Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
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Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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What Matters to Academic-Library Directors? Information Literacy | Wired Campus - Blogs - The CHE

What Matters to Academic-Library Directors? Information Literacy | Wired Campus - Blogs - The CHE | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Whether they work at a big research university, a small four-year college, or something in between, academic-library directors share a “resounding dedication” to teaching information literacy to undergraduates. Beyond that, the priorities they set for their libraries depend on the size and nature of their institutions and how many (or few) resources they have to work with.

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Survey of university libraries finds diversity developing by institutional type | Inside Higher Ed

Survey of university libraries finds diversity developing by institutional type | Inside Higher Ed | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Library directors and administrators at all types of colleges and universities agree their libraries should teach undergraduates research skills and information literacy, but the Ithaka S+R Library Survey 2013 also suggests libraries are increasingly tailoring their services to address institutional needs.

Ithaka, a nonprofit research organization that promotes innovative forms of teaching and scholarly communication, previously surveyed library directors in 2010. That survey captured libraries in the middle of a difficult transition from print to electronic resources. Based on the responses of 499 institutions in the fall 2013 survey, that shift has been, “from a budget allocation perspective, nearly completed.”

 
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