Abstract The National Library of Latvia moved to a new building dubbed the Castle of Light in the summer of 2014. The new building centralises the library’s collection, supports education, recreation, and performance, and encourages media literacy education. This paper is a case study of the permanent exhibition Book in Latvia within the National Library of Latvia that … [Read more...] about The National Library of Latvia: Engaging people with media and information
Enriching the Teacher & Librarian Dialogue
The Colors of Disinformation: Disinformation and the Literacy Landscape
Abstract We are now living in an age of “fake news,” which is not a new phenomenon, but its current iteration has highlighted the various dimensions of how people interact (or do not) with information - information consumption is so much more than people's immediate cognitive processing. This video essay will address some of the colloquial language that can be applied to … [Read more...] about The Colors of Disinformation: Disinformation and the Literacy Landscape
Joy, Contradictions, Complexity: A Day In the Life of a Teacher-Librarian
Abstract What is the impact of media literacy on school libraries? How do the many frameworks of media literacy and information literacy overlap? According to a crowd-sourced article compiled by AI and the Linked In community, 😉 “Information literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate information effectively and ethically for a specific purpose. It involves … [Read more...] about Joy, Contradictions, Complexity: A Day In the Life of a Teacher-Librarian
ML3: Librarians as Leaders for Media Literacy
Abstract The Librarians as Leaders for Media Literacy (ML3) initiative was begun in New York State in 2021 with a grant from the Booth-Ferris Foundation. Building on the extensive PD and curriculum work of Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College over the past 25 years, this initiative is grounded in the inquiry-based student-centered pedagogy of Constructivist Media … [Read more...] about ML3: Librarians as Leaders for Media Literacy
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told (Richard III, Act 4 Scene 4): Media Literacy and the Role of the School Library
Abstract The proliferation of digital media has created a new challenge for educators: how to effectively teach students to be critical consumers and producers of information. This literature review methodically explores the role of school libraries in media literacy education, with a particular focus on the United Kingdom. An analysis of the modern definitions of media … [Read more...] about An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told (Richard III, Act 4 Scene 4): Media Literacy and the Role of the School Library
A Generational Change in Information Consumption: Approaches for Teaching Information Literacy
Abstract 20th century generations grew up with a worldview predicated on epistemological methods that enabled the discernment of concrete realities. With the emergence of the internet in the early 2000s as the primary means of information consumption, the 21st century’s concrete realities became less structured and more opaque. Generation Z and Generation Alpha now face a rate … [Read more...] about A Generational Change in Information Consumption: Approaches for Teaching Information Literacy
How Media and information literacy affects reading of different text types: academic libraries and digital generation
Abstract The landscape for scholarly book use is changing. More books are available in electronic format, the use of mobile devices is growing, and the corpus of digitized texts is expanding. The ways in which scholars interact with books, both electronic and print, is also evolving. The primary objective of every academic library is to meet the information need(s) of members … [Read more...] about How Media and information literacy affects reading of different text types: academic libraries and digital generation
