Tag: Info Literacy & Search
Editor’s Note: Open-Web Collection Development
In today’s special infoDOCKET edition of LJXpress, we are collecting a few examples of some of the high-quality open-web resources we've shared on infoDOCKET during the past year. They are also examples of the types of open-web resources libraries should be increasingly collecting and promoting. Why? It's time to give open-web collection development the attention it deserves. In most respects this is nothing new. It's simply taking what we've always done—as when we build collections of print and electronic tools—and adapting these concepts for the open web. What’s included below is only a tiny portion of what we've selected to share on infoDOCKET and an even tinier portion of what's available on the open web. We hope you join us on infoDOCKET or on Twitter via @infoDOCKET each day as we share news and new resources and tools for you to know about, learn, and share. Thanks for reading – Gary Price, Editor, LJ’s infoDOCKET
How Do Learners Develop Digital Literacies? (Digital Visitors/Residents Progress Report)
A new progress report (June 2012) from the Digital Visitors and Residents project is now available. This research effort comes from a JISC, OCLC Research, and University of North Carolina partnership. It is a longitudinal study which utilizes the Visitors and Residents (V&R) concept as a framework to reassess learners‘ (including staff) engagement with digital […]
Research Article (Preprint): “The Research Process and the Library: First-Generation College Seniors vs. Freshmen
Title The Research Process and the Library: First-Generation College Seniors vs. Freshmen Authors Elizabeth Pickard, MSI Liaison, College of Education, Assistant Professor, Reference Department, Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago Firouzeh Logan, MA, MLS Head, Reference Department, Assistant Professor, Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago Source College and Research […]
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Wikipedia Kills Page Linking Obama Slogan to Socialist Movement
From The NY Times: After a debate among readers who also cast votes on the issue, the Wikipedia administrator essentially killed the page by having it redirect to the general article on the Obama-Biden presidential campaign; all that is left of the original article is the simple statement: “On April 30, 2012, the campaign announced […]
New Online Publications: Vitae’s Information Literacy Lens and Informed Researcher Booklet
From the Digital Curation Centre (UK): The DCC, as a member of the RIN Working Group on Information Handling, is delighted to announce the following new publications from Vitae. Being informed and informative are important aspects of being a researcher. In our increasingly information based society, information literacy is a vital ability that is required […]
Guiding Students from Consuming Information to Creating Knowledge: A Freshman English Library Instruction Collaboration
Title Guiding Students from Consuming Information to Creating Knowledge: A Freshman English Library Instruction Collaboration Authors Susanne F. Paterson The University of New Hampshire at Manchester Carolyn White Gamtso The University of New Hampshire at Manchester Source Communications in Information Literacy Vol 5, No 2 (2012) Abstract In this paper we examine how faculty and […]
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New Guide: Catching Up With Information Literacy Assessment Resources For Program Evaluation
This web resource guide appears as an article in the April 2012 issue of C&RL News. Title Catching Up With Information Literacy Assessment: Resources For Program Evaluation Author Cheryl L. Blevens Assistant Librarian in the Reference Instruction Department Lliaison to the English Department and Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Department Indiana State University Source C&RL News […]
Research and Info Literacy Skills: "Spike Lee Latest Celeb to Practice Reckless Tweeting"
From MSNBC: Spike Lee wasn’t the first to retweet the erroneous address on Twitter blindly accepted by many as that of George Zimmerman, the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month. But the filmmaker’s message — sent last week to his 240,000 Twitter followers — was the most viral. From The Orlando Sentinel: […]
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New Research Paper: "Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information Quality"
Title Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information Quality (150 pages; PDF) Authors Urs Gasser Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society; University of St. Gallen Sandra Cortesi Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society Momin Malik Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society Ashley Lee Harvard University […]
ebrary Releases Survey Findings on Social Media as Research Resource
The findings are found in an addendum to the ebrary 2011 Global eBook Survey. Highlights from the Social Media Addendum: While 41% of students are currently using social media for research or study, 59% are not. Reasons for not using social media include that existing sites are not a reliable source of information. When asked […]
