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	I Found It on the Internet: Coming of Age Online Frances Jacobson Harris Item Number: 978-0-8389-0898-3   Publisher: ALA Editions Price: $40.00		Order Options:       Qty:
160 pages 6” x 9” Softcover ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0898-3 Year Published: 2005 “41 percent of all Internet users use IM to communicate in real time . . . Among users ages 12 to 17, the proportion jumps to 55 percent.”—comScore Media Metrix Multitasking teens can talk on their cell phones while instant messaging, then toggle between discussion board, blog, and e-mail account, possibly collaborate on aproject, or more likely “chat” with friends. If technology is ever-present for this “wireless” generation, what is the best way to share lessons about online content, behavior, and ethics with these digital natives? Recognizing that teens are still teens, author and educator Harris draws together tools for reflection, along with the latest research and practical solutions. In this authoritative guide, she helps library colleagues understand and address the issues relating to youth and technology, answering these key questions: How can you instill appropriate values in teens as they travel anambiguous and ever-changing cyber-landscape? Why must teens make responsible, ethical decisions based on their own critical evaluation of sources? How do you deal with hacking, cheating, privacy, harassment, and access to inappropriate content? What are Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and how can libraries incorporate them into new policies for teen-friendly tech spaces? Presenting thoughtful and common-sense solutions for high school, middle school, and public youth librarians, I Found It on the Internet is a proactive guide that addresses challenging technological issues facing teens and thelibrarians who serve them. Table of Contents Part I Today’s Landscape 1 Teenagers and the Library 2 Information Retrieval Systems: For Better or For Worse 3 Information Technology Meets Communication Technology Part II Consequences of Internet Use Today 4 The Fallout: Intended and Unintended Consequences 5 From Mischief to Mayhem: Behavior 6 The Deep End: Content Part III Next Steps 7 Fishing Poles, Not Fish: Damage Control 8 Putting It All Together References Index About the Author Since 1987, Frances Jacobson Harris has been the librarian at the University Laboratory High School at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is associate professor of library administration, University Library. She team-teaches a computer literacy course for eighth and ninth graders, focusing on the ethical use of information and communication technologies. Her work on young adults, Internet ethics, and digital information has appeared in School Library Journal, School Library Media Research, Knowledge Quest, Library Trends, and 2004 Educational Media and Technology Yearbook. Her master’s degree in library science is from the University of Denver. Reviews

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