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Fighting Fake News-International Fact-Checking Day on the Horizon
http://www.factcheckingday.com/ Many of us in AISL have shared our lessons and experiences about how we are addressing research and information literacy in the face of the fake news media buzz. I wanted to revisit the topic again because of the … Continue reading
With a Little Help from My Friends
The start of the new calendar year has been hectic indeed. Our amazing assistant librarian is off on maternity leave, and while a former student library proctor turned library school graduate student is now interning with us, we just don’t … Continue reading
Librarians Being Proactive in “Post-truth” World
Additional contributers Cathy Rettberg and Erinn Salge “Child Trafficking Ring Tied to Hillary Clinton Campaign”* “Russians Hacked Democratic National Committee Emails to Lead Voters To Trump”** “Miracle Herbal Remedy to Cure Cancer”*** So many of our news stories sound like … Continue reading
Twitter, Blogs and Credibility: How Are You Teaching It?
I admit, there are times when I am standing in front (or at the back) of a classroom and I mention the name of a database that I don’t wonder if 20 pairs of eyes glaze over just a little … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, blogs, credibility, information literacy, twitter, twitter credibility
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An Answer to David Wee’s “I Have No Idea What I Am Doing…”
By CD McLean (Berkeley Preparatory School) Background: This post is my first in a couple of years. They don’t have a login for me yet, so the top bit says Christina, but don’t blame her if you disagree with anything … Continue reading
Plagiarism in a Digital Age
On October 29th, the New York Times published an article by Lionel Anderson and Katherine Schulten entitled Understanding Plagiarism in a Digital Age. If you haven’t read it yet, please, leave this blog post right now and take a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, information literacy, intellectual property, plagiarism
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How Do You Throw Like a Girl?
This summer our history department chair shared a collaborative document of resources for teaching Social Justice and Multicultural Understanding. I was immediately drawn to the link for Spike Lee’s short documentary, Throw Like a Girl about Mo’Ne Davis. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, collaboration, curriculum, gender, information literacy, reading, Research
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Library & Capstone, like PB&J
The Capstone Project, loosely defined as an independent project, typically completed during junior or senior year, allowing a student to complete an in depth study or exploration of something that is meaningful to them that either isn’t included in the … Continue reading
Libguide Love
If you are already using Libguides (per Springshare, pronouned lib (as in bib)-guides), then you know how helpful they are in streamlining the research process and integrating information literacy instruction. I find them particularly helpful in shepherding students towards the … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, information literacy, libguides, Research, springshare
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