Popular Culture in the School Library: Enhancing Literacies Traditional and New

Abstract

In an evolving landscape of traditional and new literacies, the roles of the school library and teacher librarian are changing. n order to support instruction in multiple literacies, teacher librarians must rethink both collections and services. Materials eaturing popular culture influences are explored for their relevance to several types of literacy instruction. The inclusion of popular culture materials in school library collections can support achievement in traditional literacy while facilitating nnection with everyday literacy practices. Popular culture materials also provide instructional opportunities for critical media literacy as well as information literacy. Popular culture texts are worthy of inclusion in school library collections for reasons nhancing both pedagogy and enjoyment.

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