Factors Influencing Information Literacy Competency of College Students     

Scott Lanning  Jill Mallek 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2017,43(5):443-450

This paper analyzes multiple factors from current university students' high school experiences, including demographic, educational, and economic factors, and current standing and grade point average (GPA), to evaluate the students' information literacy skills associated with a 1000 level course on information literacy which is part of the university's general education requirement. The pre-test indicates that students lack sufficient skills needed to do college-level research. Results of regression analyses demonstrate that only current university GPA and standardized test scores have any influence on information literacy test scores.  相似文献   

Addressing the challenges of critical communication pedagogy scholarship: moving toward an applied agenda     

David H. Kahl Jr. 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2017,45(1):116-120

Critical communication pedagogy (CCP) scholarship is a relatively new and important area of research that evaluates how language is used to both empower and marginalize. It faces challenges in terms of recognition and publication outlets. In this essay, I argue that scholars face obstacles when attempting to publish pedagogical work that is critical in nature. I make the case that a major reason that CCP scholarship is not as widely recognized is that it is largely not considered to be applied work. By sharing my experiences, I argue that scholars working in CCP can help to overcome these barriers to recognition and publication by developing an applied language and focus for CCP, demonstrating how CCP can be used to recognize and respond to hegemony in the classroom and in society.  相似文献   

Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Three Southwestern Tribal College and University Library Collections     

Sarah R. Kostelecky  David A. Hurley  Jolene Manus 《资料收集管理》2017,42(3-4):180-195

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At tribal colleges and universities, libraries are challenged to serve Indigenous communities while supporting Western formal education. In this article, we examine three tribal higher education institutions in the southwestern United States: Diné College, the Institute of American Indian Arts, and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. In examining the collections and their use at these libraries, we find multiple strategies to “center” Indigenous knowledge despite most materials being written by and for non-Natives. We hope the strategies present here can inspire people at libraries of all types to consider ways to include the diverse perspectives of their own communities.  相似文献   

Early career researchers: Scholarly behaviour and the prospect of change          下载免费PDF全文

David Nicholas  Anthony Watkinson  Cherifa Boukacem‐Zeghmouri  Blanca Rodríguez‐Bravo  Jie Xu  Abdullah Abrizah  Marzena Świgoń  Eti Herman 《Learned Publishing》2017,30(2):157-166

Early career researchers (ECRs) are of great interest because they are the new (and biggest) wave of researchers. They merit long and detailed investigation, and towards this end, this overarching paper provides a summary of the first‐year findings of a 3‐year, longitudinal study of 116 science and social science ECRs who have published nearly 1,200 papers and come from 7 countries and 81 universities. ECRs were interviewed in their own languages face‐to‐face, by Skype, or telephone. The study focused on the attitudes and behaviours of ECRs with respect to scholarly communications and the extent to which they are adopting new and disruptive technologies, such as social media, online communities, and Open Science. The main findings include: publishing in high‐impact factor journals is the only reputational game in town; online scholarly communities, and ResearchGate in particular, are gaining ground; social media are beginning to have an impact, especially in the dissemination arena; outreach activities have become more important; libraries are becoming increasingly invisible to ECRs; Open Science is not gaining traction; and more transformational ideas are being expressed, especially in the US and UK.  相似文献   

Profitably Bundling Information Goods: Evidence From the Evolving Video Library of Netflix     

R. Scott Hiller 《Journal of Media Economics》2017,30(2):65-81

Using a unique dataset of the Netflix video on demand library, this article measures the characteristics of information goods important when employing a strategic bundling strategy. By matching the titles entering and exiting the library to their relevant properties, I use a characteristic approach to determine when the value to Netflix of adding a title exceeds the licensing fee and when the displacement effect associated with presence in the library dictates that the title will not be offered. Results show that titles of median commercial success are bundled more frequently than the most and least successful, and the number of similar films exiting the library is important to how likely a film is to enter, indicating strategic bundling. These results are generalizable to the streaming video industry and any information goods with rapidly diminishing marginal utility.  相似文献   

The Importance of Effect Size Reporting in Communication Research Reports     

Nicholas David Bowman 《Communication Research Reports》2017,34(3):187-190

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Expelling God from the university     

David French 《Academic Questions》2006,19(3):75-84

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Needs and Results in Virtual Reference Transactions: A Longitudinal Study     

Jaclyn McKewan  Scott S. Richmond 《The Reference Librarian》2017,58(3):179-189

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A Test of Strategies for Enhanced Learning of AP Descriptive Chemistry     

Suhasini Kotcherlakota  David W. Brooks 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2008,17(4):297-304

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Interpersonal behaviour and student outcomes in vocational education classes     

David G. Henderson  Darrell L. Fisher 《Learning Environments Research》2008,11(1):19-29

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