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Information Outlook November/December 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook November/December 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook, 2015
Volume 19, Issue 6
Introducing “Cora,” The Community Of Online Research Assignments Repository, Susan G. Archambault, Lindsey Mclean
Introducing “Cora,” The Community Of Online Research Assignments Repository, Susan G. Archambault, Lindsey Mclean
SJSU Open Access Conference
This session will introduce CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), a pilot open access educational resource developed for faculty and librarians in higher education. Librarians at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) received a Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) Project Initiatives Fund grant to create an online open access repository of user contributed research and information literacy assignments targeted to SCELC institutions. This session will cover the timeline of events during the first year of development, ending with a demo of the live online prototype. LMU faculty provided input on the characteristics of effective research assignments and the desired features in …
The California Open Educational Resources Council: From Curation To Adoption, Katherine D. Harris, Diego Bonilla
The California Open Educational Resources Council: From Curation To Adoption, Katherine D. Harris, Diego Bonilla
SJSU Open Access Conference
California’s three public higher education systems (University of California, California State University, the California Community College System) enroll nearly 3 million undergraduate students and employ almost 100 thousand faculty. In 2012, the California State Legislature directed the three systems to create an online library of open educational resources to encourage the use of free or affordable textbooks and other materials throughout California’s public higher education system. Composed of faculty representatives from each of the three systems, the California Open Educational Resources Council (CAOERC) was formed and charged in January, 2014, with collecting, peer-reviewing, helping to curate, publicizing, and cultivating the …
It Takes A University: Oer And The Portland State University Reducing Student Costs Initiative, Marilyn K. Moody
It Takes A University: Oer And The Portland State University Reducing Student Costs Initiative, Marilyn K. Moody
SJSU Open Access Conference
OER have a major role to play in student affordability efforts. Portland State University’s Reducing Student Costs Initiative is a broad-based effort to reduce student textbook and course materials costs. This presentation looks at the opportunities and challenges of involving stakeholders from across the campus in this initiative, including faculty, staff, students, administrators, donors, and external partners. OER related strategies of the Initiative, including plans for increasing OER use in courses and programs are described.
The Initiative’s work and implementation plans involving the adoption, use, and creation of OER include:
- Developing courses and programs that utilize OER, including online flexible …
Creating An Open Access Course Reserves (When An Oa Textbook Isn't Enough), Jessica Bell
Creating An Open Access Course Reserves (When An Oa Textbook Isn't Enough), Jessica Bell
SJSU Open Access Conference
The search for alternatives to high priced textbooks endures. The librarians at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, with the help of an IMLS Sparks! Ignition grant, decided to jump into the fray by creating the Open Access Course Reserves. It is a publicly available, curated repository that provides ready-made reading lists of free, copyright compliant (open access when possible), educational materials. The materials are selected to match typical syllabi and textbook contents and organized by discipline and course. The goal of the project is to create a place for faculty of any higher education course from anywhere in the …
Optimizing Merlot For Optimal Ict Literacy, Lesley S. Farmer
Optimizing Merlot For Optimal Ict Literacy, Lesley S. Farmer
SJSU Open Access Conference
Today's students need to locate, use and share information in myriad formats; they need to be ICT (information and communication technology) literacy. The CSU system has started an ICT Literacy Initiative to build out the MERLOT collection of ICT literacy learning objects, and to help faculty integrate ICT literacy into their curricula. This session explains ICT literacy, especially in terms of new standards. Attendees will find out how MERLOT supports ICT literacy, and how they can join and contribute to the ICT literacy community.
Overcoming Resistance To Open Initiatives On Campus, Gerry Hanley
Overcoming Resistance To Open Initiatives On Campus, Gerry Hanley
SJSU Open Access Conference
California State University's (CSU) Affordable Learning Solutions initiative has produced a number of system-wide strategies, technologies and campus-based programs that are driving down the cost of course materials for students while offering greater access to no-cost or low-cost academic content for instructional faculty. In this presentation, Dr. Hanley, Assistant Vice Chancellor at California State University, Chancellor's Office, will focus on the variety of free resources to support teaching and learning via the CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions initiative. The different deployment strategies used by CSU campuses will be showcased and approaches to motivating faculty and administration will be discussed.
Information Outlook September/October 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook September/October 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook, 2015
Volume 19, Issue 5
Information Outlook July/August 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook July/August 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook, 2015
Volume 19, Issue 4
Information Retrieval: Managing Information Overload, Adrienne Mathewson
Information Retrieval: Managing Information Overload, Adrienne Mathewson
School of Information Student Research Journal
No abstract provided.
Information Outlook May/June 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook May/June 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook, 2015
Volume 19, Issue 3
Sharpening The Search Saw: Lessons From Expert Searchers, Virginia M. Tucker
Sharpening The Search Saw: Lessons From Expert Searchers, Virginia M. Tucker
School of Information Student Research Journal
No abstract provided.
Patient Access To Electronic Health Records: Strengths, Weaknesses And What’S Needed To Move Forward, Alicia V. Zuniga
Patient Access To Electronic Health Records: Strengths, Weaknesses And What’S Needed To Move Forward, Alicia V. Zuniga
School of Information Student Research Journal
Electronic health records (EHRs) are desired by both physicians and patients, but the transition to and acceptance of sensitive health information online has been slow. This paper reviews the current literature on EHR adoption and outlines barriers, advantages and explicit steps for moving toward the EHR ubiquity. Potential benefits of EHRs to patients and physicians include reduced costs for patients, hospitals and insurance providers, patient empowerment, less errors in records and better health outcomes, but security and privacy concerns, cost of implementation and poor electronic records management system design have proved barriers to adoption.
Information Outlook March/April 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook March/April 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook, 2015
Volume 19, Issue 2
Information Outlook January/February 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook January/February 2015, Special Libraries Association
Information Outlook, 2015
Volume 19, Issue 1
Student Confidence/Overconfidence In The Research Process, Valeria Molteni, Emily Chan
Student Confidence/Overconfidence In The Research Process, Valeria Molteni, Emily Chan
Faculty and Staff Publications
Librarians with instructional responsibilities will base information literacy session content upon course syllabi and teaching faculty's assessments of student readiness. Often students' self-perceived competencies do not factor into the lesson planning process. The aim of this project is to collect the levels of self-confidence for a group of students who are primarily entering health care professions. This study observes students' levels of self-confidence in performing research-related activities and their corresponding ability to correctly answer content questions for those tasks. Students' self-confidence ratings are not reliable indicators for information literacy competence. The confidence levels for information literacy tasks of students entering …