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Purpose

• Teach information skills
• Advocate for literacy
• Manage information within the building
• Information Skills

Information Skills are taught by using the Big 6 Curriculum (Eisenberg/Berkowitz)

• Task Definition: Identify the information needed
• Information Seeking Strategies: Determine all possible sources, select the best source
• Location and Access: Locate sources, find information within sources
• Use of Information: Engage (read,hear,view), extract relevant information
• Synthesis: Organize information from multiple sources, present the result
• Evaluation: Judge the result, judge the process