LIBE 477- Reading Review Part B

 Reading Review Part B

During my topic exploration in the reading review part A, I decided to look at information literacy. There is some overlap with this topic and others, such as digital literacy, and reading literacy. To narrow this down, I will focus on areas such as:

 

-research skills

-critical thinking skills

-recall/precision issues

-effective databases/online search engines

 

We were asked to list 3-5 resources, but I found a few more than that. I feel that in order to explore these areas within information literacy, I need more than just one source in each area. I have tried to find a variety of kinds of sources, and two of the books listed are actually from my LIBE 467 course but relate directly to my topic.

Resources:

1.      Asselin, M., Branch, J., & Oberg, D., (Eds). Achieving information literacy: Standards for school library programs in Canada. Ottawa, ON: Canadian School Library Association & The Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada. Retrieved from: https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2003-AchievingInfoLiteracy.pdf

 

This is an online version of this document and is essentially a framework to create information literacy programs in Canadian schools through use of learning commons programs and collaboration with teachers. It was created by the Canadian School Library Association and the Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada. This handbook provides standards for learning commons in the areas of staffing, collections, facilities, information, and communications technologies, and collaborating to achieve information literacy.

This work relates to my topic of information literacy directly, and would be useful specifically to the area of recall/precision issues. The part of the handbook that talks about collaboration mentions ways to teach and plan to help students deal with this issue.

 

2.      Riedling, A. M., & Houston, C. (2019). Reference skills for the school librarian : Tools and tips (4th ed.). Libraries Unlimited.

 

This book talks about the different kinds of reference materials in a learning commons, how to select and evaluate these resources, the role of the internet in today’s learning commons, and ways to find out what the students need, such as by conducting a “reference interview”, (pg. 89).

This book relates to the area of databases, search engines, and other online resources. There is also a chapter that relates to the recall/precision issue and how to teach students to find and evaluate the information they need on the internet through critical thinking skills.

 

3.      The Points of Inquiry. BC Teacher-Librarians' Association. (2018, October 23). Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://bctla.ca/resources/point-of-inquiry/.

 

This is a website I discovered through my LIBE 467 course when we talked about models of research. This document is an online framework created by the BC Teacher Librarians Association that shares a research model called “Points of Inquiry”. This model is linked to the curriculum, incorporates technology, multiple literacies, and is an inquiry-based method of research.  

I liked the user-friendly language in this model and feel there are many areas in this document that would be related to my topic areas of research skills and critical literacy.

 

4.      Kapitzke, Cushla. (2001). Information Literacy: The Changing Library. Retrieved from https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T001&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=288&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=4&docId=GALE%7CA70769712&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZLRC-MOD1&prodId=GLS&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA70769712&searchId=R1&userGroupName=ubcolumbia&inPS=true

 

This is an article that I found through the UBC library that talks about how libraries are becoming more and more digitized, “cybraries” in fact, (Kapitzke, 2001). This author talks about how the new technologies have created the need for new literacies and skill sets, and how libraries are also affected by social and cultural change.

The part of this article that would be most useful to me as relates to my topic is the section on “critical information literacy”, (Kapitzke, 2001), which talks about the critical literacy skills we need to help students develop. The article also lists websites linked to information literacy at the end that might give me further areas to explore, such as, “www.infolit.org/--National Forum on Information Literacy--a coalition of over 75 education, business, and governmental organizations working to promote awareness of the need for information literacy and encouraging activities leading to its acquisition. It provides definitions of information literacy, descriptions of successful information literacy programs, and an extensive annotated compendium of linked Web sites.”, (Kapitzke, 2001).

 

5.      Infobase. (2021). Retrieved from https://www.infobase.com/blog/teaching-information-literacy-through-comics-and-graphic-novels-resources-and-ideas/

 

This blog is on a website that collects and shares content on a variety of educational topics that are useful to teachers, librarians, and students. It also provides a subscription you can purchase for further tools and information. I feel the blog posting on teaching information literacy through comics and graphic novels is interesting to explore.

This would relate to my topic areas of critical literacy skills and research skills as it talks about students researching issues within the comics and graphic novels and thinking about them critically.

 

6.      Princh. (2022). Retrieved from https://princh.com/blog-information-literacy-is-a-process-not-a-skill/#.YfMXpurMLre

 

This is a blog from a site that actually provides printing services to libraries, educational institutions and commercially. It does have a blog specific to libraries however with interesting topics. This blog post talks about the evolution of information literacy and the critical thinking skills that go along with it such as evaluating source authority and content.

This blog post relates to the areas of my topic of critical thinking skills and research skills.

 

7. Pariser, Eli. (2011). Ted Talk: Beware Online Filter Bubbles. Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles?language=en

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I heard about this Ted talk from our instructor Darcy, and learned that not only social media platforms, but search engines also have filters to point you in the direction the filter thinks you want to go in, and edits outs some topics and information. This was news to me and is something I think students should know about as well. I think it’s important that students can access different perspectives and points of view when researching, and that if the information they find conflicts with what they think, this will help develop their critical thinking skills.

This Ted talk is relevant to the areas I’m looking at of research skills, critical thinking, and reliable database/search engines for students.