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- 21st Century Information Fluency Project
- Designed to train users in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to fully understand Information Fluency. Focuses on teaching people how to locate, evaluate, and integrate digital information.
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- A Collaborative Approach to Information Literacy in the Freshman Seminar
- This article discusses the collaboration between the Libraries and the Freshman Seminar Program at Washington State University. Many goals related to information literacy competencies as defined by the library and higher education associations are met through this partnership. The librarians have an active role with the seminars and also take part in the peer facilitator training process.
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- Big6: The Big6 Skills Information Problem-Solving Approach
- The Big6 Model is one approach to teaching information literacy skills.
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- Bringing Instructional Activities under an Information Literacy Umbrella
- Article describes ways that information literacy can be placed within the higher education curriculum.
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- Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology in Context
- Article on how instructors can teach problem and information literacy skills to students when they are using technology.
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- Enhancing Information Literacy: A Practical Exemplar
- This case-study outlines a teaching partnership between library and academic staff at the University of Waikato. It describes the strategies adopted to develop greater student information literacy and knowledge of source materials; and demonstrates the inter-relationship between student assignments and library resourcing. Both achievements and areas of difficulty are discussed.
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- Information Literacy Instruction in Higher Education
- Learn about information literacy and how it is being taught in higher education.
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- Information Literacy Land of Confusion
- Commentary about libraries, library instruction, and information literacy by Michael Lorenzen at Central Michigan University.
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- Information Literacy Toolkit: Meeting the Challenge of a Large Research University
- Article examines the results of an information literacy program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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- Information literacy - Wikipedia
- Encyclopedia article on information literacy. Includes definition, history, and list of references.
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- Paths to Understanding
- This article discusses the information-seeking behavior of students in a large urban university and the impact that behavior can have on the development and delivery of instructional and reference services.
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- Promoting Health Information Literacy
- Article from Academic Exchange Quarterly which discusses ways that librarians can collaborate with health science faculty to teach information literacy to students.
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- S.O.S for Information Literacy
- Multimedia resource for educators, that promises to make a significant contribution to enhancing the teaching of information literacy skills to children.
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- Collaboration Between the Library and Business Faculty
- Article discusses the experiences of a business librarian and business faculty member who team-taught a course in business research. It covers some of the content and applications of that material in developing students' knowledge and skills in Information Literacy, and includes a limited list of search engines used and a short list of the required outside readings.
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- Find it Fast: Enticing Faculty to Library Instruction Workshops
- Article which looks at ways librarians can get faculty to library use workshops.
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- Wikipedia - Library Instruction
- Encyclopedia article on the library instruction movement. Includes information on history and leaders.
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- Allreaders.com
- Allows users to search for books by characteristics of plot, theme, setting, and structure.