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Transcending The Acquisition Of Information: Evaluating Students’ Information Literacy Skills, Kathryn Waggoner, Rick Iadonisi, Rita Kohrman, Patricia Parker, Kim Ranger
Transcending The Acquisition Of Information: Evaluating Students’ Information Literacy Skills, Kathryn Waggoner, Rick Iadonisi, Rita Kohrman, Patricia Parker, Kim Ranger
Kim L. Ranger
No abstract provided.
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 …
Transcending The Acquisition Of Information: Evaluating Students’ Information Literacy Skills, Kathryn Waggoner, Rick Iadonisi, Rita Kohrman, Patricia Parker, Kim Ranger
Transcending The Acquisition Of Information: Evaluating Students’ Information Literacy Skills, Kathryn Waggoner, Rick Iadonisi, Rita Kohrman, Patricia Parker, Kim Ranger
Kathryn L Waggoner
No abstract provided.
Learning To Make A Difference To Students In Specialized Programs: Adapting The Texas Information Literacy Tutorial For Students In The Health Sciences, Jolene Miller
Jolene M. Miller
The purpose of this poster is to describe the process of revising the Texas Information Literacy Tutorial, from needs assessment to proposed evaluation. It also highlights the special information needs of students enrolled in health science education programs (nursing, allied health, medicine, health science research, etc.).