Both the news media and librarians deal with information, but there is a
big difference; the media is largely for profit, and librarians are
largely involved with not for profit organizations. Just as we instruct
and encourage our students to carefully evaluate sources used in their
term papers and reports, is it not equally important to carefully and
factually instruct students on the process behind how we receive
information on a daily basis? Librarians and school media specialists
can and help to better educate "consumers" of information; after all,
the public is deeply affected by the decisions made by the news media.
A more educated consumer will seek out sources with more care. And with
a more educated consumer, these "for profit" news media entities,
hopefully, will have to be more careful, more ethical, and respect the
"consumers" more. This is just one of the many reasons why librarians,
school media specialists, and educators should attend the National
Association of Broadcasters convention. Please see this link which
contains text and streaming video of "NAB 2007" and reports on just a
small portion of the events as I saw them:
http://www.librarymedia.net/nab.htm
David Di Gregorio
ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us <mailto:ddigregorio@tenafly.k12.nj.us>
Supervisor Library Media Services
Tenafly High School
201-816-6617
www.librarymedia.net <http://www.librarymedia.net/>
19 Columbus Drive
Tenafly, NJ 07670
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