The Library Screen Scene

Film and Media Literacy in Schools, Colleges, and Communities

Renee Hobbs, Liz Deslauriers, and Pam Steager

Features extended narrative case study of a statewide media literacy program for school and public librarians
Each chapter offers practical advice for busy librarians
Features over 170 programs from libraries large and small across the nation
Companion website enables readers to upload examples of film and media literacy programs in libraries

The Library Screen Scene

Film and Media Literacy in Schools, Colleges, and Communities

Renee Hobbs, Liz Deslauriers, and Pam Steager

Description

In the past two decades, several U.S. states have explored ways to mainstream media literacy in school curriculum. However one of the best and most accessible places to learn this necessary skill has not been the traditional classroom but rather the library. In an increasing number of school, public, and academic libraries, shared media experiences such as film screening, learning to computer animate, and video editing promote community and a sense of civic engagement. The Library Screen Scene reveals five core practices used by librarians who work with film and media: viewing, creating, learning, collecting, and connecting. With examples from more than 170 libraries throughout the United States, the book shows how film and media literacy education programs, library services, and media collections teach patrons to critically analyze moving image media, uniting generations, cultures, and communities in the process.

The Library Screen Scene

Film and Media Literacy in Schools, Colleges, and Communities

Renee Hobbs, Liz Deslauriers, and Pam Steager

Acknowledgments
About the Companion Website

Chapter 1: Introduction

PART I: FILM & MEDIA LITERACY IN LIBRARIES
Chapter 2: Viewing
Chapter 3: Creating
Chapter 4: Learning
Chapter 5: Collecting
Chapter 6: Connecting

PART II: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Chapter 7: Past
Chapter 8: Present
Chapter 9: Future

Appendix: Copyright Matters
Bibliography

The Library Screen Scene

Film and Media Literacy in Schools, Colleges, and Communities

Renee Hobbs, Liz Deslauriers, and Pam Steager

Author Information

Renee Hobbs is an internationally recognized authority on digital and media literacy education. She has authored nine books and over 150 scholarly and professional articles examining media literacy education in the context of K-12 education. Author of Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning, Hobbs has created award-winning multimedia curriculum and offered professional development programs for educators and librarians on four continents.

Liz Deslauriers is a writer and consultant. As an advocate for kids' creative learning experiences, she facilitates programs and workshops to promote film and media literacy through her affiliation with the Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island and the Providence Children's Film Festival. Liz's work with children's media stems from experience in the toy industry writing and creating brand storytelling and marketing content for toys and games.

Pam Steager is a Senior Researcher and Writer at the Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island. Her prior thirty-year career was in the education and human service fields. After completing the Media Literacy Scholars program with Renee Hobbs in 1999, she directed the Media SmART! Project in the Providence Public Schools. She has trained more than 3000 educators, librarians, journalists and students nationally and internationally. As a media creator, she authored an opinion column for fifteen years, has produced videos and community access television, and has performed as an actress, storyteller, and stand-up comedian.

The Library Screen Scene

Film and Media Literacy in Schools, Colleges, and Communities

Renee Hobbs, Liz Deslauriers, and Pam Steager

Reviews and Awards

"This book will help librarians, educators, and their students develop the tools they need to understand media as well as our media now understand us. Our democracy, identity, and autonomy now depend on our ability to read the words and images all around us, and create even more powerful ones ourselves. Literacy is no longer just a luxury for the elite, but an essential skill for human beings in a world where our screens longer simply entertain and inform but addict and entrain." -- Douglas Rushkoff, distinguished media theorist and author of Team Human, Present Shock and public broadcasting programs including Generation Like and Digital Nation

"A timely, broadly considered contribution to our understanding of media literacy and librarianship." -- Elena Rossi-Snook, Collection Manager, Reserve Film and Video Collection, The New York Public Library

"Grab your popcorn and settle in for a cinematically expressed narrative account of the authors' design, development, and implementation -- in the library context -- of engaging, expertly curated film and media content, and adjacent effective (and fun) learning activities. Perfect for public and school library leaders who wish to try out best practices themselves, to design and bring substantive, culturally responsive, and community-specific enriched materials and experiences, inclusively, to a full diversity of citizens." -- Rebecca Reynolds, Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Communication & Information; Co-Editor, Information and Learning Sciences journal