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A School Library Program for Information Literacy: A Case Study of National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science

This case study examines the implementation of an information literacy-based school library program at the National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science Park. The program incorporates the Big6 information literacy model and aims to develop students' reading, researching, and independent study skills. The study discusses the remodeling of the program and highlights the role of the librarian as a navigator, helping students solve their information problems.

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A School Library Program for Information Literacy: A Case Study of National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science

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  1. A School Library Program Based on Information Literacy: A Case Study of National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science Park Tsu-Jui Ma Director of library, National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science Park E-mail: matsujui@mail.nehs.hc.edu.tw Meng-Ling Lin Lecture, Department of Information and Library Science, Hsuan Chuang University E-mail: bealin@hcu.edu.tw Tsu-Chun Ma Postgraduate, Institute of Arts Management, National Sun Yat-sen University E-mail: m921040004@student.nsysu.edu.tw The 2005 IASL Conference

  2. IntroductionInformation Literacy and Big6The School Library Program of NEHSRemodeling the School Library Conclusions The 2005 IASL Conference

  3.  Introduction • Traditionally, schools taught the literacy (the quality or state of being able to read and write). • Today, students also need to learn the information literacy. The 2005 IASL Conference

  4. Information Literacy and Big6 • “Information literacy” is a transformational process in which the learner needs? to find, understand, evaluate, and use information in various forms to create for personal, social or global purposes. • The Big6 is an information literacy model which included six stages. The components are: • Task Definition • Information Seeking Strategies • Location and Access • Use of Information • Synthesis • Evaluation The 2005 IASL Conference

  5. The School Library Program of NEHS (1) • The NEHS: • was established for children whose parent works in the Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan since 1983. • boats 99 classes, with 12 in the Senior High School Department, 15 in the Junior High School Department, 42 in the Elementary School Department, 6 in the Kindergarten Department, and 24 in the Bilingual Department. • has 2,900 students, and 204 teachers including 18 foreign teachers. • The library of NEHS: • is open forty-five hours per week. • owns fifty thousand Chinese books, thirteen thousand English books, ten thousand audio-video materials, and more the two hundred periodicals. The 2005 IASL Conference

  6. The School Library Program of NEHS (2) • was established at the central part of the campus. • is functioned as media center of the school, the average circulation amount of the books are 1,500 a week. The 2005 IASL Conference

  7. The School Library Program of NEHS (3) • The school library program of NEHS: • Starting from kindergarten, students of NEHS are given school library program based on information literacy to gradually develop their reading, researching, and independent study skills. • To deliver various services, the library constantly arranges many activities such as story time, tours of the library, reading groups, and seminars on writing project and reports, etc. • In 2001, the teachers of the Elementary School Department of NEHS and the librarians created library program which presented ten topics in the curriculum. The 2005 IASL Conference

  8. Remodeling the School Library Program of NEHS with Big6 (1) • With more technologies and electronic resources developed, the school library program of NEHS which focused on library utilization and reading should be remodeled. • The new school library program will suggest to include big6 concept in teaching. The Subjects are: • Task Definition: Discuss what the students are trying to accomplish and what the result might look like. • Information-Seeking Strategies: Consider options and alternatives. Apply criteria and explain why they chose a particular resource. • Location and Access: Discuss how the various search systems differ. Ask students to explain why they prefer one to another. • Use of Information: Apply criteria for selecting good information and discuss the reason. The 2005 IASL Conference

  9. Remodeling the School Library Program of NEHS with Big6 (2) • Synthesis: Easy of use is the primary concern in synthesis. • Evaluation: Are the goals of learning being met? Is the process being helpful? And are all the information and effort being meaningful? • Comparing with the past program, the library media specialist/librarian will be a role of navigator, which is to help the students solving their information problems. The 2005 IASL Conference

  10. Conclusions • From literacy to information literacy, the paradigm shift represents that school teaching is more than reading, writing and arithmetic. • The school library program should consider more critical factors to explore students’ learning abilities. • The Big6 provides a conceptual approach for helping students learn and use technology in effective method. The 2005 IASL Conference

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