Information Literacy in School Libraries
Channel: Becky Johnson
Date: 2011-12-03

Did you know that the World Wide Web has over 8.45 BILLION pages?  How can students manage this tsunami of information to find accurate and reliable sources?  

EMS student Chip W. relates, "My librarian, Mrs. Johnson, has taught me to evaluate websites by looking for expert authors, checking for the most current sites, finding out what the purpose of the website is, and making sure that it is relevant to my topic."  

Using Google is Easy.  Finding the best information takes skill.  Certified school librarians TEACH information literacy.

In Colorado, individual students visit school libraries for information literacy instruction over 180,000 times weekly.  Each week school is in session, that would fill Invesco Field at Mile High twice and still leave an overflow.

Information Literacy -- Untangle the Web

Sources: worldwidewebsize.com,   Quotable Facts About School Libraries http://www.lrs.org

Music Credits:  Improvisation On Sunday by Alex Beroza Creative Commons Licensed http://ccmixter.org/content/AlexBeroza/AlexBeroza_-_Improvisation_On_Sunday....mp3