Christopher Shamburg

One opens this book with a high expectation that it will represent the very best thinking today on student research in the high school. Materials for the book were actually prepared by four authors and brought together by Shamburg. So, I begin to read the various units and recommendations and start wondering, where is the high school library media center and the teacher librarian in all of this? Absent. Absent? And, it discusses information literacy in places. No mention of AASL. What goes? No Information Power. The ETS information literacy model is recommended along with Wikipedia and other sources that while interesting, need the help of a teacher librarian. So then I look at the biographies of the four contributors. All university folks. Not that there aren’t some interesting ideas here, but these authors need to do their homework about the setting in which they are addressing. And, the publisher needs a sound scolding. Don’t bother looking at this one or sharing it with your faculty. And, if you encounter the author, volunteer some hearty advice. Not recommended.… (altro)