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Information Literacy and Employability

, 2016
Information Literacy (IL) and its relationship to third level graduates’ employability has gained more attention in recent years. This article examines how IL has evolved from skills initially associated with academic libraries into a key workplace skill set of the knowledge economy.
O'Keeffe, Colin, Library Association of Ireland, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Ireland)   +2 more
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Teaching information literacy

Journal of New Librarianship, 2020
This column proposes a new approach to teaching information literacy in which librarians work with faculty members to find examples of “fake news” in their discipline.
Megan Benson
doaj   +1 more source

Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling, Hakim Tokhi, Alexander A. Boucher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refreshing Information Literacy: Learning from Recent British Information Literacy Models

Communications in Information Literacy, 2013
Models play an important role in helping practitioners implement and promote information literacy. Over time models can lose relevance with the advances in technology, society, and learning theory. Practitioners and scholars often call for adaptations or
Justine Martin
doaj   +1 more source

(Mis)information, information literacy, and democracy

Journal of Information Literacy, 2021
The current political climate is characterized by an alarming pattern of global democratic regression driven by authoritarian populist leaders who deploy vast misinformation campaigns.
Pascal Lupien, Lorna Rourke
doaj   +1 more source

Information literacy in an era of information uncertainty

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2017
ABSTRACTRecently, in the election that took place in the United States, we have heard a lot about “fake news” and its influence. The discourse regarding “fake news” and “alternative facts” points to the importance of information literacy, a set of skills that enables people to seek, evaluate and use information in an effective way.
Noa Aharony, Louise Limberg, Heidi E. Julien, Kendra S. Albright, Ina Fourie, Jenny Bronstein   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Learner-centred information literacy initiatives in Higher Education. [PDF]

, 2010
Welcome to the first issue of JIL 2010 (Vol.4) which continues the information literacy (IL) debate presented in the 2009 volume of this journal.
Andretta, Susie
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The ILE project: A scalable option for customized information literacy instruction and assessment [PDF]

, 2009
With the vast amount of information available today, information literacy (IL) education is a critical component of undergraduate education necessary to prepare students for tomorrow’s world.
Lara A. Cummings, Cummings, Lara, Steve Borrelli, Corey M. Johnson, Cummings, Lara A., Johnson, Corey, Borrelli, Steve, Johnson, Corey M., Corey Johnson, null null, Lara Cummings   +10 more
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From patient advocacy to patient‐driven research: Building active partnerships beginning at the bench to reach the bedside

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Research is strongest when conducted alongside patients, not just about them. Patient research organizations help integrate patient perspectives into research priorities, study design, and scientific meetings, leading to meaningful patient outcomes and development of relevant therapies.
Jenica H. Kakadia, Rachel Heilmann, Maximiliano Barrientos, Laura MacNeill, Ingrid Vallee, Sarah K. Schultz, Patrick O'Donoghue, Angelica A. Moresco, Victoria M. Siu, Ilka U. Heinemann   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A phenomenographic study of English faculty's conceptions of information literacy [PDF]

, 2007
The purpose of this research is to identify UK English academics' conceptions of information literacy and compare those conceptions with current information literacy standards and ...
Boon, Stuart, Johnston, Bill, Webber, Sheila   +2 more
core   +3 more sources