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2019

Binghamton University

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Filling The Cabinets With Nutritious Information, Neyda V. Gilman Nov 2019

Filling The Cabinets With Nutritious Information, Neyda V. Gilman

Library Scholarship

A chapter in the The Sustainable Library’s Cookbook. It discusses a two-part educational approach using newsletters and a series of lunch-and-learn presentations, which also promote and advance the sustainability of the library.


Citation Management Tools, Undergraduate Research Practices, And The Myth Of The Digital Native, Julia Glauberman Mar 2019

Citation Management Tools, Undergraduate Research Practices, And The Myth Of The Digital Native, Julia Glauberman

Library Scholarship

In an ideal world, citation management tools save researchers time by keeping content organized and automating rote tasks, a feat made possible by technological progress and a common set of workflows and habits of mind shared by all researchers. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world. Instead, we live in a world where citation management tools are prone to error, and a wide gulf separates the practices of novice researchers from those of expert researchers. Promoting citation management tools uncritically, without considering how they fit into students’ research processes, may undermine librarians’ ability to effectively help students. This problem …