FRANCES JACOBSON HARRIS is the librarian at University Laboratory High School, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is professor of library administration, University Library. She team-teaches a required computer literacy course sequence for eighth- and ninth-grade students that includes information-literacy and Internet-ethics components. Harris is the author of many articles and presents frequently on topics related to young adults, Internet ethics, and digital information. She earned her master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Denver.

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Harris, Frances Jacobson.
   I found it on the Internet : coming of age online / Frances Jacobson Harris. -- 2nd ed.
      p. cm.
   Includes bibliographical references and index.
   ISBN 978-0-8389-1066-5 (alk. paper)
1. Libraries and teenagers. 2. Internet and teenagers. 3. Internet in school libraries. 4. Internet--Social aspects. 5. Internet--Moral and ethical aspects. 6. Information retrieval. 7. Information literacy--Study and teaching. 8. Libraries and the Internet. 9. Information technology--social aspects. I. title.
   Z718.5.H38 2011
   025.04--dc22

2010013644

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