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Utilizing Filmmaking To Advance Generation Y’S Information Fluency, Jennifer Sharkey
Utilizing Filmmaking To Advance Generation Y’S Information Fluency, Jennifer Sharkey
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
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Accessing Digital Libraries: A Study Of Arl Members' Digital Projects, Chad Kahl, Sarah C. Williams
Accessing Digital Libraries: A Study Of Arl Members' Digital Projects, Chad Kahl, Sarah C. Williams
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
To ensure efficient access to and integrated searching capabilities for their institution's new digital library projects, the authors studied Web sites of the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) 111 academic, English-language libraries. Data were gathered on 1117 digital projects, noting library Web site and project access, metadata, and project types.
Relationships Between Teaching Librarians And Teaching Faculty And Libraries Within Their Institutions: Creative Collaborations [Review], Dane Ward
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
Review of two books on the topic of librarians collaborating with university teaching faculty.
Yale Leaf Morphology Digitization And Network Project, David Stern
Yale Leaf Morphology Digitization And Network Project, David Stern
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
This article describes a digitization project inspired by the innovative leaf morphology classification work of a faculty member in the Geology and Geophysics Department and the Peabody Museum at Yale University. We began our initiative by scanning the Flora Fossilis Arctica, a 7-volume fossil leaf identification tool covering various geological areas, published between 1868 and 1883. This classic paleobotany resource was digitized, creating tiff, pdf, and searchable pdf files. We are now converting the searchable pdf files into ASCII text, enhancing the raw data with metadata elements, placing this material on the web for searching and display; and linking this …
Golden Rule Reference: Face-To-Face And Virtual, Chad E. Buckley
Golden Rule Reference: Face-To-Face And Virtual, Chad E. Buckley
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
Reference service in all types of libraries could be improved if librarians actively adopted the mindset of the Golden Rule. The Rule is expressed in some form in many world religions and instructs us to treat others how we would like to be treated. Such an approach has applicability not only in face-to-face reference transactions, but also in virtual reference settings. The empathetic reference librarian should be alert to both verbal and non-verbal clues which can indicate how a patron would like to be treated.
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.