THE ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN TEACHING INFORMATION LITERACY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL PUPILS – SELECTED ISSUES. (Rola bibliotekarzy w nauczaniu umiejetnosci informacyjnych gimnazjalistow. Wybrane zagadnienia)

New curriculum introduced to school this year (2009/2010) has cancelled so-called ‘education paths', including ‘Reading and media' path. Its specific content has been incorporated into other school subjects. The author of this paper comments on the education reform and reveals her own anxiety about the results of such changes. She discusses and emphasizes the role of school and public librarians in teaching information literacy to middle school pupils. Appropriate identification of main education objectives is crucial for the success of education. The author claims that teaching community misinterpret the objectives of education, attempting mainly to obtain high percentage of passed exams, and subject teachers are not prepared to teach information literacy. She expands well-known Big 6 Skills model with her own ideas of information literacy skills which should be taught to pupils and stresses the role of librarians in teaching those skills. In the era of ubiquitous plagiarism she suggests librarians should teach issues of information recording and attribution insufficiently covered by curriculum.