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| Definition: Information literacy has been defined in a variety of ways, and while some details vary, the central substance has not. Information Power, the major standards document of the school library field, defines information literacy as the effective users of ideas and information. Doyle’s popular definition is “the ability to access, evaluate, and use information from a variety of sources.” A recent review of the research on information literacy by Loertscher and Woolls looks at many models and their application with children and teenagers. For this publication, the information literate student possesses five qualities of mind and skill: An Organized Investigator One of the major agendas of the school library media profession is to assist students as they are introduced to an information rich environment and provide them with the research skills they need to survive. Library media and technology specialists are interested in a certain quality of mind, a broadened capacity of information handling, an internalized model of personal research, and an ability to be a good citizen in the information world. Library media and technology specialists also know that the best way to teach the research process is to collaborate with teachers and teach the process “just in time” when learners must do projects assigned in the classroom. Because information literacy is a newer, but key concept in
education, the balance of this section covers this concept in
more depth. Resources: American Association of School Librarians and Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.
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