Information literacy and the school library media center

• Main Author: Taylor, Joie
• Format: Book
• Language: English, Middle (1100-1500); English
• Published: Westport, Conn. Libraries Unlimited 2006
• Series: Libraries Unlimited professional guides in school librarianship
• Subjects: School libraries > Activity programs > United States; Information literacy > Study and teaching > United States; Information literacy > Standards > United States; School librarian participation in curriculum planning > United States
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• Physical Description: xv, 148 pages illustration 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-143) and index
• ISBN: 0313320209 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Information Literacy and the School Library Media Center concentrates its focus on how information literacy is implemented throughout all curriculum areas through the collaborative efforts of classroom teachers and school library media specialists. Chapters include: Collaboration; Flexible Schedule; Process Learning; and Assessment among other important topics. The book is an overview to teaching information literacy skills beginning with a history of the development of the usage of the term. The author discusses all the commonly known information processing models and how information literacy skills are important in assisting students to meet state and national curriculum standards in all areas of the curriculum. Included are samples of state and local standards and examples of correlations to selected curricular standards as well as an explanation of how to integrate standards in information literacy and another curricular area for maximum instructional success.