Digital Visual Literacy: The Librarian's Quick Guide

by Nicole M. Fox

Overview

Designed to introduce visual literacy to instructional librarians, this book shows librarians how to make visual literacy relevant and engaging by framing it as a digital skill.

Millions of images are uploaded to social media every day, and students are increasingly being asked to participate in such image-rich research projects as websites and blogs. Image manipulation and photo editing are commonplace, but the visual literacy skills needed to detect that kind of misinformation aren't.

Students need help learning how to find, evaluate, and use images in an ethical and effective manner. Digital Visual Literacy is designed to introduce visual literacy to instructional librarians. This concise introduction teaches visual literacy as a digital skill, complete with digital humanities-based workshops and assignments to make instruction informative and engaging. It covers all aspects of visual literacy, from copyright to image evaluation. Each chapter clearly explains visual literacy standards and proficiencies and offers practical instructional assignments, in-class demonstrations, and more through the use of digital humanities tools.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440875175
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/22/2022
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	6.15(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Nicole M. Fox, MLIS, is Assistant Professor and Research and Instruction Librarian at Belmont University, USA.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 What Is Visual Literacy? 1

Chapter 2 Identifying and Finding Images 9

Chapter 3 Evaluating and Interpreting Images 21

Chapter 4 Designing and Communicating with Images 37

Chapter 5 Citation and Ethics for Images 51

Chapter 6 Activities and Assignments 63

Chapter 7 Conclusion 85

Appendix: What If …?: Common MLA Citation Questions and Answers 87

Index 89