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[Michael Eisenberg <mbe@UW.EDU>]

Why should information literacy be an essential part of every child's education? 

"The way that information is managed touches all areas of life."
www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557443 

The Economist Feb 25, 2010 A special report on managing information. "Data, data 
everywhere"

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Send this out to every parent, every school board member, every other teacher in 
the school. Make SURE that the Library Information and Technology Program is an 
essential part of managing all forms of information in your schools. Focus on the 
electronic, digital, virtual, and online. Yes, let print take a backseat. Right 
now, the school website and the online article databases are more valuable for 
subject area curricula. (NOTE: I'm not talking about reading, fiction, biography, 
easy books for very young kids, etc. I'm talking about the non-fiction and print 
reference collections). 

Oh - and don't forget textbooks! I know, I know, many teacher-librarians hate the 
thought of it. But - what is the #1 information resource used in schools? The 
textbook! The Library Information & Technology Program should be responsible for 
ALL information resources in the school. Therefore we MUST be involved with seeing 
that textbooks are selected and managed effectively and efficiently. Then, we can 
even propose alternatives to textbooks - readings of articles combined from various 
article databases. 

In fact, why don't we have electronic reserves in K-12 the way we do at colleges 
and universities? As a college teacher, my most valuable instructional tool is the 
eReserve system offered from my university library. Why don't any of our library 
systems offer an eReserve module?

Think - how can we spend our precious time and effort in the most efficient and 
effective way to ensure that all students are effective users and producers of 
ideas and information?

Mike

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