K-12 Regional Information Literacy Skills Curriculum

Introduction

During the summer of 2004, 21 School Library Media Specialists (SLMS) from the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES School Library System collaboratively created a skills based information literacy curriculum.  Closely aligned with the New York State Learning Standards and National Information Literacy Standards from the American Association of School Librarians, this K-12 skills matrix provides a platform for learning.  The draft curriculum embraces the evidence from 15 state studies demonstrating the correlation between quality school library media programs and student achievement.  In content and rationale, the curriculum is fundamentally a tool for instruction in information literacy.  Carefully designed as context-dependent skills set and based on the Big6^TM research method, the curriculum connects with all grades, all subject areas, and all learners.

Eventually, this curriculum will be available in html format, but for the time being, it is available below in PDF and MS Word formats.

Preface:  PDF    MS Word

Curriculum Matrix:  PDF    MS Word

Curriculum Matrix Cross-walked with the Standards:  PDF    MS Word

PowerPoint Presentations on the Curriculum

Big6 terminology and research method is used with permission of Mike Eisenberg.
The "Big6™" is copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz.
For more information, visit: www.big6.com