Exploring the ways in which today's Internet-savvy young people view and use information to complete school assignments and make sense of everyday life, this new edition provides a review of the literature since 2010.
The development of information literacy skills instruction can be traced from its basis in traditional reference services to its current growth as an instructional imperative for school librarians. Reviewing the scholarly research that supports best practices in the 21st century school library, this book contains insights into improving instruction across content areas―drawn from the scholarly literatures of library and information studies, education, communication, psychology, and sociology―that will be useful to school, academic, and public librarians and LIS students.
In this updated fourth edition, special attention is given to recent studies of information seeking in changing instructional environments made possible by the Internet and new technologies. This new edition also includes new chapters on everyday information seeking, motivation, and a much-expanded chapter on Web 2.0. The new AASL standards are included and explored in the discussion. This book will appeal to LIS professors and students in school librarianship programs as well as to practicing school librarians.
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<li>Offers information literacy research and applications to instruction useful to all types of libraries </li>
<li>Expands on previous editions of a textbook widely adopted by school library preparation programs</li>
<li>Discusses the newest AASL standards as they relate to information literacy and instruction</li>
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Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: New Directions for School Libraries

Politics & Social Sciences

Thomas, Nancy Pickering

Henning, Judy A.

Ph.D., Sherry R. Crow

Ph.D., Jean Donham

Social Sciences

Libraries Unlimited

Bringing together material from doctoral dissertations, academic and professional journals, and other writings of scholars and practitioners, Thomas presents us with an excellent review of the literature on information skills instruction and a meta-analysis of the research done in bibliographic instruction, literacy skills instruction, and learning styles. Current trends, issues, and themes in the information skills curriculum are discussed along with applications of the research. Designed to be used in information skills instruction classes for school media specialists, this valuable text will also be a useful training tool for academic librarians conducting bibliographic instruction in school libraries. It is an essential professional resource for school media specialists.

Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: Applying Research to Practice in the School Library Media Center (Library and Information Problem-Solving Skills Series)

Montgomery, Paula Kay

Libraries Unltd Inc

In this new edition of her well received and reviewed book, Nancy Pickering Thomas updates and expands on her reviews of the literature concerning learning styles, information skills, literacy skills, technological literacy, and bibliographic instruction. In addition, she discusses current trends, issues, and applications for the research reviewed. Thomas looks at information processing models, instructional diagnostic models, and how to assess the outcomes of information skills instruction. This meticulously researched and logically organized book will be valuable to school library educators as a supplemental text and to practitioners for the discussion given to the application of the research reviewed.

Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: Applying Research to Practice in the School Library Media Center (Library and Information Problem-Solving Skills)

This book provides a comprehensive review of the current research relating to the teaching of library and information literacy skills as part of effective school library media center programming.
As with earlier editions, this latest revision of Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: Applying Research to Practice in the 21st Century School Library brings together the research literature on information skills instruction with particular reference to models related to information seeking and the information search process. It presents relevant findings on what research has deemed "best practice" and what is known about how children learn, enabling school librarians to base information skills programs on substantiated data.
The sources reviewed for this book include doctoral dissertations, research reports, academic and professional journal articles in library information service and related fields, and publications by scholars and practitioners relevant to information skills curricula. A preface, newly prepared for the third edition, explains the revision process, while the epilogue examines the importance of communication between research scholars and school library practitioners.
 • 30 illustrations and tables are provided to supplement the text
• A bibliography includes references and sources for cited research
• Two indexes provide quick reference by author's name and subject

Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: Applying Research to Practice in the 21st Century School Library

Franklin, Lori

Crow Ph.D., Sherry R.

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