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Full-Text Articles in Information Literacy
Drawing To Conceptualize Research, Reduce Implicit Bias, And Establish Researcher Positionality In The Graduate Classroom, Alissa Droog, Kari D. Weaver, Frances Brady
Drawing To Conceptualize Research, Reduce Implicit Bias, And Establish Researcher Positionality In The Graduate Classroom, Alissa Droog, Kari D. Weaver, Frances Brady
Faculty Books & Book Chapters
Through reflection, coupled with literature to ground our thinking, this chapter discusses the experiences of three librarians with the use of conceptual drawings about research processes as an equitable pedagogical practice. This drawing technique has pushed each of us to understand research in different ways and reflect on our own positionality as researchers and as teachers in the classroom. First, Kari D. Weaver considers how drawing research shapes an individual’s understanding of themselves as a scholar. Second, Alissa Droog reflects on the use of drawing to understand how research relates to our identities. Finally, Frances Brady connects drawing to further …
Health Sciences First Year Seminar Library Lesson Plan (Hsf90), Ian Mcdermott
Health Sciences First Year Seminar Library Lesson Plan (Hsf90), Ian Mcdermott
Open Educational Resources
This lesson plan, and accompanying slides, is for the library instruction session for HSF90, LaGuardia Community College's health sciences first year seminar course. The lesson details the importance of college-level research for students who will enter various health sciences professions. The lesson also covers the importance of citation in academic research, covering what to cite and how to do it using library subscription databases.
Mgmt 110: Standards Module In-Class Lesson Plan, Margaret Phillips, Heather A. Howard, Annette Bochenek, Zoeanna A. Mayhook
Mgmt 110: Standards Module In-Class Lesson Plan, Margaret Phillips, Heather A. Howard, Annette Bochenek, Zoeanna A. Mayhook
Libraries Faculty and Staff Supplemental Materials
Lesson plan for a 50 minute in-class standards module in MGMT 110: Introduction to Management and Information Strategies. Offered Fall 2021.
Got Misinformation? Critically Evaluating Sources For Credibility, Accuracy, And Usefulness, Neyda V. Gilman, Julia Glauberman
Got Misinformation? Critically Evaluating Sources For Credibility, Accuracy, And Usefulness, Neyda V. Gilman, Julia Glauberman
Library Scholarship
A chapter in the The Critical Thinking About Sources Cookbook. It discusses an in-class activity for evaluating sources.
Teaching Occupational Outlook Handbook For Students In Career Development: A Lesson Plan, Junli Diao
Teaching Occupational Outlook Handbook For Students In Career Development: A Lesson Plan, Junli Diao
Open Educational Resources
This lesson plan is designed for a 60-minute information literacy class to teach students who are taking SD110 (Student Development 110) at York College, City University of New York. The goal of this class is to facilitate SD110 students to effectively engage themselves in finding and evaluating information regarding career and vocational development.
Where Should These Books Go?, Haruko Yamauchi
Where Should These Books Go?, Haruko Yamauchi
Publications and Research
Designed for pre-college and first-year students new to conducting independent research, this is a lesson plan for an activity that is part of a workshop to strengthen students’ skills in using books for research. The activity includes small groups coming to consensus about a hypothetical shelf order for a set of books, and a larger class discussion about the Library of Congress call number system as a useful-to-know but ultimately arbitrary system created within a particular historical context. Chapter within the Assocation of College and Research Association’sCritical Library Pedagogy Handbook, vol. 2.
Protecting Your Search Privacy: A Lesson Plan, Maria Bernhey
Protecting Your Search Privacy: A Lesson Plan, Maria Bernhey
LACUNY Institute 2015
Each year search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo, complete trillions of search queries online. Students are especially dependent on these search tools because of their popularity, convenience and accessibility. However, what students are unaware of, by choice or naiveté is the amount of personal information that is collected during each search session, how that data is used and who is interested in their online behavior profile. Privacy policies are frequently updated in favor of the search companies but are lengthy and often are perused briefly or ignored entirely with little thought about how personal web habits are being exploited …
Evaluating Information: Introduction To College Research For A Developmental Writing Course, Maura A. Smale
Evaluating Information: Introduction To College Research For A Developmental Writing Course, Maura A. Smale
Publications and Research
The ability to evaluate information successfully in all formats is highly relevant to students both in their coursework and their everyday lives. This lesson plan aims to encourage students to think critically about this important component of information literacy, and provides a foundation for beginning college students to build upon as they progress through college and on to their careers.