This entry is the fourth in a series of four. This series reflects on interviews I held with various Teacher Librarians in Southern California. We spoke about the National School Library Standards for School Librarians. Each entry will discuss how a single librarian implements a particular Shared Foundation in their program. Since the interviews were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, we discuss both how their program typically addresses the standards and how that has changed during the pandemic.
Ms. I is a high school librarian. We discussed how she implements Shared Foundation VI: Engage. The Key Commitment for this Foundation is to share and create knowledge ethically and safely.
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Ms. I implements this standard at the most basic level. She keeps her lessons in line with traditional research projects and does not innovate ways to share knowledge. She has not taught lessons that ask students to critically consider why they must cite works (D.2), merely shows them how. Further, her research lessons focused on database usage, and did not address how to ethically use or share information outside of academia. Learning how and why to ethically engage with media is critical in this age of fast information sharing. False information flies across the internet. More than just providing credit and supporting (in some people's opinion, flawed) copyright laws, sharing sources helps combat the spread of misinformation. By sharing how you came to a conclusion, or who provided the information, you make your thinking clear and are transparent about any biases that went into your final product. Merely teaching students how to cite sources is not the same as teaching students why to cite them.
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