In the Library Learning Commons with Ms. Gatzke

This first Theme of LIBE 467 began with an overview of terms and definitions relating to reference services. In that first week and the three that have followed, I have scrutinized and dissected many terms and titles, and admired the insight of my course colleagues in doing the same.  But. I didn't come across a phrase that really charged me up until the final pages of this, our fourth week's, chapter.  Riedling admonishes, "As a school librarian, you must assist students to effectively and efficiently use the Web, create a culture of information inquiry, and create information-fluent students (those who can access, evaluate, organize, and use electronic information) for tomorrow's world" (104).  There seems to be a lot we must do. Like: a lot, a lot. But there, sandwiched among those big skills where I only hope to break ground with my Elementary learners, is something I know we can do - and do amazingly! We can live a "culture of information inquiry." ...