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The development of Wikipedia is a wonderful story and splendid example of the power of community, but I am reminded of the importance of double-checking my sources, especially when referring to community-edited content. While not intentional, a Huffington Post blurb about the “Funniest Acts of Vandalism on Wikipedia Ever” calls attention to this. Out of [...]
From Forbes.com – Young Learners Need Librarians, Not Just Google. Mark Moran writes: In the libraries of old, the Dewey Decimal System got you started on research. But there is no card catalog 2.0. To use the Internet as a library you need new research skills: the ability to pick out reliable sources from an [...]
I participated in the Online Northwest conference this year. It was a nice opportunity for professional development and it took place right on the OSU campus. I attended several sessions, but the one I enjoyed most was Jen Klaudinyi’s presentation on the Cooperative Library Instruction Project (CLIP): Collaboration and Curriculum Integration: Presenting shared information literacy [...]
This video is from a study on how undergraduates seek information for research. I came across it by way of The Participatory Library Starter Kit. University of Washington iSchool faculty Alison Head, Mike Eisenberg and David Nasatir did the study. All three lead Project Information Literacy, a large scale study about early adults and their [...]
