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Teaching Electronic Literacy Kathleen W. Craver

Teaching Electronic Literacy By Kathleen W. Craver

Teaching Electronic Literacy by Kathleen W. Craver


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This is a guide for school library media specialists teaching electronic literacy to students and faculty. Step-by-step instruction is provided on how to find and evaluate information from electronic databases and the Internet, formulate search strategies, and interpret and analyze results.

Teaching Electronic Literacy Summary

Teaching Electronic Literacy: A Concepts-Based Approach for School Library Media Specialists by Kathleen W. Craver

School library media specialists will find this concepts-based approach to teaching electronic literacy an indispensable basic tool for instructing students and teachers. It provides step-by-step instruction on how to find and evaluate needed information from electronic databases and the Internet, how to formulate successful electronic search strategies and retrieve relevant results, and how to interpret and critically analyze search results. The chapters contain a suggested lesson plan and sample assignments for the school library media specialist to use in teaching electronic literacy skills to students and teachers. Dr. Kathleen W. Craver, a nationally recognized specialist in technology in the library media center, identifies the universal concepts of electronic literacy and provides the library media specialist with the rationales, background, methods, and model assignments to teach students and faculty to become proficient and critical users of electronic information technologies.

At the beginning of each chapter, Craver furnishes a rationale for change that school library media specialists can use to justify these essential modifications to their teaching curriculum. Chapters include: The Structure of Electronic Information; The Common Vocabulary and Characteristics of Electronic Resources; Formulating Electronic Search Strategies; The Physical Arrangement of Information; Choosing Appropriate On-Site and Remote Electronic Libraries; Choosing Appropriate Electronic Databases; Internet Search Tools and Techniques; Identifying Electronic Resources; On-Site Electronic Records Access; Using Primary Electronic Resources; and Evaluating Electronic Sources. The Appendix contains a list of principal vendors. A glossary of terms and a bibliography of suggested reading complete the work. This basic teaching guide provides the media specialist with all the tools necessary to help novice users to be successful and avoid the frustration of electronic database searching and retrieval.

About Kathleen W. Craver

KATHLEEN W. CRAVER has been Head Librarian at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., for ten years. She received her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in 1987. Dr. Craver is author of School Library Media Centers in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges (Greenwood, 1994) and numerous publications on school librarianship. She also conducts technology workshops for school library media specialists.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Rationale for Instructional Change The Structure of Electronic Information The Common Vocabulary and Characteristics of Electronic Resources Formulating Electronic Search Strategies The Physical Arrangement of Information Choosing Appropriate On-Site and Remote Electronic Libraries Choosing Appropriate Electronic Databases Internet Search Tools and Techniques Identifying Electronic Resources On-Site Electronic Records Access Using Primary Electronic Resources Evaluating Electronic Information Sources Appendix: Principal Vendors Glossary Bibliography Index

Additional information

NPB9780313302206
9780313302206
0313302200
Teaching Electronic Literacy: A Concepts-Based Approach for School Library Media Specialists by Kathleen W. Craver
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1997-09-30
208
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