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Information Seeking Behaviors Of Academically Under-Prepared Community College Students: An Exploratory Study, Glen Phillips

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Glen Phillips, Georgia Military College As the information age matures, the generation of students currently in college will need excellent skills in information literacy in order to find meaningful employment. This exploratory study focuses on the information literacy needs of academically under-prepared, college students in a small, rural community college in the Southeastern United States. Students were interviewed to learn more about their research habits and their approaches to seeking information related to academic assignments. The researcher explores similarities and differences in the information-seeking behaviors of students in a community college environment with studies of academically better prepared students at …

Embedding With A Purpose, Harold Goss Jr.

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

The Summer of 2008 ended with a decision to more actively participate in the classroom. Some of our objectives were more interaction, relationship building, additional opportunities to expose students to our resources, and strengthen student information literacy. We wanted to do it in such a way as to make it meaningful for the students, helpful for the professors, and useful to us. More interaction was an obvious initial objective to begin with. Library instruction limited to an hour in the Fall and an hour in the Spring is very constraining. It is simply not possible to adequately expose students to …

Embracing Google Scholar: Introducing Students To Better Research, Jean Cook, Veronica Cook

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Applying The Big 6® To Student Foreign Language Research Assignments, David Alley Ed.D., Lisa P. Smith

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Using Iskills And Sails To Assess Information Literacy: What Do We Know And What Do We Do Now?, Shawn Tonner, Marina Slemmons, Jennifer Campbell Meier

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Collaborating At A Distance, Linda E. Kern, Cynthia L. Smith

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Literacy Is Going To The Dogs, Kathy Albertson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Throw Away The Map: Blazing New Trails Between Information Literacy And The Disciplines, Carrie Donovan, Brian Winterman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

There have been many approaches to information literacy education at academic institutions, and many positive outcomes from these efforts. Still, there is need for more research, exploration, and professional communication among librarians to identify information literacy teaching methods that have a consistent and long-lasting impact. Librarians at Indiana University-Bloomington embraced the announcement for information literacy in the General Education requirements as an opportunity to evolve the instruction program from an ad-hoc, decentralized program into one that is based on measurable and achievable learning outcomes for every discipline. When we began asking ourselves what it would take to achieve this on …

Successfully Completing College: Developing Integrated Information Literacy Skills Planning Project, Adrianna Lancaster, Sharon Morrison

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Using Pop Culture To Engage Students In Media Literacy, Kimberley Bugg

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Assessing The Evaluation Of Library Instruction Using A Business Model, Barbara Petersohn

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

The business sector has traditionally evaluated their training and instruction programs on a model that considers 4 levels of success (Kirkpatrick). These levels can be described as success based on 1) appeal, 2) learning outcomes 3) integration of learning into daily work routines, or 4) overall impact on / improvement of the organization. This paper describes how this rubric can be generally, and ideally, translated and applied to instruction programs in libraries to determine what levels of evaluation are attempted by libraries. And, based on a review and analysis of case studies of the literature of library instruction, considers questions …

Wac Goes Green: The Unique Information Literacy Tasks Of A Sustainability-Related Compositon Course, Susanna Coleman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Why Digital Does Not Equal Daunting: The Role Of Information Management Tools In Supporting Faculty Research Through Topic-Specific Library Workshops, Stan Trembach, Liya Deng

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Embedded Librarians: Partnering With Faculty In The Virtual Classroom, Dee Bozeman, Rachel Owens, Min Tong, Andrew D. Todd

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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The Effect Of Library Instruction On The Information Seeking Behavior Of Undergraduate Education Majors, Jason Martin

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Implementing Plain Language Guidelines In Student Documents, Katie Derthick, Natasha Jones

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Google Is Not A 4-Letter Word And Wikipedia Is Not An Obscenity, Suellen Adams

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Rhetoric And The Research Guide, Reba Leiding

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Incorporating Information Literacy Into Introductory Courses, Melissa Chesanko, Arnita Sitasari, Laura Trent, Jayne Chapple

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

This panel, consisting of instructors of the Introduction to Women’s Studies course, is concerned with including information literacy and skills training concepts into curriculum in a way that supplements our subject matter. In an introductory level course there is usually a broad range of experience in information literacy. As may be expected, upper class students have a better understanding of the research process than first year students and general education students have less interest in subject-specific research than majors or minors. Both of these predispose students to resistance to new techniques. Despite these differences, we found that most students stated …

Blogging Your Research: Teaching Students To Critically Assess And Participate In The Culture Of Electronic Research And Writing, Amy Ratto Parks

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Whether we like it or not, most student writing these days happens through facebook, myspace, twitter, and texting. Though we assume that academic reading and writing ought to be distinct from social writing, it often isn’t. Students will go to Google for celebrity gossip or information on the Civil War and accept the information about both on equal terms. The seemingly simple nature of online access to information requires that we give students concrete tools to critically assess the information they find there. The fact that many students consider Wikipedia as a credible resource is evidence of this. It looks …

Connecting The Dots, A Yearlong Lesson In Learning: Using Online Instruction To Connect Student Information Literacy Skills With Those Required To Complete Assignments., Steve Borrelli

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Learning Style And The Information Search Process, Mary Jane Rootes

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Dr. Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process theory (ISP) asserts that there are six stages within the quest for information: initiation, selection, exploration, formulation and collection. A successful search for information will entail each of these stages. In each of these stages, a person experiences thoughts, feelings and actions unique to the stage. Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory asserts that those with different predominant learning styles will experience thoughts, feelings and perceptions differently. If this is correct, it would follow that students with different predominant learning styles will experience the thoughts, feelings and actions within each of these stages differently. It is the …

Neither Here Nor There: Locating Information Literacy In The Library And Writing Center, Caleb Puckett

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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“Library As Place” Academic Library/Media Center Design, Barbara Joslin, Peter Lippman, Mary Ann Miller

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Abstract = Learning Objectives: 1) An overview of the history of the university library as the place around which the campus was planned. 2) The role of technology as an influencing factor in the evolution of the Library to the Media Center. 3) Current and future trends of the Media Center as the focal point for learning at the University, as place that supports not only independent research, but also as places that promote opportunities for one-to-one and small group learning opportunities. Outline: I. Introduction: Over the last 150 years the university library has been evolving as a place where …

Interface Literacy: Screencasts, Guis, And Computer-Mediated Authorship, Michael J. Cripps

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Our lives are increasingly mediated by computers and graphical user interfaces or GUIs. In education, computer-mediated learning often involves the integration of new technologies into the classroom context. In an educational environment in which courses have specific content, and in which students (and faculty) must learn the interfaces that enable them to access and engage the content, how might one move from more work for teachers and learners to a different kind of teaching and learning? Are there particular ways to weave technology and content together to move from an additive model to an integrated one that helps learners become …

Communication Renaissance: Environmental Scanning And Futuring In The Composition Classroom, David Bailey

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

The world of research will soon experience a cataclysmic shift. As newspapers and more traditional venues of scholarly communication fold from pressure created by online news sources, Really Simple Syndication feeds, and news aggregates, the Composition classroom must aim ahead of the curve and teach students the essential skill of Environmental Scanning and Futuring. Environmental Scanning and Futuring are cooperative disciplines that seek to highlight trends and patterns within specific fields and disciplines using the plethora of data available on the World Wide Web. What makes these methods so useful in the face of the Communication Renaissance is their focus …

What Can A Wiki Do? Exploring History, Identity And Literacy In A Digital World, John Vanecek

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Media Production For The Classroom, Maria Luskay

Cornerstone 3 Reports : Interdisciplinary Informatics

The major goal of this course is to familiarize students with current video production techniques and equipment. By using a hands-on and laboratory/ lecture approach, we will be able to produce a wide variety of projects using both studio and field procedures. Some of the areas we will cover include: treatment/scripting, pre-production, directing, lighting, audio, continuity, camera operations and post production.

Students will also apply current media streaming techniques to video and upload final projects to YouTube and Google Video.

Investigating Primary Source Literacy, Joanne Archer, Ann Hanlon, Jennie A. Levine

Library Faculty Research and Publications

Primary source research requires students to acquire specialized research skills. This paper presents results from a user study testing the effectiveness of a Web guide designed to convey the concepts behind “primary source literacy”. The study also evaluated students’ strengths and weaknesses when conducting primary source research.

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Shane Bevell, Cate Weeks, Mamie Peers

Inside UNLV

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