Visual Literacy for Libraries: A Practical, Standards-Based Guide - Softcover

Brown, Nicole E.; Bussert, Kaila; Hattwig, Denise; Medaille, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838913814 ISBN 13: 9780838913819

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2016

Synopsis

The importance of images and visual media in today's culture is changing what it means to be literate in the 21st century. Digital technologies have made it possible for almost anyone to create and share visual media. Yet the pervasiveness of images and visual media does not necessarily mean that individuals are able to critically view, use, and produce visual content. The ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education were developed to address these distinct characteristics of images and visual media. Based on those standards, this book provides librarians and instructors with the tools, strategies, and confidence to apply visual literacy in a library context. Readers will not only learn about ways to develop students' visual literacy, but also how to use visual materials to make their instruction more engaging. Ideal for the busy librarian who needs ideas, activities, and teaching strategies that are ready to implement, this book

• shows how to challenge students to delve into finding images, using images in the research process, interpreting and analyzing images, creating visual communications, and using visual content ethically;
• provides ready-to-go learning activities for engaging critically with visual materials;
• offers tools and techniques for increasing one's own visual literacy confidence; and
• gives strategies for integrating, engaging with and advocating for visual literacy in libraries.

With this book's guidance, academic professionals can help students master visual literacy, a key competency in today's media-saturated world, while also enlivening instruction with visual materials.

About this title

About the Author

Kaila Bussert is the Foundational Experiences Librarian at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where she leads a foundational information literacy program. Her research interests center on the role of visual literacy across the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. She holds an MA in Near Eastern Studies and an MLIS from the University of Arizona.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0838913814
• ISBN 13: 9780838913819
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208