MASL - Information Literacy Committee

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Information Literacy Committee

Information Literacy Template for the Maine Parameters for Essential Instruction

Below is a template developed by the MASL information literacy workgroup. Please download, use and/or adapt the examples here. Please also fill in the template with your ideas. Let's share our ideas.

Any ideas or questions? please email Eileen Broderick ebroderick@rsu10.org

P.E.I Template (blank - Word)	Example of P.E.I. for EK-5 (Word)
P.E.I Template (blank - pdf)	Example of P.E.I. for EK-5 (pdf)

Information Literacy Wiki

Publications

Information Literacy Handouts from Eileen Broderick at the CMLD Information Literacy Workshop
- Why is Information Literacy Important for School Libraries? [Word | pdf]
- Best Practices in Information Literacy [Word | pdf ]
- Best Practices in MSAD #43- Rumford Elementary School [Word | pdf ]
- Continuing Education Resources [Word | pdf ]
- Information Literacy Resources for K-12:Ideas for Lesson Plans [Word | pdf ]
- Eileen's PowerPoint Presentation
- Maine Samplers (archive from the late 1990s. Links not kept updated.)

Below are some resources on Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process: recommended by Marilyn Joyce

Carol Kuhlthau’s web site at Rutger’s University; Model of the Information Search Process (downloads ppt.) showing Tasks, Feelings, Thoughts, Actions
A summary of the five research studies that validated Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process
Dr. Carol Gordon’s PowerPoint presentation posted on the NEEMA web site, Re-designing Knowledge Spaces: From Information Literacy to Knowledge Outcomes Part II. shows integration of reading into the Information Search Process.
Model of Kuhlthau’s Stages of the Information Search Process posted on Humboldt State University Library web site

Committee Chair; Eileen Broderick (Rumford Elementary School)

Charged with providing leadership and information, the Committee writes, webs, institutes, and presents issues, concepts, problems, models, and possible solutions regarding Information Literacy.