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Supporting Digital Video Composition In The Library: A New Opportunity For Instruction, Elizabeth Andrejasich Gibes 2013 Marquette University

Supporting Digital Video Composition In The Library: A New Opportunity For Instruction, Elizabeth Andrejasich Gibes

Library Faculty Research and Publications

Digital technologies are transforming curriculum at a rapid pace as more faculty integrate digital media into student assignments. Faculty may be assigning video composition and other digital media, but how much do students really know about integrating media? Intellectual property? Visual literacy? Librarians have the opportunity to facilitate an intelligent and integrated move toward the use of these digital tools in classrooms and participate in educating students on media literacy. This presentation explores the information and media literacy considerations in multimodal projects, and will highlight how librarians can use sites such as Flickr, YouTube, Sound Cloud and Google Image Search …


Behind The Scenes: Secrets Of Preparing For Successful Research Appointments, Sarah Myers 2013 Gettysburg College

Behind The Scenes: Secrets Of Preparing For Successful Research Appointments, Sarah Myers

Blogging the Library

Have you ever noticed how librarians are stereo-typically portrayed in movies and on TV? There is the perception that librarians are extremely uptight, awkward, and boring, that they require nearly complete silence, and they rarely offer any actual help. That is definitely not what being an academic librarian is about. For me, it’s about helping, learning new ideas, exchanging information, and making the research process (which I love!) a bit easier. Remember the librarians in Matilda or on Arthur? They were always willing to help and make the process of finding resources a little bit easier. That’s what I want …


From Information Literacy To Mobile Literacy: Supporting Students’ Research And Information Needs In A Mobile World, Stefanie Havelka 2013 CUNY Lehman College

From Information Literacy To Mobile Literacy: Supporting Students’ Research And Information Needs In A Mobile World, Stefanie Havelka

Publications and Research

Presentation slides from a workshop at European Conference on Information Literacy, Istanbul, Turkey.


Information Literacy For Evidence-Based Practice: Creating A Self-Paced Online Course, Julie Evener 2013 University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Information Literacy For Evidence-Based Practice: Creating A Self-Paced Online Course, Julie Evener

Other Topics

Distance students are often at the disadvantage of not receiving the same interactive information literacy instruction as their on-campus counterparts. The University of St. Augustine library, which supports four completely online degree programs in addition to campus-based programs, created a one credit, self-paced, online course called Information Literacy for Evidence-Based Practice in order to better reach our distance students. Though evidence-based practice (EBP) is a popular concept, studies show that many practitioners are not actually doing it. One reason the practitioners themselves cite is lack of skill in searching the literature. The goal of the credit-course is to help our …


Scaling Up: Hybrid Instruction, Ilana R. Barnes, Mary Dugan 2013 Purdue University

Scaling Up: Hybrid Instruction, Ilana R. Barnes, Mary Dugan

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

A major strategic initiative of Purdue University is to meet head-on the critical issues facing students on today's campus. Student learning, and retention and completion rates are among the top concerns. To meet these challenges, Purdue is adopting a university-wide core curriculum including an information literacy requirement, which is a mainstay to lifelong learning. Additionally, to address student success issues Purdue has created "Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation" (IMPACT). IMPACT has been a successful collaborative effort of several Purdue departments to engage students more fully in their own learning. Since its inception, library faculty have taken a leadership role …


Demystifying Wikipedia At Smu, Jiaxin Low 2013 Singapore Management University

Demystifying Wikipedia At Smu, Jiaxin Low

Research Collection Library

Singapore Management University's Li Ka Shing Library hosted "Demystifying Wikipedia: Tips for Information Literacy" on 22nd August 2013. Speakers included Mr. Maximilian Klein and Dr Jack Tsen-Ta Lee who discussed using Wikipedia for information literacy as well as in teaching and learning.


Libquest: A Problem Based Learning Approach To Information Literacy, Priyanka Sharma, Yuyun W. Ishak 2013 Singapore Management University

Libquest: A Problem Based Learning Approach To Information Literacy, Priyanka Sharma, Yuyun W. Ishak

Research Collection Library

Problem Based Learning (PBL) appears to be the way forward. Gen Z students seem to prefer discovery and a self-paced learning environment (often using a variety of gadgets) rather than a more structured instruction module in a classroom setting. Kenney (2008) found that PBL provides the theoretical framework for a learner centered, active instructional experience that relies on collaboration, critical thinking and hands-on interaction with resources. Pelikan (2004) developed and delivered course-related library instruction using PBL over a period of two years in Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology and concluded that PBL is a worth pursuing approach …


Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - October 2013, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library 2013 Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, The George Washington University

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - October 2013, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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The American Association Of School Librarians (Aasl) Standards For The 21st Century Learner Lesson Plan Database, Christina Miller 2013 CUNY York College

The American Association Of School Librarians (Aasl) Standards For The 21st Century Learner Lesson Plan Database, Christina Miller

Publications and Research

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st Century Learner Lesson Plan Database (AASL Database) is a free, Open Access, interactive tool recently (2011) developed by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, to assist librarians, teachers and other educators in implementing the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner (AASL Standards) and the Common Core State Standards. It is comprised of vetted, content-area lesson plans meant to provide excellent models to integrate AASL Standards across K-12 curricula; the platform also includes social networking features and a user portfolio. The AASL …


Information Outlook, September/October 2013, Special Libraries Association 2013 San Jose State University

Information Outlook, September/October 2013, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2013

Volume 17, Issue 5


Content Analysis Regarding Faculty Perceptions Of Data Information Literacy Skill Levels, Megan R. Sapp Nelson 2013 Purdue University

Content Analysis Regarding Faculty Perceptions Of Data Information Literacy Skill Levels, Megan R. Sapp Nelson

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This poster reports on the results of a content analysis project in which transcripts of interviews with professors in seven disciplines. The faculty members were interviewed about the data education needs of their students. The results indicate that generally faculty members feel that graduate students are unprepared to manage data when the enter graduate education. Many faculty are under the impression that students had previously received training on data management topics but were still lacking in skills.


The Facts Of Fiction: Information Literacy For Creative Writing, Melissa Clark 2013 South Dakota State University

The Facts Of Fiction: Information Literacy For Creative Writing, Melissa Clark

Library Conference Presentations and Posters

Research for creative writing is completely different from conventional research: you need to immerse yourself in cultures and thought patterns not your own in order to develop believable characters and depict them, their actions, motivations, and conversations convincingly. A writer needs to be creative in their research and consult a variety of sources, including primary and archival sources, interviews and personal experience, maps and atlases, art and pictures, and sociological or psychological research. How can Librarians teach writers the information literacy skills they need and relate those skills to their immediate research needs? In this session, I will discuss my …


Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - September 2013, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library 2013 Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, The George Washington University

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - September 2013, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

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A Joke Is A Very Serious Thing: Using Humor In Library Instruction, Linda Sizemore, Ashley Cole 2013 Eastern Kentucky University

A Joke Is A Very Serious Thing: Using Humor In Library Instruction, Linda Sizemore, Ashley Cole

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

This interactive presentation will describe the biology behind humor; when to use humor; and the importance of it in communicating information literacy to students, faculty, and EVERYONE. As facilitators of learning, librarians can use humor as a teaching tool to reduce library anxiety and to increase creative thinking. Participants will learn techniques and share methods in order to gain an understanding that humor is a skill that must be cultivated. “Wit punctures, humor pictures.”


Econtent Quarterly - Volume 1, Issue 1, Sue Polanka, Mirela Roncevic 2013 Wright State University - Main Campus

Econtent Quarterly - Volume 1, Issue 1, Sue Polanka, Mirela Roncevic

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Welcome to the first, Fall 2013 issue of eContent Quarterly. As promised in the Preview issue which launched at the ALA conference in Chicago in 2013, our goal is to tackle e-content from every conceivable angle and through the voices of a variety of information professionals shaping the e-content landscape, including public, academic, and school librarians as well as publishers, aggregators, distributors, and others catering to libraries.


Improving And Assessing Information Literacy Skills Through Faculty-Librarian Collaboration, Meggan D. Smith, Amy B. Dailey 2013 Gettysburg College

Improving And Assessing Information Literacy Skills Through Faculty-Librarian Collaboration, Meggan D. Smith, Amy B. Dailey

All Musselman Library Staff Works

This article addresses ways to assess the effectiveness of integrating information literacy into college courses by taking a close look at a partnership developed between Dr. Amy Dailey and the reference librarians at Gettysburg College.


Digital Storytelling: A New Approach To Boost Information Literacy In First-Year Writing Courses, Yvonne Wichman 2013 Kennesaw State University

Digital Storytelling: A New Approach To Boost Information Literacy In First-Year Writing Courses, Yvonne Wichman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Transforming Students Through Two Literacies: The Integration Of Sustainability Literacy Into Information Literacy Classes, Toni M. Carter, Gregory J. Schmidt 2013 Auburn University

Transforming Students Through Two Literacies: The Integration Of Sustainability Literacy Into Information Literacy Classes, Toni M. Carter, Gregory J. Schmidt

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Extracurricular Librarians, Lily Todorinova, Brittany Rhea Deputy 2013 University of South Florida

Extracurricular Librarians, Lily Todorinova, Brittany Rhea Deputy

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Privacy And Confidentiality Of Student Intellectual Property, Ruth A. Hodges Ph.D 2013 South Carolina State University

Privacy And Confidentiality Of Student Intellectual Property, Ruth A. Hodges Ph.D

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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