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A Course of Our Own: Taking an Information Literacy Credit Course from Inception to Reality

Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2017
Since 2009 librarians at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia have been teaching a fully weighted (half-unit/three credit) course in information literacy (IL), LIBR2100: Introduction to Research in the Information Age.
Meg Raven, Denyse Rodrigues
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Disinformation and critical information literacy

The International Review of Information Ethics
Scientific community has been striving to comprehend the multifaceted phenomenon of disinformation, including strategies to resist and counteract it. One approach is fostering critical information literacy. However, it's uncertain if this correlation holds true in scientific communication. This study employs bibliometric analysis to assess the presence
Lucas George Wendt, Jussara Borges, Ana Cristina Costa   +2 more
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Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick, Cheick O. Soumah, Malé Doré, Oumar Mara, Desiré Neldje, Fodé A. Cissé, Toure M. Lamine, Aminata Diallo, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Alexander J. X. Chen, Alice Liu, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Farrah J. Mateen, The Guinea Epilepsy Project   +14 more
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Synergistic literacies: Fostering critical and technological literacies in teaching legal research methods at the University of Waikato [PDF]

, 2002
Nowadays, new law courses are not approved unless both the "needs analysis" is convincing and the "consumer demand" is certain. Needs and demands today are driven by new pressures for technological literacy accelerated by globalisation and the current ...
Havemann, Paul, Mackinnon, Jacquelin
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Multi-lingual and multi-cultural information literacy; perspectives, models and good practice [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose This paper reviews current approaches to, and good practice, in information literacy development in multi-lingual and multi-cultural settings, with particular emphasis on provision for international students.
Anderson L., Badke W., Bent M., Bloom B., Bruce C., Cruz A., Dorner D.G., Dragovic N., Helsper E.J., Hofstede G., House R.J., Hughes H., Hughes H.E., Ishimura Y., Jacobson T.E., Jones M., Lewis R.D., Mackey T.P., Markey K., Martin J., Montiel-Overall P., Morrissey R., Naghshineh N., Oguz E.S., Peters J., Sylvain M.C., Trompenaars K.   +26 more
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Health Literacy in the Everyday Lives of Older Adults in Greece, Hungary, and the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2020
Health literacy (HL) encompasses someone’s knowledge and abilities to access and use health information in order to make appropriate health decisions in life. HL is particularly valuable in later life when health challenges grow.
Csizmadia, Peter, Dalma, Archontoula, De Winter, Andrea, De Wit, Liesbeth, Karnaki, Pania, Meijering, Louise, Salter, Charlotte   +6 more
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Reimagining Critical Information Literacy as Creative Resistance

Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
Drawing on the work of critical pedagogy scholars Paula Allman and Henry Giroux, this paper argues that reimagining information literacy as a critical epistemology requires a theory of learning capable of countering both the economic rationality and ...
Kyle Feenstra
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Remote Monitoring in Myasthenia Gravis: Exploring Symptom Variability

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness and potential life‐threatening crises. While continuous specialized care is essential, access barriers often delay timely interventions. To address this, we developed MyaLink, a telemedical platform for MG patients.
Maike Stein, Maximilian Mönch, Meret Herdick, Frauke Stascheit, Sarah Hoffmann, Hannah Preßler, Philipp Mergenthaler, Carla Dusemund, Paolo Doksani, Haoqi Sun, Pushpa Narayanaswami, Andreas Meisel, Lea Gerischer, Sophie Lehnerer   +13 more
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Undergraduate Education Abroad in Community Settings: Pedagogical Opportunities for Librarians [PDF]

, 2019
As undergraduate possibilities for study and service abroad increase and develop strategically to address local community needs in settings in the Global South, there is greater opportunity for academic librarians to contribute expertise in supporting ...
Kutner, Laurie
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Assessing the Potential for Critical Thinking Instruction in Information Literacy Online Learning Objects Using Best Practices

Communications in Information Literacy, 2020
Critical thinking, while often used as a mere buzzword, is clearly relevant to the mission and expertise of librarians who teach. Even in online information literacy instruction, critical thinking remains an important goal.
Mandi Goodsett
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