Information Literacy

Background
This study examines the information literacy or ability of junior high aged (grades 6-8) children to find information in a public library. How able are children to find and retrieve information in the library? Do they understand how to retrieve information? This study is to be conducted in an effort to learn how to better educate children on how to obtain information they need. The ability to obtain information is a skill that will be useful to these children as they continue their education and to satisfy their general curiosity if they so desire. Also, the ability to obtain information will help children in other areas of life, such as web navigation. People who are able to collect information will be of value both to the library and the world.

Reflective Inquiry
Problem Statement
Literature supports that school children do not know how to find information in a library. This inability to obtain information presents several possible problems. For one, school c...