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Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V5n3, October 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Library Newsletter

In This Issue:

-- Open Access Week
-- Learning to Teach
-- Banned Books Week
-- Humans vs Zombies is Finally Here!

Teaching Information Literacy: A Review Of 100 Syllabi, Rachael E. Elrod, Elise D. Wallace, Cecelia B. Sirigos

The Southeastern Librarian

This study presents an analysis of 100 syllabi of creditbearing information literacy (IL) courses from colleges and universities across the United States. The objective was to determine how IL courses were being presented and taught in academic settings; how many credits were offered; the duration of the course; platform used to teach - face to face, online, or other methods; how students were graded; what types of assignments were used, and what topics were being taught and how. The authors hypothesized that over the course of six years since the original study, syllabi would show significant changes as technology has …

Aligning Library Instruction With The Needs Of Basic Sciences Graduate Students: A Case Study, Donna O'Malley, Frances A. Delwiche

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Question: How can an existing library instruction program be reconfigured to reach basic sciences graduate students and other patrons missed by curriculum-based instruction?
Setting: The setting is an academic health sciences library that serves both the university and its affiliated teaching hospital.
Methods: The existing program was redesigned to incorporate a series of seven workshops that encompassed the range of information literacy skills that graduate students in the basic sciences need. In developing the new model, the teaching librarians made changes in pedagogy, technology, marketing, and assessment strategies.
Results: Total attendance at the sessions increased substantially in the first 2 …

Faculty In The Mist: Ethnographic Study Of Faculty Research Practices, Marilyn R. Pukkila, Ellen L. Freeman

Marilyn R. Pukkila

A report on ethnographic research on college faculty research and teaching methods, with their use of information resources, library services, technology, and academic IT support.

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 12, September 27, 2012, Grand Valley State University

Volume 47, July 2, 2012 - June 3, 2013

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. This issue is misnumbered as Vol. 47, No. 6.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 037, Number 05, September 24, 2012, Grand Valley State University

2012-2013, Volume 37

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 11, September 24, 2012, Grand Valley State University

Volume 47, July 2, 2012 - June 3, 2013

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Gliac Donahue Award Dinner Speech, Delivered On September 23, 2012, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

GLIAC Donahue Award Dinner Speech, delivered on September 23, 2012 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Student Plagiarism: Prevention And Detection, Breanne Kirsch, Lola Bradley

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Teaching Tools For Real Life Skills: Information Literacy For The Workplace, Alessia Zanin-Yost, Betsy Clementson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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How Information Literate Are You? Results Of A Five-Year Pre- And Post-Testing Of Mba Students, Barbie Keiser

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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"It's All About The Citation": Teaching Information Literacy To The Non-Traditional Doctoral Student, Steven Wise

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Literacy Skills In A World Of Google And Wikipedia, Emily Gover

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Seeking Habits Of Educators, Susan Bannon, Kimberly Nunes-Bufford, Todd Shipman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Just The Tip Of The Iceberg: Using The 100th Anniversary Of The Titanic Sinking To Teach Information Literacy, Robin Grant, Felicia Haywood, April Renfroe-Warren

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Digital News Aggregation: Legalities, Realities, Dan Trigoboff

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Is Power! Using A Themed Freshman Year Experience Course To Teach Info Literacy, Robin Grant

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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"Need, Find, Assess, Use" Translating Il Standards Into Higher Education Curricula, Jewell Anderson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Tracing Boundaries, Effacing Boundaries: Information Literacy As Seen By Multiple Disciplines, Grace Veach, Amy Harris

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Impact Of Technology Infused Instruction On Project Ace (Accelerated Content-Based English) Students, Tarena Ruff, Adria Leal

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Assessing Our Assessment: Building A Question Bank And Aligning Assessment With Learning Outcomes, Elizabeth Killingsworth, Corinne Bishop, Renee Cole Montgomery

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Collaborating Towards Cognition By Using 21st Century Learning Techniques To Create Effective Learning, Donna Jo Baker, Kristina Durocher, Misty Hanks

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Evaluating A Metacognitive Tool On Tte Search Behavior Of Education Graduate Students In Digital Lib, Barbara Blummer

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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End Of An Era: Assessing The Success Of Ic@Ghc, Cindy Wheeler, Teresa Hutchins, Susan Vines

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Five And A Thousand Practical Ways To Use Wikipedia In Instruction, Jean Cook

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Dispelling The Independent Research Myth With Collaboration That Works: An Embedded Experience, Lizah Ismail, Reed Chewning

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Does It Pay To Discover: Teaching For Information Literacy With The Exlibris Primo Discovery Tool, Jeffrey Mortimore, Drew Mcnaughton, Elizabeth Novicki

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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A Source For A Source - Reaching Out To Students, Joe Eshleman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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There's A Librarian In My Living Room! Teaching Information Literacy Skills With Web Conferencing, Sheila Bonnand, Mary Anne Hansen

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Elearning Solutions For Information Literacy At A Distance, Angela Hamilton

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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