Posted in Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Library Instruction on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When talking about ethics of information, my colleague Ken Fujiuchi (See post below) reminded me of an interesting example to use when discussing the dangers of digitization: “The Case of the Disappearing Article.” (Library Journal, 4/15/2004)
On the flip side of the “missing article”, we have the fraudulent articles by journalist Stephen Glass (see “Shattered [...]
Posted in Creativity in Libraries, Critical Thinking, Library Instruction on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
via ACRLog
I was a bit surprised by the numbers, but I am also aware that these are stats form 2006. Call me a pessimist, but I don’t think the numbers may have changed in the past two years. Here is an excerpt from the ACRLog introduction:
For all the time this profession has put into promoting [...]
Posted in Critical Thinking, Library Instruction on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[via Library Journal "BackTalk: The Case of the Disappearing Article"]
I often use this example in my library class to show how even a print publication can often “lose” information in the digital age. The Library Journal article talks about a March 2, 1998 TIME magazine issue where an an article written by George Bush [...]
Posted in Creativity in Libraries, Critical Thinking, Library Instruction, tagged Library Instruction on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m currently in the process of using a letter writing assignment for my Lib300/Advanced Research course. We’ve started out by studying a controversial article and the letters to the editor written in response to this article. One particularly good article to evaluate, “Is Google making us Stupid,” can be found in The Atlantic (July/August 2008), [...]
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