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LOEX Clearinghouse - http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/loex.html
Lists important conferences for information literacy professionals. Notable links include a listing of information literacy course syllabi, guides for writing library assignments, and sites about electronic library classrooms. |
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Information Literacy Land of Confusion - http://www.information-literacy.net/
Commentary about libraries, library instruction, and information literacy by Michael Lorenzen at Central Michigan University. |
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Information Literacy - Sources of Information - http://www.his.se/templates/vanligwebbsida1.aspx?id=7869
An organized collection of freely available articles, conference-papers, bibliographies and websites in the field of information literacy literature. |
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21st Century Information Fluency Project - http://21cif.com/
Designed to train users in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to fully understand Information Fluency. Focuses on teaching people how to locate, evaluate, and integrate digital information. |
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Critical Thinking in an Online World - http://www.library.ucsb.edu/untangle/jones.html
Author Debra Jones argues that critical thinking is a key component of information literacy instruction in this conference paper from 1996. |
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Information Literacy: Learning How to Learn - http://www.ri.net/RITTI_Fellows/Barton/infolit.html
Article which examines how information literacy is teaching students how to learn to learn. |
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Instruction and Training at University of Oregon Libraries - http://libweb.uoregon.edu/instruct/
Describes opportunities for students, faculty and staff to become familiar with the libraries' spaces and services, improve research skills, learn about technology, and investigate the information environment. |
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S.O.S for Information Literacy - http://www.informationliteracy.org/
Multimedia resource for educators, that promises to make a significant contribution to enhancing the teaching of information literacy skills to children. |
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Building Information Literacy - http://www.edu.pe.ca/bil/
Subtitled "Strategies for Developing Informed Decision-Makers and Independent Lifelong Learners," this site provides practical guidelines and examples for school librarians and teachers for implementing information literacy in schools (K -12). Includes a description of the learning process for various ages, example lesson plans and projects. |
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YCP Information Literacy E-Text - http://www.ycp.edu/library/ifl/etext/ethome.html
Textbook at York College of Pennsylvania. Breaks down information literacy into three main sections: Locate, Evaluate, and Use Effectively. Each section is subdivided into specific issues surrounding these aspects of information literacy and provides many related links for students or educators to explore. |
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The Information Literacy Movement of the School Library Media Field: a Preliminary Summary of the Research - http://witloof.sjsu.edu/courses/250.loertscher/modelloer.html
Summarizes the proceedings of two major conferences, the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat VI and the International Association School Librarianship conference. In addition, the authors look at the entire history of information literacy and bring together the theory development, the research, and practice in school libraries since the late 1980s. Written by David V. Loertscher and Blanche Woolls. |
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Information literacy - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_literacy
Encyclopedia article on information literacy. Includes definition, history, and list of references. |
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Understanding Information Literacy - http://www.libraryinstruction.com/infolit.html
Provides a brief analysis of ways information literacy impacts today's world. Author Humes is from the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning. |
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Information Literacy Instruction in Higher Education - http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/information.htm
Learn about information literacy and how it is being taught in higher education. |
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Dalhousie University Libraries - Information Literacy Tutorials - http://infolit.library.dal.ca/tutorials/
Self-paced tutorials, 8 in all, covering core facets of researching. The free Authorware Web Player plugin (from Macromedia) is required for viewing. |
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'Library Guy' Keith Stanger's Home Port - http://www.keithstanger.com/
Resources for information discovery and evaluation provided by Keith Stanger, 'Library Guy', an Eastern Michigan University librarian. |
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Information Literacy and Teacher Education - http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/information.htm
Reasons why teachers and teacher education students should learn about information literacy. |
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Information Literacy at FIU - http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/
Links to various academic and practical resources on literacy research, opinion and training. |
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A Collaborative Approach to Information Literacy in the Freshman Seminar - http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mo2456may.htm
This article discusses the collaboration between the Libraries and the Freshman Seminar Program at Washington State University. Many goals related to information literacy competencies as defined by the library and higher education associations are met through this partnership. The librarians have an active role with the seminars and also take part in the peer facilitator training process. |
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Enhancing Information Literacy: A Practical Exemplar - http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mo2458may.htm
This case-study outlines a teaching partnership between library and academic staff at the University of Waikato. It describes the strategies adopted to develop greater student information literacy and knowledge of source materials; and demonstrates the inter-relationship between student assignments and library resourcing. Both achievements and areas of difficulty are discussed. |