Information Literacy Internet Site

Through Alta Vista, I located two sites that dealt with information literacy in elementary schools.

The first site, www.school-libraries.org/resources/literacy.html, is a wonderful compilation of information literacy sites for school librarians divided into the following categories - general information, library instruction, web page evaluation, and web page evaluation instruction and tutorials. This site would be a wonderful resource to any school librarian and one that I will refer to many times in the future. I am glad that I found it.

The second site, http://www.cde.state.co.us/litstandards/index.htm, is the handbook "Colorado Students Achieve Power @ Your Library: Quality School Libraries Enhance Student Achievement" created by the Colorado State Library at the Colorado Department of Education in conjunction with the Colorado Association of Libraries. The handbook is a tool for school librarians that includes studies on information literacy, information literacy standards, program evaluation, and resources to help librarians collaborate with teachers. Thus, improving academic achievement through information literacy standards. This tool is a wonderful way to support information literacy in your school library. It provides documentation of increased student achievement due to quality school libraries and gives information on how to evaluate and improve your library. This site is a good starting point for beginning collaboration with teachers.