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Information has become one of the most crucial commodities in today's world. From multinational corporations to single individuals, we all make critical decisions based on the information available to us. However, modern ease of access to information does not often guarantee access to good information. In this digital age, where facts can be easily manipulated to align with political, social or monetary aims, media literacy has become an essential skill. Media Smart: Lessons, Tips and Strategies for Librarians, Classroom Instructors and other Information Professionals is an invaluable...

Information has become one of the most crucial commodities in today's world. From multinational corporations to single individuals, we all make critical decisions based on the information available to us. However, modern ease of access to information does not often guarantee access to good information. In this digital age, where facts can be easily manipulated to align with political, social or monetary aims, media literacy has become an essential skill. Media Smart: Lessons, Tips and Strategies for Librarians, Classroom Instructors and other Information Professionals is an invaluable...

The six threshold concepts outlined in the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education are not simply a revision of ACRL's previous Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. They are instead an altogether new way of looking at information literacy. In this important new book, bestselling author and expert instructional librarian Burkhardt decodes the Framework, putting its conceptual approach into straightforward language while offering more than 50 classroom-ready Framework-based exercises. Guiding instructors towards helping students cross each threshold,...

Updated to today's ever-expanding world of electronic information, Teaching Information Literacy, Second Edition, is the best single resource for fundamental information literacy instruction. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating the exercies in the book. *Address one or more of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education *Promote conceptual and applied skills via active learning, problem-based learning, and resource based learning *Are ready for use by reference and instruction librarians at colleges and community colleges, as well as others...

This book offers a starting point to understanding and teaching the six threshold concepts listed in the new ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, an altogether new way of looking at information literacy. Bestselling author and expert instructional librarian Burkhardt decodes the Framework, putting its conceptual approach into straightforward language and offering more than 50 classroom-ready Framework-based exercises. Teaching Information Literacy Reframed: - discusses the history of the development of the Framework for Information Literacy and briefly deconstructs...

The issue of fake news has become very prominent in recent months. Its power to mislead and misinform has been made evident around the world. This issue of Library Technology Reports (vol. 53, no. 8), "Combating Fake News in the Digital Age," explores fake news-its history, how it is shared, the technology that has enhanced its reach, the technology that can help combat it, and the practical steps we can take to help our patrons discern fact from fiction. While fake news is not a new phenomenon, the means by which it is spread has changed in both speed and magnitude. Social media platforms...