Library & Information Science, Course 233: School Library Media Centers.
Dr. David Loertscher
Fall 2001

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Web Sites: 

• Check out the Big Six web Site

Information Literacy Models

• Eisenberg and Berkowitz/s Big Six model (t5d.html) is perhaps the most well known.

• The Follett model is also a popular information literacy model created by Ann Tepe and Marjorie Pappas. (t5e.html)

• The most important book avialable on information literacy was created by the California School Library Association entitled From Library Skills to Information Literacy: A Handbook for the 21st Century. Hi Willow, 1997. $22.00+$4sh (available from LMC Source, PO Box 720400, San Jose CA 95172-0400)

• The I-Search Process (t5w.pdf), popular with high school English teachers is explained in the first couple of chapters of: Joyce, Marilyn Z. and Julie Tallman. Making the Writing and Research Connection with the I-Search Process. Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1997. Chapter one discusses the writing/research connection and chapter two defines the I-Search process and model.

• Professional article (t5h.pdf): Kuhlthau, Carol Collier. "The Process of Learning from Information," School Libraries Worldwide, vol. 1, no. 1, 1995, p. 1-12. - Kuhlthau is perhaps the most well known and respected scholar in the field of school libraries for her push toward information literacy. This article expains clearly her model and approach.

• Book chapter (t5n.pdf): Kuhlthau, Carol Collier. "The Process of Learning from Information." in: Kuhlthau, Carol Collier. The Virtual School Library: Gateway to the Information Superhighway. Libraries Unlimited, 1996, p. 95-104. - A second discussion of Kuhlthau's research and reasoning behind the need to teach information literacy.

The Research Process as a Whole

• Professional article (t5v.pdf): Gibson, Susan E. "Teacher and Librarian Partnering to Integrate Computer Technology in the Classroom," School Libraries Worldwide, vol. 3, no. 1, 1997, p. 47-54. - "This article examines the role of computer technology in developing information literacy skills in elementary and secondary classrooms." Through each stage of the research process, ideas are given for the incorporation of computers to build information literacy.

• Professional article (t5ad.pdf): Pappas, Marjorie. "Evaluating the Inquiry Process," School Library Media Activities Monthly, vol. 14, no. 8, April, 1998, p. 24-26. - a brief guide to models and information about assessing the process. Check out the sources given in the tables.

Questions and Wonders:

Finds and Sorts:

• Professional article (t5f.pdf): Williams, Mark. "Evaluating Web Sites: Four Criteria," CSLA Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1998, p. 16-17. - helping students find quality information.

• Professional article (t5l.pdf): Marcovitz, David M. "I Read It on the Computer, It Must Be True: Evaluating Information From the Web," Learning and Leading With Technology, vol. 25, no. 3, November, 1997, p. 18-21. - Using Nazism as the topic, the author demonstrates the wide variety of opinions available on the web and how to help students recognize and evaluate controversial sites.

• Professional article (t5q.pdf): Howe, Eleanor B. "Integrating Information Technology into and across the Curriculum: A Short Course for Secondary Students," Knowledge Quest, vol. 26, no. 2, January/February, 1998, p. 32-40. - "This article focuses on the why, what, when, where, and how of teaching electronic skills to high school students."

• Professional article (t5t.pdf): Gull, Glen, Gina Bull, Kara Dawson, and Zahrl Schoeny. "Organizing Information with Bookmarks," Learning & Leading With Technology, vol. 25, no. 7, April, 1998, p. 51-54. - Tips for using bookmarks to facilitate the research process on the Internet.

• Professional article (t5u.pdf): "Using the Educational Technology Resource Evaluation Form," Learning & Leading With Technology, vol. 25, no. 7, April, 1998, p. 48-50. - If you are previewing software with teachers and/or students, you may wish to consider using some type of form. This article presents one sample.

• Professional article (t5x.pdf): Young, Laura. "YOYO (You're on your own!)" The Book Report, March/April, 1998, p. 19-25. - After practice, here is an idea to "test" whether high school students can do independent searching for materials and information.

• Tip (t5ab.pdf): Talbot, Dixie. "Search Engines Become Another Unit in Library Skills," The Book Report, November/December, 1997, p. 18-19. - Talbot describes how to integrate the teaching of search engines into units of instruction.

• Tip (t5af.pdf): Milbury, Peter. "Effective Searching Buys Time to Reflect, Ponder & Analyze," The Book Report, 1998?, p. 23-24. - Peter discusses the home page he has created to guide students through finding the best info on topics in the Chico High School Curriculum.

Consumes and Gulps:

• Professional article (t5z.pdf): "Key Words in Instruction: Time on Task," School Library Media Activities Monthly, vol. 14, no. 8, April, 1998, p. 332-35. - Callison argues for time actually involved in consumption and understanding of materials as the task progresses.

Thinks and Creates:

• Professional article (t5m.pdf): Kahn, Jessica. "Database Bells and whistles: Organizing Data for Whole-Class Use," Learning and Leading With Technology, vol. 25, no. 3, November, 1997, p. 28-30. - Setting up databases so that students can ask intelligent questions of the data is no accident. A few simple suggestions for the one-computer classroom.

• Book chapter (t5o.pdf): von Wodtke, Mark. "Thinking Skills for the Electronic Information Age: Applying Mental Capacity," in Kuhlthau, Carol Collier. The Virtual School Library: Gateway to the Information Superhighway. Libraries Unlimited, 1996, p. 77-85. - von Wodtke, a professor of landscape architecture, wrote a super book entitled Mind Over Media: Creative Thinking Skills for Electronic Media, and wrote a summary chapter of some of his ideas about creativity and mastering information literacy for the Kuhlthau volume.

Summarizes and Concludes:

• Professional article(t5b.pdf): Kahn, Jessica. "Well Begun Is Half Done," Learning and Leading With Technology. February, 1997, p. 39-40. Teaching students to use concept-mapping software will make a better transition from concept map to outline to written text - some strategies for the one-computer classroom.

Communicates:

• Professional article (t5c.pdf): D'Ignazio, Fred. "Create a Web Page in a Swamp!" Learning and Leading With Technology, vol. 25, no. 1, September, 1997, p. 46-49. Fred is a master at teaching lots with technology with very little technology. He is a masterful presenter and tests all his ideas on kids before presenting them. Here, he explores four main myths that keep teachers from doing those fun multimedia and hypermedia projects using the world wide web.

• Professional article (link): Herbert, Elizabeth A. "Lessons Learned About Student Portfolios," Phi Delta Kappan, April, 1998. What one school learned from ten years of experience.

• Book (t5g.pdf): Bazeli, Marilyn J. and James L. Heintz. Technology Across the Curriculum: Activities and Ideas. Libraries Unlimited, 1997. - The authors provide numerous ideas for helping students create project in video, photography, transparencies, audio, computers, and multimedia. Here are presented a few of their ideas for video and computers.

• Professional article (t5r.pdf): D'Ignazio, Fred. "Using HyperStudio on the Internet: Chef Fred's Favorite Recipes." Learning & Leading With Technology, May, 1998, p. 57-59. - Funny-man Fred comes up with some simple ways to publish on the web.

• Professional article (t5s.pdf): Bailey, Gerald D. and Marie Blythe. "Outlining Diagramming & Storyboarding: Or How to Create Great Educational Web Sites," Learning & Leading With Technology, vol. 25, no. 8, May, 1998, p. 6-11. "The authors...reveal the essential steps needed to transform simple information into a dynamic and enticing Web presence."

Reflects on Process and Product

• Professional article (t5ac.pdf): Yoshina, Joan and Violet H. Harada. "The Missing Link: One Elementary School's Journey with Assessment," School Library Media Activities Monthly, vol. 14, no. 7, March, 1998, p. 25-29. - Discusses the use of rubrics to evaluate what children know and are able to do.

• Professional article (t5ae.pdf): Farmer, Lesley S. J. "Authentic Assessment of Information Literacy Through Electronic Products," The Book Report, September/October, 1997, p. 11-13. - a review of various ways to measure student products.

• Professional article (t5ag.pdf): Callison, Daniel. "Key Words in Instruction: Authentic Assessment," School Library Media Activities Monthly, vol. 14, no. 5, January, 1998, p. 42-43+. - A brief review of the topic.

General

• Book: Loertscher, David V. and Blanche Woolls. Information Literacy: A Review of the Research. 2nd ed. Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2002.

Satisfaction and the Research Process

• Research article (t5i.pdf): Garland, Kathleen. "The Information Search Process: A Study of Elements Association with Meaningful Research Tasks," School Libraries Worldwide, vol. 1, no. 1, 1995, p. 41-53. - Garland studies high school students engaged in research and finds five elements related to satisfaction related to the process: student choice of topic, group work, course-related topics, clarity of goals and means of evaluation, and process instruction.

Ethics and the World of Information

• Professional article (t5y.pdf): Jacobson, Frances F. and Greg D. Smith. "Teaching Virtue in a Virtual World," School Library Journal., March, 1998, p. 100-3. - Suggestions for an Ethics 101 class with students in the modern info world.

Academic achievement and information literacy

• Research article (t5j.pdf): Todd, Ross J. "Information Literacy: Philosophy, Principles, and Practice," School Libraries Worldwide, vol. 1, no. 1, 1995, p. 54-68. - Todd explores the research on information literacy but makes a major link between learning content better when you are using information literacy process concepts well.

• Research article (t5k.pdf): Olen, Sandra. "Academic Success and School Library Use," School Libraries Worldwide, vol. 1, no. 1, 1995, p. 69-79. - Lest we become overconfident, Olen does not find that in South Africa, students making frequent use of the library achieve.

• Professional article (t5p.pdf): Loertscher, David V. and Blanche Woolls. "Current Research," Knowledge Quest, vol. 26, no. 2, January/February, 1998, p. 48-49. Loertscher and Woolls argue that adding an information literacy component to a topical study can contribute to helping student learn content, but this result needs to be tested locally.

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