This quote and article struck me for a number of reasons. Among them is the fact that I find talking about the importance of information literacy and librarians ironic considering the current state of affairs in my county. A couple years ago my job was split between two schools and I became the financial secretary for both the middle and high school in my area. While the job is very stressful and difficult, there was another job that was split between the two schools - that of the librarian. Students at both schools have very limited use of the library. (I must add, administration realized my job couldn't be done by one person. So this fall I'll be full time in one place...yay! Maybe someone will realize the librarian can't effectively be in two places at once either. Maybe I'll get a big girl job.)
With library funding continually being cut, it is important that classroom teachers be able to adequately teach information skills. I've been reading many job postings lately. I've noticed that more librarian jobs are being posted as "Librarian/Media Specialist".
1. What is the difference between IL and BI and why is this distinction important?
Bibliographic instruction refers to instruction in traditional (i.e. print) library resources. Information literacy is about evaluating information for accuracy, credibility, bias, relevance, logical inconsistency and so on (Grafstein, 2002).
2. Why should classroom faculty teach IL?
Information literacy is vital for all students. Classroom faculty should teach IL because it helps students develop critical thinking, collaborative and other 21st Century Skills. These skills help create lifelong learners and are helpful in the workplace.
3. What is the role of classroom faculty in developing information literacy?
Students are learning in a different way than most of their educators learned. It is necessary for classroom faculty to develop information literacy because of the every changing face of education.
Additional Resources
We may have seen this video before. But I was looking for something about the importance of information literacy and found this. I love the tidbits of information presented in this video.
References
Grafstein, A. (2002). A
discipline-based approach to information literacy. The Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 28(4), 197-204. Retrieved from
http://westmont.edu/_offices/provost/documents/Senate/Full/2009-2010/Discipline-Based
Approach to Information Literacy.pdf
I enjoy the quote that you chose. Also, I enjoyed watching your video that you chose.
ReplyDeleteYour experience of being split between two schools, and the shared experience of the librarian is interesting. Our school system in Pocahontas County is similar in the sense that the funding is being cut. My son's school doesn't even have a librarian - they go across the street to the town library once a week.
ReplyDeleteThe school funding system is so bad---everywhere. I'm from Cleveland, and their school system was the worst, based on property taxes. So what gets cut first, they called it 'fluff' the librarians, teachers didn't have time to information literacy. Makes me so sad.
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