Don L. Latham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
latham@ci.fsu.edu

1. Information needs of young adults
   • Focus : Literature for youth
     • "Cultural work” of literature for youth, i.e., the ways in which literary works for youth reflect and reinforce yet also question and subvert the dominant values of the adult society that produces these works
     • Practical uses of literary theory in encouraging and enhancing young people's reading experiences
     • Electronic resources for youth
       
2. Information literacy
   • Focus : Online information literacy skills
     • Role of libraries (especially public libraries) in facilitating and enhancing information literacy skills in the online environment
     • Use of web-based instructional technology in teaching people (youth, adults, senior adults) to locate and use online information
     • Relationship between communication skills and information literacy skills

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