Information Literacy in the Wild

Edited by Kristin Fontichiaro. Foreword by Jeffrey MacKie-Mason. A collection of essays on the topic of information and digital literacy from multiple perspectives.

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
  
FOREWORD  
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason  
  
  
  
  
INTRODUCTION  
The View From the Front of the Room  
  
Kristin Fontichiaro  
  
  
  
  
PART I: INFORMATION LITERACY IN THE WILD  
Database-a-phobia  
Kyle Tecmire  
  
  
  
Primary Sources and the Inquiry Process in the Museum  
Laura Gibbons  
  
  
  
Guidance in the Information Jungle  
Joanna Price  
  
  
  
Iterative Instruction  
Katy Mahraj  
  
  
  
  
PART II: INFORMATION LITERACY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES  
Early Literacy and Reading Readiness in Public Libraries  
Kathryn McMahon  
  
  
  
How to Tame a Bird Unit  
Caroline Mossing  
  
  
  
Walking the Walk  
  
Kristel Wieneke  
  
  
  
  
PART III: INFORMATION LITERACY IN K-12 CLASSROOMS  
"It has to be true. It was just cut-and-pasted!" Information Seeking and Evaluation in the AIC Simulation  
  
Mariah Cherem  
  
  
  
The Importance of Information Literacy in a Middle School Setting  
Elizabeth A. Mines  
  
  
  
"It's Just German": How We Can Change Attitudes About Information Literacy in a  
World Language Context  
  
Caroline Nagle  
  
  
  
The Dreaded Bird Unit  
  
Joshua Skodack  
  
  
  
Confessions of a Pre-Service Social Studies Teacher: The Dichotomy Between Research Process and Content  
  
Curtis Lee  
  
  
PART IV: INFORMATION LITERACY IN K-12 SCHOOL LIBRARIES  
Hook  
John Cole  
  
  
  
From Black and White to Gray: Addressing Information Literacy Skills in Web Evaluation  
  
Kara Fridley  
  
  
  
Assessing the Need for Assessment  
Emily Johnson  
  
  
  
PART V: INFORMATION LITERACY IN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS  
Lessons in Visual Literacy  
Brianne Rhoades and Mary Braun  
  
  
  
Synthesize This!  
JJ Pointe  
  
  
  
Looking at the Information Needs of Pre-Service Teachers  
Ander Erickson  
  
  
  
  
PART VI: INFORMATION LITERACY IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES  
  
The Importance of Academic Library K-12 Outreach  
Natalie Molder  
  
  
  
Creating Successful Collaboration between K-12 Educators and Academic Libraries  
  
Mallory Colvin  
  
  
  
Journey or Destination? Process vs. Product in Undergraduate Information Literacy  
Kimberly Miller  
  
  
  
The Known Unknown: How a Map Can Lead the Way for New Researchers and New Librarians Alike  
  
Kelly Davenport  
  
  
  
SCVNGR for Information Literacy Instruction  
Meggan Frost and Jill Morningstar  
  
Pull It Apart: Discovering Information Literacy with Technology  
Peter Timmons  
  
  
  
What's the Keystroke Command for Information Literacy? Getting from Tech Skills to Thinking Skills  
  
Andrea Neuhoff  
  
  
  
Becoming a Literate Information Literacy Instructor  
  
Alissa Talley-Pixley  
  
  
  
When Technology Fails  
Sarah LeMire  
  
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