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Ibx Image Based Xml For Digital Projects In The Humanities, Ionut Emil Iacob, Kevin Kiernan

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Just Drive Right In: A Pathfinder To 'Get Your Feet Wet' In The 'Pool' Of Digital Primary Sources, Rebecca, Amerson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Literacy In Library Spaces And Interfaces: Exploring The Libraries Of Seattle, Megan J. Kelly

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Promoting Government Documents While Instilling Information Literacy, Lori L. Gwinett

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Go Ask The Freshmen: How Millenials Define Information Literacy And Their Own Skill Levels, Don Latham, Melissa Gross

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Library Instruction For Freshmen: Avoiding Repetition Or The Inevitable "We've Done This Before.", Toni M. Carter

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Outlook, October 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 10

Nelig Meeting - September 19, 2008, New England Library Instruction Group

New England Library Instruction Group

NELIG quarterly meeting.

An Evaluation Of An Upper-Division, General Education Information Literacy Program, Elizabeth S. Hopkins, Suzanne Julian

Faculty Publications

The Advanced Writing library instruction program at Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) is intended to teach junior-level students advanced information literacy and research skills. The university general education curriculum requires students to participate in the program as part of their Advanced Writing course. When anecdotal feedback from librarians and students identified problems with the program, the authors conducted a qualitative evaluation of the program in order to identify problems and possible solutions. The evaluation included a student survey and focus groups with students, librarians, and English faculty. This paper describes the HBLL Advanced Writing instruction program, identifies …

Information Outlook, September 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 9

A School-Library-Centered Community Information Resource Sharing Model And Its Impact On Cultural Life Of Rural Communities In China, Wenjie Zhou, Elaine X. Dong, Tim J. Zou

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper provides a case study of the rural library programs sponsored by the Evergreen Education Foundation (EEF) and identifies the vital role of school libraries in improving local residents’ access to information and enriching their cultural life. It analyzes the data collected from user surveys of one high school library and one book station from two library clusters in underdeveloped rural Tianzhu and Tongwei counties in Gansu Province of western China to assess the impact and effectiveness of a schoollibrary- centered community information resource sharing model developed and implemented by China Evergreen Rural Library Service Stations (CERLS). A total …

Information Outlook, August 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 8

Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, And Participation, Allegra Swift

Library Staff Publications and Research

Building on their prior research on public policy and the Internet, the authors of Digital Citizenship examine the impact of the Internet on economic opportunity, civic engagement, and political participation. Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, and Ramona S. McNeal define “digital citizens” as those who use the Internet daily and with skill. Analyzing data from Current Population Survey (CPS) and Pew Internet and American Life Project surveys, the authors find that Internet use is lowest in the section of society that would benefit most. The surveys analyzed are compiled of questions about location, education level, work, earnings, computers use, marital …

Introducing Learning Commons Functionality Into A Traditional Reference Setting, Jeffrey A. Franks

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

For the past decade the University Libraries at The University of Akron has been modifying and enhancing its services in response to changing technologies and user needs, as well as evolving campus strategies. Library efforts centered on service excellence and student success have played a leading role in the inclusion of a planned learning commons as one of the key strategic initiatives of the University. At this time the learning commons concept has been fully developed, while the proposed building renovation plan is underway. The Library, however, is utilizing key opportunities in the present to integrate learning commons functionality …

The Effectiveness Of Information Literacy Instruction At St. Cloud State University: A Lesson In Situated Cognition, Jennifer C. Hill

Culminating Projects in Information Media

In 2006 The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article describing a study completed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). ETS estimated that only 13% of incoming freshman students were information literate. Studies by Mittermeyer (2005), Wassman (2000), and the Intersegmenatl Committee of the Academic Senates of the California Community Colleges (2002) confirm this diagnosis. Information literacy speaks to the skills of finding, evaluating, and presenting information. Indeed, these skills are crucial in the information age. This paper sought to discover if the for-credit undergraduate information literacy courses (Information Media [IM] 104 and 204) at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) …

Information Outlook, July 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 7

Information Outlook, June 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 6

Clicking Your Way To Library Instruction Assessment: Using A Personal Response System At Brigham Young University, Suzanne Julian, Kimball Benson

Faculty Publications

An assessment of the use of a Personal Response System (clickers) during library instruction sessions. A discussion on the use of clickers as a method of assessing student learning.

The Association Of Architecture School Librarians Instruction Workshop 'Lessons Learned', Jeanne M. Brown, Janine Henri

Library Faculty Presentations

Workshop Goals for session attendees —

Learn how to:

- relate course assignments to information competencies
- identify appropriate learning outcomes
- plan activities to achieve those learning outcomes
- create tools to assess student learning

Information Outlook, May 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 5

Sources On Lesbian Subjectivities For The Production Of Lesbian Of Color Identity Formation Through Literature, Art, Film, Or Documentation: An Annotatated Bibliography, Shawn(Ta) Smith-Cruz

Publications and Research

Historically, coming out as a lesbian and then forming an identity of a "lesbian of color" includes seeking out like voices and stories. Librarians who hold an understanding of the lesbian of color coming out process as well as the fluidity of language in Queer Studies will be better equipped to service lesbian of color patrons. This paper holds three tools for reference librarians: A literature review outlining the history of lesbian of color identity formation, secondly, a bibliography with interdisciplinary humanities reference annotations that source lesbians of color in literature, film, performance art, and identity, and thirdly, a model …

Search Scoping, Leigh Ann Duncan

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Search scoping allows you to create subsets of your database, and determine which records belong in each scope. Although scoping can also be applied to staff activities, this poster is concerned with scoping as applied to the web catalog.

Nelig Meeting - April 25, 2008, New England Library Instruction Group

New England Library Instruction Group

NELIG quarterly meeting minutes.

Searching The Collective Knowledge: Finding Evidence In The Medical, Nursing And Psychology Literature, Stephanie Wiegand

University Libraries Faculty Publications

Attendees will learn tips and tricks for search medical, nursing, and psychology literature. Discussion will include types of literature, reliability of literature, and approaches to gathering evidence to support healthcare change. Manage your time, know your librarian, construct a research question, know where to search, determine best search terms, and put your hands on (access) the evidence. Learn the difference between keyword and subject term searching and how to take advantage of these tools in various literature databases.

Library Services On The Cutting Edge: Reaching The Net Generation, Miriam Laskin

Touchstone

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Information Outlook, April 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 4

Information Outlook, March 2008, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2008

Volume 12, Issue 3

Nelig Meeting - February 22, March 14, & March 28, New England Library Instruction Group

New England Library Instruction Group

NELIG quarterly meeting held at three concurrent locations. Snow resulted in two locations being postponed to later dates.

Research Students In The Electronic Age: Impacts Of Changing Information Behavior On Information Literacy Needs, Kirsty Williamson, Vivienne Bernath, Steven Wright, Jen Sullivan

Communications in Information Literacy

Because of the rapid uptake of information and communication technology (ICT), understanding the ways in which information seeking has changed over the past decade is crucial to gaining a picture of how information literacy needs may also be changing in the electronic age. This qualitative research took an interpretivist/ constructivist approach in examining the ways in which access to electronic information-seeking affects the information literacy needs of 15 research students in an Australian university setting. An ethnographic technique, the interview, was used for the data collection. Three particular areas, related to information seeking and use, were selected: (1) information source …

Training College Students In Information Literacy 2006-2007 Edition [Review], Karen Bronshteyn

Communications in Information Literacy

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