Category: Information Literacy
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Where Did the Literacy Go?
Rose Horowitch is back with her hot takes. She grieves for math scores, mourns for student attention span, and, closest to my heart, she portends the horrors of a post-literate society. Meanwhile, the legislative branch is brewing an even more frightening blow to literacy.
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You Are What You Read
Dan speed-read over 3,000 books during his life and meticulously recorded every one of them. Now he’s a social media star.
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The Statue of Liberty: Paywalled
The Battery is the best place to view Lady Liberty but America’s most meaningful monument has been put behind walls. I’m left wondering, is America for sale? In the land of freedom for all, do we have to pay to ride?
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Why We Need Libraries in a Digital Age
In the Digital Age, information is infinite. The Internet has made creating and sharing information effortless and social media has given many people a platform to connect on. I value the quality of information over the availability of information and for me, information literacy is the path to understanding the difference. This is the worth…
