Everything You Wanted to Know About Information Literacy But Were Afraid to Google Edited by

98 Pages·2012·4.25 MB·English

Everything You Wanted to Know About Information Literacy
But Were Afraid to Google
Edited by
Kristin Fontichiaro

First Espresso Book Machine Edition | December 2012
University of Michigan Library | Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Ann Arbor, MI
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For Our Mentors
And for all those who really wanted this book to be called
What the CTRL+F is Information Literacy

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 9
The Power of Pooled Knowledge 11
Kristin Fontichiaro

SETTING THE STAGE: WHAT IS “GOOD ENOUGH”? 13
Plot Twist: You Can’t Teach All of the People All of the Time 15
Natalie Morelli
Middle School Students and Satisficing: 18
“I Know, I Know…Don’t Go to Wikipedia”
Jennifer E. Colby
“I Think You Can’t Do That Because of Copyright”: 21
Teachable Moments with Technology
Rebecca Shook

INFORMATION LITERACY IN K-12 25
My Privacy Settings are Impenetrable 27
Rachel Miller
Little Lessons, Big Meaning: 30
Learning From My Middle School Librarian
Samantha Roslund
The Internet: Too Casual for Real Research? 33
Abigail Genise
Roadblocks to Information Literacy in a High-Needs Classroom 36
Alex Mendiola
Using Interactive Web Media to Help Students Deconstruct Literature 41
Rebekah Terry

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INFORMATION LITERACY IN HIGHER EDUCATION 47
Can I Use the Library? 49
Ashley Clark
Regarding Instruction: 52
Guiding and Motivating Students in the Library Classroom
Andrew H. Katz
Plan to Be Quick On Your Toes: 55
Preparing and the Unprepared in Academic Instruction
Leigh A. Stutler
Grads, Undergrads and Staff, Oh My! : 58
Teaching an Audience of Mixed Knowledge Levels
Melissa D. Bowen

INFORMATION LITERACY IN SPECIALIZED SETTINGS 61
The Academic Music Library: Connecting Research with Performance 63
Jennifer Lee Vaughn
Specifying the Patrons’ Needs 67
Leah C. Williams
Archival Information Literacy: The Wild Frontier 70
Emma E. Hawker
Do They Even Need Us At All? 73
Teachers, Facilitators, Observers, Sherpas: Where Do the Adults Fit?
Shauna Masura
Advice for Teaching Public Library Classes on eBook Checkout 76
Using Kindles and Overdrive
Halley Todd

INFORMATION LITERACY AND CREATION 79
Game Design and Originality 81
Terence O’Neill

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Living in a Free World: 85
How Open Content and Creative Commons Taught Me to
Teach Others about Digital Citizenship
Victoria O. Lungu
3D Printing; Libraries as Makerspaces 89
Sharona Ginsberg
LiveMocha: 93
A Web 2.0 Tool for Exploring Cultural 'Weirdities' and Transliteracy
Colleen McIntee

ABOUT THE CLASS 97
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INTRODUCTION