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Information Outlook, December 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 8

Information Outlook, October/November 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 7

Standardised Library Instruction Assessment: An Institution-Specific Approach, Shannon M. Staley, Nicole A. Branch, Tom L. Hewitt

Faculty and Staff Publications

Introduction
We explore the use of a psychometric model for locally-relevant, information literacy assessment, using an online tool for standardised assessment of student learning during discipline-based library instruction sessions.

Method
A quantitative approach to data collection and analysis was used, employing standardised multiple-choice survey questions followed by individual, cognitive interviews with undergraduate students. The assessment tool was administered to five general education psychology classes during library instruction sessions.

Analysis
Descriptive statistics were generated by the assessment tool. Results. The assessment tool proved a feasible means of measuring student learning. While student scores improved on every survey question, there was uneven …

Information Outlook, September 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 6

Information Outlook, July/August 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 5

Situated Practices Of Information Use And Representation: An Ethnographic Study Of A Web Design Project For Boys, Kristen Rebmann

Faculty Publications

This article explores the production practices employed by children building personal webpages in a semi-structured afterschool program: the Fifth Dimension (5D). Following a critical Multiliteracies (CritMLs) approach to learning design, this ethnographic study introduced web-building practices to the children of the 5D and followed their production of personal webpages over a 9 month period. By structuring the intervention this way, it was possible to simultaneously observe the development of both the webpage as artifact as well as the child-participant. Along these lines, the study describes the unique and particular social contexts from which personal webpages emerge and develop over time. …

Information Outlook, June 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 4

Information Outlook, April/May 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 3

Embedding Information Literacy In Service Learning College Course Via Desire2learn Learning Management System, Mei-Yan Lu, Susan Kendall

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook, March 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 2

Information Outlook, January/February 2010, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2010

Volume 14, Issue 1