A Librarian’s Dream: Two Solid Weeks of Information Literacy Instruction

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

K-12

Presenter Information

Steven Yates, Spain Park High School, AL
Marnie Utz, Spain Park High School, AL

Location

Room 100

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Steven Yates and Marnie Utz, Spain Park High School (Hoover, AL) librarians, will discuss “High School 101: Library Edition” that they implemented in the 2007-2008 school year. This program was designed to orient freshmen to topics including website evaluation, database usage, the Dewey Decimal classification, and other important aspects of 21st century information literacy. Participants should come prepared to receive succinct, usable resources for information literacy instruction.

Keywords

Website evaluation, Database usage, Classification systems, Information literacy

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Yates, Steven and Utz, Marnie, "A Librarian’s Dream: Two Solid Weeks of Information Literacy Instruction" (2008). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 64.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2008/2008/64