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Teaching Information Literacy At Delta State University, Michael Mounce

The Southeastern Librarian

LIB 101: Fundamentals of Information Literacy is a one credit hour course which has been designed at Delta State University to provide DSU students with information literacy skills needed for conducting research. Information literacy skills taught in this course include skills such as performing effective searches and evaluating resources. This course is a general education requirement elective. Although it is an elective course, it is highly recommended by DSU reference librarians to students, since information literacy skills are necessary for research.

In the Fall of 2004, the LIB 101 course began to be taught at DSU. During the fall 2004 …

Assessing For Learning: Information Literacy Assessment From Accreditation And Practitioner Perspectives, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.

Quaking In The Classroom: A Study Of Teaching Anxiety In Academic Librarians, Kaetrena D. Davis

University Library Faculty Presentations

What We’ll Cover: -What is Teaching Anxiety? -Why study Teaching Anxiety (TA)? -Methodology and details of the study -Preliminary results of the study -Emerging solutions to TA in librarians -Discussion: your experiences, comments, and suggestions

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.

Course Management Systems, Libraries And Teaching: Exploring Relationships For Learning, Christine N. Turner

Christine Turner

With a literature review and four case studies this article presents current trends and practices in CMS use in higher educations. CMS influence on teaching, learning, academic library services and information literacy instruction in Australia and the United States is explored. CMSs have not yet fulfilled their potential.

The Abc's Of Building Information Partnerships: Factors For Success In Building Active And Engaged Partnerships, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Carrie F. Croatt-Moore

Library Scholarly Publications

Building strong information partnerships is an essential first step to effective information literacy programs and services. The overall goal of this paper is to highlight several factors that are especially useful for establishing productive relationships with a range of potential partners including students, faculty, and other campus or community partners. Five key factors for success will be discussed to help guide the development of active and engaged partnerships.

From Game Studies To Bibliographic Gaming: Libraries Tap Into The Video Game Culture, Christy Sich

Christy Sich

No abstract provided.

The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila

Faculty Scholarship

A few things the author learned about students and research when she audited classes on her campus as part of her sabbatical.

The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila

Marilyn R. Pukkila

A few things the author learned about students and research when she audited classes on her campus as part of her sabbatical.

Lacuny Instruction Committee Meeting Minutes, February 2006, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Information Literacy And Library Attitudes Of Occupational Therapy Students, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Anthony J. Frisby, Phd

Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations

Information literacy, often described as a person's ability to effectively find and evaluate answers to questions using a variety of information resources, is of particular importance to health care workers. This paper presents the results of an information literacy survey presented to the occupational therapy (OT) students at Thomas Jefferson University during a series of required class activities. Also described are the authors' activities with the faculty and courses at Jefferson. The survey was made available to first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year occupational therapy students along with nursing students and pharmacy students. The survey is designed to identify research habits, …

Journal Use By Graduate Students As Indicated By Masters’ Theses Bibliographies At An Urban Commuter College, 1991-2004., Ellen A. Sexton

Publications and Research

Citation analyses were carried out on master’s thesis in three disciplines, forensic psychology, forensic science and criminal justice, completed and deposited in John Jay library from 1991 to 2004. The aim was to determine the effect of availability of electronic journals on students’ choice of references. The number of journal citations and the ratio of journal articles to all citations was assessed. Criminal justice theses listed more citations that either science of psychology theses, but relatively fewer journal articles. An increase over time was seen in the number of journal articles cited and in the ratio of journal articles to …

Visual Information Literacy Via Visual Means: Three Heuristics, Benjamin R. Harris

Library Faculty Research

To offer definitions and application scenarios for three interdisciplinary heuristics designed to encourage a more holistic view of texts with the objective of raising awareness and enhancing the information literacy of student researchers.

Towards Information Fluency: Applying A Different Model To An Information Literacy Credit Course, Jennifer Sharkey

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to examine information literacy, critical thinking, and computer literacy in higher education and discuss the application of the information fluency model, created by the Associated Colleges of the South, to the Purdue University Libraries one-credit information literacy course, GS 175 Information Strategies.
Design/methodology/approach – The case study has a two-part focus. The first examines information literacy, critical thinking, and computer literacy in higher education through a review of the literature. The second part discusses the pilot GS 175 Information Strategies course, shows how the information fluency model was applied, and analyzes the …

Re-Visioning Information Literacy For Lifelong Meaning, Dane Ward

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Information literacy is a broader capacity than current practices would suggest. In addition to critical thinking, information literacy includes information processes that explicitly address meaning, motivation and the quality of life. A more robust notion of the concept delivers significant opportunities for libraries and instructional programs.

Health Information Literacy And Competencies Of Information Age Students: Results From The Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (Rrsa), Lana Ivanitskaya, Irene O'Boyle, Anne Marie Casey

Publications

This study aimed to measure the proficiency of college-age health information consumers in finding and evaluating electronic health information; to assess their ability to discriminate between peer-reviewed scholarly resources and opinion pieces or sales pitches; and to examine the extent to which they are aware of their level of health information competency.