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Mailing Address: 150 Scoville Road, Avon, CT 06001
Librarian : Mrs. Susan Mc Cabe
Program Mission & Goals
· To provide intellectual access to information through systematic learning activities
· To provide physical access to information
· To provide learning experiences that encourage users to become discriminating consumers and skilled creators of information
· To provide leadership, instruction and collaboration in the use of instructional and informational technology
· To provide resources and activities that contribute to lifelong learning, while accommodating a wide range of differences in teaching and learning styles and in instructional methods, interests and capacities
· To provide resources and learning activities that represent a diversity of experiences, opinions, social and cultural perspectives.
**For more information on specific curriculum, please see the district information & technology literacy curriculum link on the left sidebar
Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning
The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
Information Literacy
Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.
Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.
Independent Learning
Standard 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests.
Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.
Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.
Social Responsibility
Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society.
Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
Standard 9: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.
Excerpted from Chapter 2, "Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning," of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Copyright © 1998 American Library Association and Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
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