Through this interactive use of the web, there can be ongoing two-way communication about issues related to the book. In the introduction, I mentioned that a goal of this article is to address the question of what is required to allow communications technologies, literacy and the arts to be mutually supportive endeavours. I referred to a delicate balance that can be tipped in either direction. In many ways, I believe there is a simple answer to this very important question. Purpose comes first, tools and technologies come later.
Information literacy is the critical component.
If we don't foster the abilities required to define problems and then find and use valid information to solve them, we will have a culture that is vulnerable to the worst that commercialism has to offer. The Bookmark is the official journal of the British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association.