Teaching information literacy through short stories / David J. Brier, Vickery Kaye Lebbin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brier, David James, 1962- author.

Lebbin, Vickery Kaye, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information literacy--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Information literacy.

Short story.

Physical Description:

xvii, 109 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

Teaching Information Literacy through Short Stories examines information literacy themes through 18 short stories. The book provides librarians and instructors a fresh approach to introduce, accompany, and supplement their teaching. The book is divided into six sections corresponding with the six pillars of Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Accompanying each short story are questions to stimulate thought and discussion around various aspects of information and scholarship including authority, process, value, inquiry, conversation, and exploration. Following the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, this book supports the argument that good information literacy instruction is more than teaching students how to find information for their assignments in an expeditious manner. Stories offer a starting place for more complex thinking about the purpose of information literacy and are a wonderful tool to inspire students to acquire the attitudes necessary for broad creative thinking and lifelong intellectual behaviors. The book is designed to be interdisciplinary and useful in any course or workshop introducing and teaching information literacy skills. The stories contained in the book are appropriate for students from high school through university.

Contents:

1 Authority Is Constructed and Contextual 1

Renaissance Man / T. E. D. Klein Klein, T. E. D. 4

The Liberation of Rome / Robin Hemley Hemley, Robin 10

The Amphibious Cavalry Gap by J. J. Trembly as told to James E. Thompson 15

2 Information Creation as a Process 19

Megaphone / Rick Cook Cook, Rick 22

The Voice from the Curious Cube by Nelson Bond 29

The King / Alan M. Cvancara Cvancara, Alan M. 33

3 Information Has Value 37

The Censors / Luisa Valenzuela (Translated by David Unger) Valenzuela, Luisa, (Translated by David Unger) 40

The Memory Priest of the Creech People / Paul Theroux Theroux, Paul 44

The People Who Owned the Bible / Will Shetterly Shetterly, Will 47

4 Research as Inquiry 51

A Fable by Robert Fox 54

College Queen by William Brandon 58

To Serve Mail by Damon Knight 62

5 Scholarship as Conversation 71

An Old Man by Guy de Maupassant (translated / Francis Steegmuller) 75

Charles / Shirley Jackson Jackson, Shirley 80

Mind Over Mayhem by Mack Reynolds 86

6 Searching as Strategic Exploration 91

The World Where Wishes Worked / Stephen Goldin Goldin, Stephen 94

Many Happy Returns / Justin Case Case, Justin 98

They're Made Out of Meat / Terry Bisson Bisson, Terry 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Brier, David James, 1962 author. Teaching information literacy through short stories

ISBN:

9781442255449

1442255447

9781442255456

1442255455

OCLC:

949750165