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Successfully Completing College: Developing Integrated Information Literacy Skills Planning Project, Adrianna Lancaster, Sharon Morrison Sep 2009

Successfully Completing College: Developing Integrated Information Literacy Skills Planning Project, Adrianna Lancaster, Sharon Morrison

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Collaborating At A Distance, Linda E. Kern, Cynthia L. Smith Sep 2009

Collaborating At A Distance, Linda E. Kern, Cynthia L. Smith

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Literacy Is Going To The Dogs, Kathy Albertson Sep 2009

Information Literacy Is Going To The Dogs, Kathy Albertson

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Using Pop Culture To Engage Students In Media Literacy, Kimberley Bugg Sep 2009

Using Pop Culture To Engage Students In Media Literacy, Kimberley Bugg

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Throw Away The Map: Blazing New Trails Between Information Literacy And The Disciplines, Carrie Donovan, Brian Winterman Sep 2009

Throw Away The Map: Blazing New Trails Between Information Literacy And The Disciplines, Carrie Donovan, Brian Winterman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

There have been many approaches to information literacy education at academic institutions, and many positive outcomes from these efforts. Still, there is need for more research, exploration, and professional communication among librarians to identify information literacy teaching methods that have a consistent and long-lasting impact. Librarians at Indiana University-Bloomington embraced the announcement for information literacy in the General Education requirements as an opportunity to evolve the instruction program from an ad-hoc, decentralized program into one that is based on measurable and achievable learning outcomes for every discipline. When we began asking ourselves what it would take to achieve this on …


Implementing Plain Language Guidelines In Student Documents, Katie Derthick, Natasha Jones Sep 2009

Implementing Plain Language Guidelines In Student Documents, Katie Derthick, Natasha Jones

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Google Is Not A 4-Letter Word And Wikipedia Is Not An Obscenity, Suellen Adams Sep 2009

Google Is Not A 4-Letter Word And Wikipedia Is Not An Obscenity, Suellen Adams

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Assessing The Evaluation Of Library Instruction Using A Business Model, Barbara Petersohn Sep 2009

Assessing The Evaluation Of Library Instruction Using A Business Model, Barbara Petersohn

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

The business sector has traditionally evaluated their training and instruction programs on a model that considers 4 levels of success (Kirkpatrick). These levels can be described as success based on 1) appeal, 2) learning outcomes 3) integration of learning into daily work routines, or 4) overall impact on / improvement of the organization. This paper describes how this rubric can be generally, and ideally, translated and applied to instruction programs in libraries to determine what levels of evaluation are attempted by libraries. And, based on a review and analysis of case studies of the literature of library instruction, considers questions …


Rhetoric And The Research Guide, Reba Leiding Sep 2009

Rhetoric And The Research Guide, Reba Leiding

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Wac Goes Green: The Unique Information Literacy Tasks Of A Sustainability-Related Compositon Course, Susanna Coleman Sep 2009

Wac Goes Green: The Unique Information Literacy Tasks Of A Sustainability-Related Compositon Course, Susanna Coleman

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Why Digital Does Not Equal Daunting: The Role Of Information Management Tools In Supporting Faculty Research Through Topic-Specific Library Workshops, Stan Trembach, Liya Deng Sep 2009

Why Digital Does Not Equal Daunting: The Role Of Information Management Tools In Supporting Faculty Research Through Topic-Specific Library Workshops, Stan Trembach, Liya Deng

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Embedded Librarians: Partnering With Faculty In The Virtual Classroom, Dee Bozeman, Rachel Owens, Min Tong, Andrew D. Todd Sep 2009

Embedded Librarians: Partnering With Faculty In The Virtual Classroom, Dee Bozeman, Rachel Owens, Min Tong, Andrew D. Todd

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Incorporating Information Literacy Into Introductory Courses, Melissa Chesanko, Arnita Sitasari, Laura Trent, Jayne Chapple Sep 2009

Incorporating Information Literacy Into Introductory Courses, Melissa Chesanko, Arnita Sitasari, Laura Trent, Jayne Chapple

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

This panel, consisting of instructors of the Introduction to Women’s Studies course, is concerned with including information literacy and skills training concepts into curriculum in a way that supplements our subject matter. In an introductory level course there is usually a broad range of experience in information literacy. As may be expected, upper class students have a better understanding of the research process than first year students and general education students have less interest in subject-specific research than majors or minors. Both of these predispose students to resistance to new techniques. Despite these differences, we found that most students stated …


Blogging Your Research: Teaching Students To Critically Assess And Participate In The Culture Of Electronic Research And Writing, Amy Ratto Parks Sep 2009

Blogging Your Research: Teaching Students To Critically Assess And Participate In The Culture Of Electronic Research And Writing, Amy Ratto Parks

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Whether we like it or not, most student writing these days happens through facebook, myspace, twitter, and texting. Though we assume that academic reading and writing ought to be distinct from social writing, it often isn’t. Students will go to Google for celebrity gossip or information on the Civil War and accept the information about both on equal terms. The seemingly simple nature of online access to information requires that we give students concrete tools to critically assess the information they find there. The fact that many students consider Wikipedia as a credible resource is evidence of this. It looks …


The Effect Of Library Instruction On The Information Seeking Behavior Of Undergraduate Education Majors, Jason Martin Sep 2009

The Effect Of Library Instruction On The Information Seeking Behavior Of Undergraduate Education Majors, Jason Martin

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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“Library As Place” Academic Library/Media Center Design, Barbara Joslin, Peter Lippman, Mary Ann Miller Sep 2009

“Library As Place” Academic Library/Media Center Design, Barbara Joslin, Peter Lippman, Mary Ann Miller

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Abstract = Learning Objectives: 1) An overview of the history of the university library as the place around which the campus was planned. 2) The role of technology as an influencing factor in the evolution of the Library to the Media Center. 3) Current and future trends of the Media Center as the focal point for learning at the University, as place that supports not only independent research, but also as places that promote opportunities for one-to-one and small group learning opportunities. Outline: I. Introduction: Over the last 150 years the university library has been evolving as a place where …


Interface Literacy: Screencasts, Guis, And Computer-Mediated Authorship, Michael J. Cripps Sep 2009

Interface Literacy: Screencasts, Guis, And Computer-Mediated Authorship, Michael J. Cripps

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Our lives are increasingly mediated by computers and graphical user interfaces or GUIs. In education, computer-mediated learning often involves the integration of new technologies into the classroom context. In an educational environment in which courses have specific content, and in which students (and faculty) must learn the interfaces that enable them to access and engage the content, how might one move from more work for teachers and learners to a different kind of teaching and learning? Are there particular ways to weave technology and content together to move from an additive model to an integrated one that helps learners become …


Learning Style And The Information Search Process, Mary Jane Rootes Sep 2009

Learning Style And The Information Search Process, Mary Jane Rootes

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Dr. Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process theory (ISP) asserts that there are six stages within the quest for information: initiation, selection, exploration, formulation and collection. A successful search for information will entail each of these stages. In each of these stages, a person experiences thoughts, feelings and actions unique to the stage. Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory asserts that those with different predominant learning styles will experience thoughts, feelings and perceptions differently. If this is correct, it would follow that students with different predominant learning styles will experience the thoughts, feelings and actions within each of these stages differently. It is the …


Neither Here Nor There: Locating Information Literacy In The Library And Writing Center, Caleb Puckett Sep 2009

Neither Here Nor There: Locating Information Literacy In The Library And Writing Center, Caleb Puckett

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Communication Renaissance: Environmental Scanning And Futuring In The Composition Classroom, David Bailey Sep 2009

Communication Renaissance: Environmental Scanning And Futuring In The Composition Classroom, David Bailey

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

The world of research will soon experience a cataclysmic shift. As newspapers and more traditional venues of scholarly communication fold from pressure created by online news sources, Really Simple Syndication feeds, and news aggregates, the Composition classroom must aim ahead of the curve and teach students the essential skill of Environmental Scanning and Futuring. Environmental Scanning and Futuring are cooperative disciplines that seek to highlight trends and patterns within specific fields and disciplines using the plethora of data available on the World Wide Web. What makes these methods so useful in the face of the Communication Renaissance is their focus …


Connecting The Dots, A Yearlong Lesson In Learning: Using Online Instruction To Connect Student Information Literacy Skills With Those Required To Complete Assignments., Steve Borrelli Sep 2009

Connecting The Dots, A Yearlong Lesson In Learning: Using Online Instruction To Connect Student Information Literacy Skills With Those Required To Complete Assignments., Steve Borrelli

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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What Can A Wiki Do? Exploring History, Identity And Literacy In A Digital World, John Vanecek Sep 2009

What Can A Wiki Do? Exploring History, Identity And Literacy In A Digital World, John Vanecek

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Does Gender Impact On Career Progression In The Garda Síochána?, Goretti Sheridan Sep 2009

Does Gender Impact On Career Progression In The Garda Síochána?, Goretti Sheridan

Dissertations

Little is generally known about the factors affecting the managerial advancement of women in police forces internationally. There is a dearth of research on women and policing in the Garda Síochána. Women are 50 years in policing in Ireland and would appear to have been totally restricted in their progression up until the last decade. The principle aim of this study is concerned with exploring the research question ‘Does Gender Impact on Career Progression in the Garda Síochána?’ It concentrates solely on policewomen. A comprehensive analysis of national and international literature is summarised in a literature review. An extensive examination …


Migrant-Led Organisations And Their Communities: Participation, Shirine Beausang Sep 2009

Migrant-Led Organisations And Their Communities: Participation, Shirine Beausang

Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to examine the processes of participation of migrant-led organisations and migrant communities in the Irish ‘intercultural’ sector, and also the broader third sector. The rational behind this research is to gain an understanding of the types and levels of participation in order to ascertain if inequities exist between the involvement of migrant communities and indigenous Irish people. Participation is assessed in relation to the emergence of barriers to participation, and how involvement is supported and facilitated by the organisations and the intercultural sector in general. This qualitative research utilises a critical ethnography, which integrates …


The Beacon - Vol 8 No. 2 - September 25, 2009, Merrimack College Sep 2009

The Beacon - Vol 8 No. 2 - September 25, 2009, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 8, Number 2 - September 25, 2009. 12 pages


Introduction Of President David Roe, Delivered At The Central College Heritage Day Luncheon On September 25, 2009, Arend D. Lubbers Sep 2009

Introduction Of President David Roe, Delivered At The Central College Heritage Day Luncheon On September 25, 2009, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Introduction of President David Roe, delivered at the Central College Heritage Day Luncheon on September 25, 2009 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Cedarville Vs. Indiana Wesleyan, Cedarville University Sep 2009

Cedarville Vs. Indiana Wesleyan, Cedarville University

Volleyball Statistics

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Cedarville Vs. Saint Francis, Cedarville University Sep 2009

Cedarville Vs. Saint Francis, Cedarville University

Volleyball Statistics

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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2009

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Was Financial Market Contagion The Source Of Economic Crisis In Asia? Evidence Using A Multivariate Var Model, Ahmed Khalid, Masahiro Kawai Sep 2009

Was Financial Market Contagion The Source Of Economic Crisis In Asia? Evidence Using A Multivariate Var Model, Ahmed Khalid, Masahiro Kawai

Ahmed Khalid

The episodes of financial crises in many parts of the world during the 1990s have sparked interest in identifying channels through which such crises spread from one country to another. Researchers have identified several factors that may have sparked and induced contagion. This study further extends the existing research by identifying and testing three financial market variables to trace the alleged origin and the subsequent path of the contagion during the 1997 Asian Crisis. Foreign exchange rates, stock market prices and interest rates are three main financial market indicators, representing the currency, stock and money markets, respectively. We use a …