The document discusses visual literacy, defined as a set of abilities that allows individuals to find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create visual media. It outlines the competencies of a visually literate person and offers resources for improving visual literacy skills. Additional resources and references are provided to support understanding and application of visual media in various contexts.

1. Visual
Literacy
HEIDI MARTIN WINSTON
RESEARCH & INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN, BARNARD COLLEGE
KAI ALEXIS SMITH
BARNARD COLLEGE LIBRARY INTERN; MSLIS CANDIDATE, PRATT INSTITUTE, 2013

2. "VISUAL LITERACY is a set of abilities that enables an individual to
effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create images
and visual media."
ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards

3. A visually literate person can:
1.
Determine the need for visual materials
2. Find and access images and visual media effectively and
efficiently
3. Interpret and analyze the meanings of images and
visual media
4. Evaluate images and their sources
5.
Use images and visual media effectively
6. Design and create meaningful images and visual
media
7.
Understand ethical, legal, social, and economic
issues surrounding the creation and use of images and
visual media, and access and use visual materials ethically

4. Find & access
Interpret & analyze
Evaluate
Use
Create
Understand legal & ethical issues

5. Find & access
Interpret & analyze
Evaluate
Use
Create
Understand legal & ethical
issues
Visual thinking strategies:
*What do you see?
*What do you notice?
*What is going on?
Focus on looking at and describing what you
see, first, then the context

6. Unknown. "Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko hides from predators in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar" Caters News Agency.
http://iliketowastemytime.com/2012/09/28/natures-spies-highly-camouflaged-creatures-16-pic 11 April 2013

7. Ragnott, Kevin. Sketch. http://www.kcrworks.com/portfolio/drawings/ 13 April 2013.

8. Human Genome http://circos.ca/intro/genomic_data/

9. http://www.newyorker.com/sandbox/business/subway.html

10. Sherman, Cindy. “Untitled,” 1988. http://www.artstor.org 15 April 2013

11. Find & access
Interpret & analyze
Evaluate
Use
Create
Understand legal & ethical issues
http://voicethread.com/share/100536/

12. Find & access
Interpret & analyze
Evaluate
Use
Create
Understand legal &
ethical issues
Cite your image sources
OWL: Purdue University Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
Other resources for citing visual resources
Colgate Visual Resources Library at Colgate University
https://sites.google.com/a/colgate.edu/colgatevr/citing-images/citing-imageschicago
University of Washington
http://guides.lib.washington.edu/content.php?pid=56693&sid=518033

13. Google Art Project www.googleartproject.com

14. Resources
McDermott, Ian. "Visual Literacy: What, Why, How? WAYS of SEEING," Short slide show presentation at
ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 19, 2009.
http://voicethread.com/#u75939.b100536.i851147
McDermott, Ian. "Visual Literacy: What, Why, How? WAYS of SEEING," Presentation at ARLIS/NA
Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 19, 2009.
http://www.arlisna.org/news/conferences/2009/ses_vlwwh-mcdermott.pdf
Bussert, Kalia. "Visual Literacy in Higher Education New Standards for 21st Century Learners,”
presentation at the New York Library Association's Academic Librarian's Conference, Syracuse University
June 12-13, 2012.
http://www.nyla-asls.org/AcademicLibrariansConference/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bussert.pdf
"Visual Literacy," ACRL Wiki, access April 1, 2013.
http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/Visual_Literacy
Images on opening slide:
Kruger, Barbara. “What are you looking at?” 1993. Web. 15 April 2013.
Morse, Ralph. “LIFE photographer Andreas Feininger with his homemade camera,” 1941.
http://vintagecamerastyle.tumblr.com/page/42 14 April 2013.