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Meet Your Librarian – Again, And Again And Again!, Aimee Dechambeau
Meet Your Librarian – Again, And Again And Again!, Aimee Dechambeau
Aimee deChambeau
A brief case study highlighting ways in which the library became an integral part of a journalism program based on shared interests in information and news literacy.
Dateline: Library - Services Supporting A Proposed Journalism Program, Aimee Dechambeau, Barbara Selvin
Dateline: Library - Services Supporting A Proposed Journalism Program, Aimee Dechambeau, Barbara Selvin
Aimee deChambeau
A brief case study outlining opportunities presented for the library to become an integral part of a new journalism program.
Using Information Literacy Standards To Improve Geoscience Courses, Aimee Dechambeau, Ira Sasowsky
Using Information Literacy Standards To Improve Geoscience Courses, Aimee Dechambeau, Ira Sasowsky
Aimee deChambeau
Information literacy (IL) is the set of skills that enables a person to find, evaluate, and use information. Although IL is important in the geosciences, it is hard to teach because the information comes in so many forms. Most geoscience courses include work that implicitly addresses some IL issues. However, because of the importance of IL, it is worthwhile to explicitly include it as part of the curriculum. The Association of College and Research Libraries has developed Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education that may be used to assess an individual's level of information literacy. We introduce a method for …