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Case Studies, Cuts, and Critical Information Literacy

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2020
Post-secondary institutions are responding to cuts in government funding by prioritizing skills-building directly related to employment. Conservative governments ignore employers’ call for transferable skills in new graduates, and use funding cuts to ...
Reece Axl Steinberg
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Linking Library to Student Retention: A Statistical Analysis

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2015
Objective - This study analyses both library expenditure and student retention. It seeks to determine if positive correlations found in a former study endure using more recent data or if alternative interpretations can be made.
Sidney Eng, Derek Stadler
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The Information Seeking Behavior of Undergraduate Education Majors: Does Library Instruction Play a Role?

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2008
Objective – This study investigated the information seeking behavior of undergraduate majors to gain a better understanding of where they find their research information (academic vs.
Jason Martin
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Using Assessment Data to Inform Library Instruction for First Year Students

open access: yesCommunications in Information Literacy, 2010
Seeking ways to develop information literacy skills among first year college students, librarians at our institution developed a pilot program to measure the effects of a multiple library instruction session module on students' research skills in the ...
Julie Gilbert
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Organic Learning in Undergraduate Library Instruction

open access: yesInternational Journal of Librarianship, 2019
Organic learning engages undergraduates in discovering new knowledge based on prior learning through variety of guided activities that stimulate inquiry-based learning and critical thinking in the research process.
Kanu A Nagra   +1 more
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Library skill instruction in Nigerian academic libraries.

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Educational Research, 2010
This survey was undertaken to portray the level of library involvement in library skill instruction courses taught in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Survey instrument used involved construction and distribution of questionnaires. These were distributed to professional librarians.
Aziagba, P.C, Uzoezi, E.H
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