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Human Growth & Development

Human Growth & Development. Art Gutierrez LI802 Fall 2007. Matilda. Video clip of child using the library. Ages, Stages and/ or Gender. What is the relationship btwn developmental levels and info. Needs? How is gender constructed in the media and in literature? What are the implications?

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Human Growth & Development

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  1. Human Growth & Development Art Gutierrez LI802 Fall 2007

  2. Matilda Video clip of child using the library

  3. Ages, Stages and/ or Gender • What is the relationship btwn developmental levels and info. Needs? • How is gender constructed in the media and in literature? What are the implications? Session 2, LI 802 Handout

  4. Gender Studies • Volman, conducted studies on boys and girls in order to determine if there were differences(1997) • Gender Bias in Teaching includes: • Taking over pc more from girls • Giving fewer turns to girls • Addressing boys as “experts” more often (Sanders and Stone, 1980)

  5. Girls were: More likely to seek assistance More likely to work together More reflective Less confident in overall abilities Boys were: Less likely to ask for help More likely to express confidence More active More comfortable in expressing personal opinions Gender Related Differences in the ISP Table 5.3 Burdick, 1996

  6. Gender Related Differences in the ISP • Information overload occurs with children as it does with adults (Akins, 1998) • This study targeted 4th and 8th graders • Students felt bulging, bursting, exploding, headache, fatigue with information

  7. Feminism • “in most human societies, the male gender tends, in general, to be privileged and the female to be undervalued or marginalized where knowledge creation and diffusion is concerned.” (Dr. Reva Brown)

  8. Carol Gilligan • Research Assistant for Lawrence Kohlberg • Male view of individual rights and rules considered a higher stage than women’s • Interviewed privileged, white men and boys • “women have differing moral psychological tendencies then men” • In Another Voice (1982) Retrieved from http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/gilligan.html

  9. Something to think about….Religion • Historically Male Dominated • Similar Scriptures • Traditions

  10. Driving Miss Daisy • What issues does this video clip raise? • Skills level • Culture • Elderly

  11. Elderly Library Use Usage by age 65+ Search Engines 54% Physical Library 54% Physical bookstore 51% Online library 19% Online bookstore 33% Source: Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, OCLC, 2005, question 1305.

  12. Elderly • Information Seekers • Information - including council information, • health and legal information in plain English • Community information - directories and databases highlighting services available in the local community, many of them available online • Genealogy / family history resources • Local history information • Homebound library services - 90 library services in NSW provide targeted services to homebound residents • Large print resources • Spoken word books (Joseph 2006)

  13. Elderly in the Library • What about us? • 60 percent of staff in libaries are 45 and over • “Brain Drain” • Creativity and Flexibility Joseph 2006

  14. Library Staff Clip • Our desire to preserve material vs usage • Attitude • Age

  15. References • Brown, Reva. Knowledge and knowing : a feminist perspective. Science Communication, Vol. 16 No. 2, December 1994 152-165. • Thomas, Nancy P.(2004). Information Literacy And Information Skills Instruction (2nd ed.). West Port, CT: Libraries Unlimited. • Joseph, Mylee. Active, Engaged, Valued: Older People and Public Libraries in New South Wales.Aplis19(3) September 2006. • Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005). OCLC Membership Reports. Retrieved on November 11, 2007, from http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm

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