) and is a part of an editorial team for the Political Librarian Journal.

Product details

• Authors: Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott
• Assisted by: Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2024
• EAN: 9781538189085
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8908-5
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Study Aids / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Computers / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Schools, Educational: IT and computing, ICT, Schools and pre-schools, Educational: IT & computing, ICT, Educational: General studies / study skills general, Educational: Study skills, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Schools / General