Media Literacy: Home

Campus library services and materials are available. Need books? Need to use a computer with Internet? Need to print and/or make copies?

Come by or call or email your campus library for assistance.

LIBRARY HOURS
Monday - Thursday  7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday  7:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Saturday & Sunday​  CLOSED

COLLEGE WIDE PHONE NUMBER
(800)648-3271

FAYETTE CAMPUS LIBRARY   EXT# 5141 
(Located on the East Wing of Complex)
Mary Harris - Librarian
mary.harris@bscc.edu
Lesley Whitehead - Library Assistant
lesley.whitehead@bscc.edu
HAMILTON CAMPUS LIBRARY   EXT# 5356
(Administration Building)
Tammy Sanders - Librarian
tammy.sanders@bscc.edu
JASPER CAMPUS LIBRARY   EXT# 5748
(Irma D. Nicholson Library Building)
Rebecca E. Whitten - Librarian
rebecca.whitten@bscc.edu
Pat Bowden - Library Assistant
pat.bowden@bscc.edu
PICKENS CAMPUS LIBRARY   EXT# 5646
​(Adjacent to Main Office)
Stephanie Butler - Part-time Librarian
stephanie.butler@bscc.edu
SUMITON CAMPUS LIBRARY   EXT# 5242
(1200 Building - 1st Floor)
Rebecca E. Whitten - Librarian
rebecca.whitten@bscc.edu
Alaina Browning - Library Assistant
alaina.browning@bscc.edu

Bevill State Community College -- Student Technology Loan Program

Beginning on the first day of class, and throughout the semester, currently enrolled students can check out laptops from their campus library.  Laptops are checked out for the entire semester and are required to be returned on the last day of final exams. 

ALL students (new and returning) will need to bring the following required items with them to the Library to check out a laptop: 

• Current Semester Bill/Statement from Business Office and SIGNED by Business Office – statement must show either a zero ($0) balance or enrollment in the payment plan
• Current Semester Schedule – maybe printed out in the Library at no cost but it MUST BE A PRINTOUT – Showing screenshots on phones and/or other devices do not fulfill this requirement
• IDENTIFICATION
  • New students – Current Driver’s License or BSCC ID Card
  • Returning Students – BSCC ID CARD

The College Libraries cannot hold laptops for students
All student laptops are available on a "first-come first-serve" basis ONLY

If you have any questions, please contact your campus library. 

We hope everyone has a great semester!

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Critical Thinking is "the objective, systematic, and rational analysis and evaluation of factual evidence in order to form a judgement on a subject, issue, etc."

Critical Thinking is one of the key skills necessary for developing strong Media and Digital Literacy abilities. It is essential that every media/digital source is objectively and systemically evaluated for accuracy and truth. Try to use tools such as the Critical Thinking Cheatsheet to evaluate the information being analyzed. 

Source: Global Professional Learning Network

Media Literacy Now (MLN) is leading the grassroots movement to create a public education system that ensures all students learn the 21st century literacy skills they need for health, well-being, economic participation, and citizenship. MLN is a politically neutral advocacy nonprofit with the goal of making media literacy widely understood and accepted as an essential element in public education at the local, state, and national levels.

MLN's definition of media literacy is the ability to:

• Decode media messages (including the systems in which they exist);
• Assess the influence of those messages on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; and
• Create media thoughtfully and conscientiously.

Why Do We Need Media Literacy Education?
Media literacy education provides us with the tools and skills needed to be confident and competent media consumers. Media literacy:

• Expands the concept of literacy, as today’s messages come in many forms and literacy can no longer refer simply to the ability to read and write.
• Offers a solution to public health issues, such as body image issues and substance use, exacerbated by toxic media messages.
• Empowers all people to engage in a global media environment.