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Caroline Roche

Year 7 Information Literacy Programme: Different Types of Reading « mrctda - 8 views

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    Excellent blog post from Sarah Masters
Caroline Roche

How information literate are the Google generation entering university? « Int... - 5 views

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    This is a good and informative read
Katie Day

News: What Students Don't Know - Inside Higher Ed - 5 views

  • The prevalence of Google in student research is well-documented, but the Illinois researchers found something they did not expect: students were not very good at using Google. They were basically clueless about the logic underlying how the search engine organizes and displays its results. Consequently, the students did not know how to build a search that would return good sources. (For instance, limiting a search to news articles, or querying specific databases such as Google Book Search or Google Scholar.)
  • Librarians often have to walk that line between giving a person a fish and teaching her how to fish, proverbially speaking, says Thill. And the answer can rightly vary based on how quickly she needs a fish, whether she has the skills and coordination to competently wield a pole, and whether her ultimate goal is to become a master angler.
  • “It’s not about teaching shortcuts, it’s about teaching them not to take the long way to a goal,” says Elisa Addlesperger, a reference and instruction librarian at DePaul. “They’re taking very long, circuitous routes to their goals.… I think it embitters them and makes them hate learning.” Teaching efficiency is not a compromise of librarianship, adds Jagman; it is a value.
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    results of an ethnographic study of college students and their relationship with libraries and level of information literacy...  Quote: "In other words: Today's college students might have grown up with the language of the information age, but they do not necessarily know the grammar."
Cotham School Library

In the war on fake news - 5 views

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    Talking to an information sciences professor about the challenges ahead
Dewey 027

Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences - 4 views

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    ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences) is a not-for-profit unincorporated professional society. It is an independent group which was formed in April 2005 by the former committee of ASSIGN (Aslib Social Science Information Group and Network).
Caroline Roche

Big6: An Information Problem-Solving Process - 0 views

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    Big 6 model of information literacy
Caroline Roche

PLUS Model of Information Literacy - 1 views

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    Plus Model of Information Literacy - excellent site developed by James Herring
Caroline Roche

Incompetent Research Skills Curb Users' Problem Solving (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) - 11 views

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    A good short piece about how users search, and the importance of teaching information literacy in schools
Dewey 027

Apply to Uni - 6 views

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    lots of information about higher education, finance, personal statements and UK universities
Dewey 027

National Careers Service - 4 views

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    Careers Advice - Jobs Information & Resources
desblrc

Web Literacy Education for Educators - November Learning - 0 views

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    Digital literacy: useful resources to determine validity of a website
doxycanine

School Library Journal | The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technol... - 0 views

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    Reviews of current children's books, articles about school library best practice, information literacy, websites, etc.
Jany Fernandez

Scopeprice | LG Watch Sport vs. LG Watch Style - 0 views

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    For those who are trying to get acquainted with the two new watches from LG, we have all of the information you need....Read More...https://www.scopeprice.com/
Dewey 027

YA Library UK - 4 views

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    YA Library UK is dedicated to gathering tools and resources for anyone and everyone working with teens/young adults (ages 11-18*) in libraries. YA Library UK's primary aim to freely share information and tools in an effort to advocate for better teen spaces and programmes in UK libraries. I hope this site will further advocacy amongst the small but growing community of library staff committed to working with young people.
Dewey 027

Common Sense Media - 4 views

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    information and resources for digital literacy & digital citizenship
Caroline Roche

School Infolit project in Finland where students wrote for Wikipedia http://t.co/TEsfGKx - 3 views

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    Interesting information literacy exercise
Ruth Clarke

Referencing - 0 views

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    This tutorial provides a basic overview of referencing. You will learn when and why you need to reference the material that you read for your assignments, and how to do it correctly. You will have a chance to test what you have learned. If you wish to develop your skills further, we'll point you towards more advanced training at the end of the tutorial. When you have completed the tutorial you will: *Know when you need to reference information *Understand why correct referencing is necessary *Know how to insert citations into your essay *Be able to format references correctly
Caroline Roche

Teen Librarian » teens, libraries, schools, news, reviews… - 7 views

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    Excellent online magazine of reviews and other information for students and school librarians
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