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The Abc's Of Building Information Partnerships: Factors For Success In Building Active And Engaged Partnerships, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Carrie F. Croatt-Moore
The Abc's Of Building Information Partnerships: Factors For Success In Building Active And Engaged Partnerships, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Carrie F. Croatt-Moore
Library Scholarly Publications
Building strong information partnerships is an essential first step to effective information literacy programs and services. The overall goal of this paper is to highlight several factors that are especially useful for establishing productive relationships with a range of potential partners including students, faculty, and other campus or community partners. Five key factors for success will be discussed to help guide the development of active and engaged partnerships.
The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila
The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Faculty Scholarship
A few things the author learned about students and research when she audited classes on her campus as part of her sabbatical.
Lacuny Instruction Committee Meeting Minutes, February 2006, Lacuny
Lacuny Instruction Committee Meeting Minutes, February 2006, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Information Literacy And Library Attitudes Of Occupational Therapy Students, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Anthony J. Frisby, Phd
Information Literacy And Library Attitudes Of Occupational Therapy Students, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Anthony J. Frisby, Phd
Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations
Information literacy, often described as a person's ability to effectively find and evaluate answers to questions using a variety of information resources, is of particular importance to health care workers. This paper presents the results of an information literacy survey presented to the occupational therapy (OT) students at Thomas Jefferson University during a series of required class activities. Also described are the authors' activities with the faculty and courses at Jefferson. The survey was made available to first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year occupational therapy students along with nursing students and pharmacy students. The survey is designed to identify research habits, …
Journal Use By Graduate Students As Indicated By Masters’ Theses Bibliographies At An Urban Commuter College, 1991-2004., Ellen A. Sexton
Journal Use By Graduate Students As Indicated By Masters’ Theses Bibliographies At An Urban Commuter College, 1991-2004., Ellen A. Sexton
Publications and Research
Citation analyses were carried out on master’s thesis in three disciplines, forensic psychology, forensic science and criminal justice, completed and deposited in John Jay library from 1991 to 2004. The aim was to determine the effect of availability of electronic journals on students’ choice of references. The number of journal citations and the ratio of journal articles to all citations was assessed. Criminal justice theses listed more citations that either science of psychology theses, but relatively fewer journal articles. An increase over time was seen in the number of journal articles cited and in the ratio of journal articles to …
Visual Information Literacy Via Visual Means: Three Heuristics, Benjamin R. Harris
Visual Information Literacy Via Visual Means: Three Heuristics, Benjamin R. Harris
Library Faculty Research
To offer definitions and application scenarios for three interdisciplinary heuristics designed to encourage a more holistic view of texts with the objective of raising awareness and enhancing the information literacy of student researchers.
Health Information Literacy And Competencies Of Information Age Students: Results From The Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (Rrsa), Lana Ivanitskaya, Irene O'Boyle, Anne Marie Casey
Health Information Literacy And Competencies Of Information Age Students: Results From The Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (Rrsa), Lana Ivanitskaya, Irene O'Boyle, Anne Marie Casey
Publications
This study aimed to measure the proficiency of college-age health information consumers in finding and evaluating electronic health information; to assess their ability to discriminate between peer-reviewed scholarly resources and opinion pieces or sales pitches; and to examine the extent to which they are aware of their level of health information competency.
Towards Information Fluency: Applying A Different Model To An Information Literacy Credit Course, Jennifer Sharkey
Towards Information Fluency: Applying A Different Model To An Information Literacy Credit Course, Jennifer Sharkey
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to examine information literacy, critical thinking, and computer literacy in higher education and discuss the application of the information fluency model, created by the Associated Colleges of the South, to the Purdue University Libraries one-credit information literacy course, GS 175 Information Strategies.
Design/methodology/approach – The case study has a two-part focus. The first examines information literacy, critical thinking, and computer literacy in higher education through a review of the literature. The second part discusses the pilot GS 175 Information Strategies course, shows how the information fluency model was applied, and analyzes the …
Re-Visioning Information Literacy For Lifelong Meaning, Dane Ward
Re-Visioning Information Literacy For Lifelong Meaning, Dane Ward
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
Information literacy is a broader capacity than current practices would suggest. In addition to critical thinking, information literacy includes information processes that explicitly address meaning, motivation and the quality of life. A more robust notion of the concept delivers significant opportunities for libraries and instructional programs.