Developing Visual Literacy Skills Through Library Instructions

Developing Visual Literacy Skills Through Library Instructions

Nevzat Özel
ISBN13: 9781522549901|ISBN10: 1522549900|EISBN13: 9781522549918
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4990-1.ch003
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Özel, Nevzat. "Developing Visual Literacy Skills Through Library Instructions." Information Visualization Techniques in the Social Sciences and Humanities, edited by Veslava Osinska and Grzegorz Osinski, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 32-48. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4990-1.ch003

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Özel, N. (2018). Developing Visual Literacy Skills Through Library Instructions. In V. Osinska & G. Osinski (Eds.), Information Visualization Techniques in the Social Sciences and Humanities (pp. 32-48). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4990-1.ch003

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Özel, Nevzat. "Developing Visual Literacy Skills Through Library Instructions." In Information Visualization Techniques in the Social Sciences and Humanities, edited by Veslava Osinska and Grzegorz Osinski, 32-48. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4990-1.ch003

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Abstract

Visual literacy skills have become an inevitable part of life in today's world. Technological innovations leading to new literacy skills have changed traditional ways of communication and made it necessary to learn and understand symbols, pictures, photos, illustrations, diagrams, infographics, pictograms, simulations, graphical interfaces, digitized images, and other visual tools. Therefore, it is very significant to teach individuals about visual literacy skills: the ability to understand, interpret, evaluate, organize, and construct visual information. Infographics are essential tools for learners. One of the most prominent institution to teach visual literacy skills is libraries. Visual tools, strategies, and methods should be applied in library instructions for users to realize these skills. The aim of the chapter is to show the importance of visualization, visual literacy, and infographics and present suggestions regarding how to develop the visual literacy skills of learners by libraries.

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