Lincoln Public Schools

Information Literacy

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As stated in The Lincoln Public Schools Guide to Integrated Information Literacy Skills, "Information literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, analyze and communicate information, from a variety of sources, across content areas." The central purpose of the guide is to enable students to become information literate and therefore serve to improve student achievement. Through repeated practice and purposeful application of information literacy skills, students will acquire the necessary tools to form a foundation for lifelong learning. See "Program and Policies / Mission and Goals".

The Lincoln Public Schools Guide to Integrated Information Literacy Skills (G.I.I.L.S.), revised in 2003, is the district framework for research. Contact your library media specialist for more information about the guide. Other interested parties may purchase the guide by completing the online GIILS Order Form.

* G.I.I.L.S. includes the nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning from Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Click to link to the AASL website for more information on these standards - AASL website - http://www.ala.org/aasl

Click to link to the Nebraska Department of Education standards - http://www.nde.state.ne.us/HEALTH/LEARNS/letter.htm

* G.I.I.L.S provides educators with tools that will assist them in defining, understanding and using the collaborative process. Collaboration is teachers and library media specialists working together to develop instruction. This section includes examples of collaborative units for elementary, middle school and high school. G.I.I.L.S has been integrated into other LPS district curriculum guides eg. Reading/Language Arts.

* G.I.I.L.S gives teachers and library media specialists an in-depth explanation of the Big6? Research Process. This research model has been adopted by Lincoln Public Schools. It includes strategies that enable students to apply, articulate and access the research process. It also presents materials to support the use of the Super 3 at the primary level. Lincoln Public Schools believes knowing the research process is essential for all students to be information literate. GIILS provides the framework for teachers to teach and assess research skills to meet state standards.

* The information literacy skills list found in G.I.I.L.S are integrated throughout the curriculum for all grade levels. The divisions include the general information literacy skills category followed by the skills that link to each of the steps found in Information Problem Solving: The Big Six Skills Approach to Library & Information Skills Instruction by Robert Berkowitz and Michael B. Eisenberg -©1987. All skills require continual application for mastery.

* 90% of the G.I.I.L.S guide includes strategies for teachers and library media specialists to use for learning and teaching information literacy skills and the research process. These include tips on writing effective questions, graphic organizers, rubrics, citing sources (MLA & APA) and Internet search tips.

* For more information on information literacy, go to the following websites:

* Big6 - http://www.big6.com/

* Super 3 - http://fp3e.adhost.com/big6/enewsletter/archives/e2_n4_conf/little_sum.shtml