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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