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Research Practices Survey Project 2006-07, Carolyn Sandford, Jo Beld, Nancy Millinchamp, Ann Zawistoski, Gould Library Reference And Instruction Department

Staff and Faculty Work

The Gould library has taken a lead role in a MITC / NITLE grant to create a web-based assessment tool to measure the information literacy of incoming students, before they've had any college library instruction. This grant-funded project was originally called the First Year Information Literacy in the Liberal Arts Assessment (FYILLAA), and has since become a nationally administered survey called the Research Practices Survey.

The first full implementation of the survey happened in late summer and early fall 2005. Five of the schools, Carleton, University of Chicago, Grinnell, Macalester, and St. Olaf, had high enough response rates to allow …

Law And Heidegger’S Question Concerning Technology: Prolegomenon To Future Law Librarianship, Paul D. Callister

Faculty Works

Following World War II, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger offered one of the most potent criticisms of technology and modern life. His nightmare is a world whose essence has been reduced to the functional equivalent of a giant gasoline station, an energy source for modern technology and industry. "This relation of man to the world [is] in principle a technical one . . . [It is] altogether alien to former ages and histories. For Heidegger, the problem is not technology itself, but the technical mode of thinking that has accompanied it." Such a viewpoint of the world is a useful …

English Language Learners And Library Research, Jessica Schomberg

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The purpose of this project was to study problems English language learners (ELLs) face when doing research in U.S. academic libraries. A review of the literature indicates that ELLs face both linguistic and cultural barriers. Those barriers are related to learning expectations, library anxiety, and technology. Research on organizational culture and its influence on website design was consulted and used to compare the design of a library catalog’s interface with student responses to a library instruction session offered within Composition 101 for non-native speakers. Based on those results, it is argued that library catalogs are designed to match the cultural …

Review Of Social Change In America: The Historical Handbook 2006, Ed. By Patricia C. Becker, Rebecca Tolley

ETSU Faculty Works

Review of Social Change in America : The Historical Handbook 2006. Patricia C. Becker Bernan. 2006. 307p, 1598880128, $75.00

Providing For Graduate Student Information Needs At A Large Research University, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Graduate students at a large research university often have many information needs-from choosing a research advisor, to creating and pursuing their research agenda, to deciding on where to go after graduation. In addition., many of them have insufficient information seeking skills. The M.G. Mellon Library of Chem. at Purdue U. attempts to address many of these issues by the focused and proactive provision of resources and services to graduate students. Besides instructing graduate students on common chem. information resources, the staff of the Chem. Library provides additional services, such as after-hours access and assistance with bibliographic management software, to enhance …

Mmm...Vanillin: Reaching Graduate Students Through Ice Cream Seminars, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

While there is no required chem. literature course for graduate students at Purdue University, a series of library ice cream seminars is offered throughout the semester as an alternative. These seminars are targeted toward new graduate students to help them adjust to the wide variety of library resources now available to them. Each seminar is focused on either a particular resource (SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein, etc.) or a topical theme (patents, citation searching, spectral information, etc.). Implementation of the seminar series will be explained as well as content presented and effective marketing methods. Results of evaluations and future directions will also …

Plagiarism Pitfalls: Addressing Cultural Differences In The Misuse Of Sources, Nancy E. Fawley

Library Faculty Research

As a branch campus of an American university operating in the Middle East, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar must take into account the cultural differences that pertain to plagiarism and the misuse of sources before the school can begin to develop methods to address and prevent the problem. Differences in educational philosophies, students’ previous scholastic training and cultural differences in individual motivation are all factors that must be considered

Academic Writing And Theological Inquiry, Terry Dwain Robertson

Faculty Publications

A comparison of two approaches to academic writing and research pedagogies demonstrates that, for Vyhmeister, truth is to be found outside and above us--it is a process of discovery, while Hamilton's approach focuses on the spiritual formation of the writer and can be understood as reflecting a process of spiritual growth. A third approach, which I develop in this article, views academic writing and theological inquiry as a ministry, in which the writer is served by and, in turn, serves the community of faith for the purpose of building a corporate knowledge of God. Research is service and the dissemination …

Peer Mentors And Writing Center Tutors: What Our Collaborations Taught Us About Serving The Sjsu Freshmen Students, Peggy Cabrera, Robert Bruce, Francis E. Howard

Faculty and Staff Publications

The Library Outpost, a satellite office of the campus’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, seeks ways to reach out to First Year students who are new to writing research papers. One of our goals is to meet the First Year students on their own turf. Since the Peer Mentors and Writing Center tutors have peer relationships with the First year students, we want to learn how we can collaborate with them to provide services to the First year students. We surveyed the Peer Mentors and Writing Center Tutors to assess their perceptions of their own research skills, and their …

Utilizing Focus Groups To Evaluate An Information Literacy Program In A General Biology Course, Betsy S. Hopkins

Faculty Publications

The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University (BYU) recently implemented a number of information literacy strategies to help students in Biology 100, a large general education class, find resources for their term assignment. The library's services for Biology 100 students were evaluated using focus groups composed of both teaching assistants and students. This paper will describe the class and the assignment, discuss the impact the class had on library staff, detail the efforts of the staff to meet the needs of Biology 100 students, and present results of focus groups used to evaluate the library's outreach and teaching …

Conference Program [2007], Georgia International Conference On Information Literacy

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Scholarly Communication In The 21st Century: Trends And Issues, James Neal, James Pringle, Bob Stein, Ann M. Bartow

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Outlook, December 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 12

Information Outlook, November 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 11

Wireless Workstation, Leigh Ann Duncan

University Libraries' Staff Publications

This new product allows libraries to perform basic circulation functions, as well as inventory and internal use functions via handheld devices. This presentation will explain the functionality as well as the implementation at Wright State University Libraries.

Integrating Student Information Competencies Into Library Services, Jeanne M. Brown

Library Faculty Research

Many in the library field would argue that we have begun to perceive ourselves differently – especially in academic libraries. ALA’s Association of College and Research Libraries has been instrumental in creating or promoting a sea-change and much has gone into projecting an image of the librarian as an integral part of the educational enterprise. The message is that librarians are/ are becoming teachers.

Information Outlook, October 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 10

Information Outlook, September 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 9

Kite Runner Bookmarks, Evelyn Barker

Information Literacy Resources-Archive

Bookmarks for the fall and spring semesters relating to the 2006-2007 OneBook, The Kite Runner.

Review Of Historical Statistics Of The United States: Earliest Times To The Present: V.1, Part A: Population; V.2, Part B: Work And Welfare; V.3, Part C: Economic Structure And Performance; V.4, Part D: Economic Sectors; V.5, Part E: Governance And International Relations, Rebecca Tolley

ETSU Faculty Works

Review of Review of Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present: v.1, Part A: Population; v.2, Part B: Work and Welfare; v.3, Part C: Economic Structure and Performance; v.4, Part D: Economic Sectors; v.5, Part E: Governance and International Relations. Susan B. Carter et al Cambridge. 2006. 5v, 0521817919, $825.00

The Kite Runner: A Background Resource For Readers, Laurin Porter, Evelyn Barker, C. D. Walter

Information Literacy Resources-Archive

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook, August 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 8

Information Outlook, July 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 7

Arlington 130th Anniversary Bookmarks, Evelyn Barker

Information Literacy Resources-Archive

Bookmarks celebrating the 130th anniversary of the City of Arlington.

Information Outlook, June 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 6

Information Outlook, May 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 5

Information Outlook, April 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 4

Review Of Art Full Text, Rebecca Tolley

ETSU Faculty Works

Review of Art Full Text. H.W.Wilson. 2005.

Information Outlook, March 2006, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2006

Volume 10, Issue 3

Review Of Internet Resource Art Museum Image Gallery, Rebecca Tolley

ETSU Faculty Works

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