Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information

Troy A. Swanson

ISBN 10: 0838987168 / ISBN 13: 9780838987162

Published by American Library Association, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information
• Publisher: American Library Association
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838987168
• ISBN 13: 9780838987162
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 733 grams

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Synopsis

This collection gathers essays by academic, reference and instruction librarians in universities and community colleges around the country. They describe pedagogies, projects, courses, programs, and assessment methods in information literacy, drawing on perspectives from critical theory, philosophy, and social psychology. Part 1, on conceptualizing information, contains papers on librarian, faculty, and student beliefs about information and information searching, dealing with topics such as theories of knowledge in library and information science and teaching students about information discovery. Papers in Part 2, on teaching students about information, are divided into subsections on the nature of expertise and credibility, point of view and source bias, and interpreting the world. Some topics broached in this section include expertise and authority in an age of crowdsourcing, uncovering news bias through information literacy instruction, and rhetorical analysis as a tool for teaching critical thinking. The book’s readership includes academic librarians and educators. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

About the Author

Heather Jagman is the coordinator of reference, instruction, and academic engagement and the subject liaison to the Theatre School at DePaul University Library in Chicago. She was an ERIAL Project participant and a 2013 ACRL IMLS Assessment in Action grant recipient. She is particularly interested in information literacy and library user behavior. Troy A. Swanson is the teaching and learning librarian and the library department chair at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois, where he is also the president of the Moraine Valley Faculty Association. Troy is the author of the book Managing Social Media in Libraries: Finding Collaboration, Coordination, and Focus and coauthor of the textbook Why White Rice? Thinking through Writing. He has published on social media, website usability, and information literacy. Troy is also a contributor to the Tame the Web blog.