Monthly Archives: April 2020

What is literacy?

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Author Alvin Toffler said that ‘The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.’ This statement ties in quite well with the definitions of literacy discussed in Module 5 of ELT401 – Information Literacy. How do you define a word like… Continue reading

Are school librarians an endangered species?

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Looking at Bonanno’s 2011 speech and her 2015 work ‘A profession at the tipping point (revisited)’, her speech resonated with me and it is this which I have chosen to focus on A school librarian – someone whose influence is often seen as invisible. In her speech, Karen Bonanno explored a variety of ideas about… Continue reading