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Title Information literacy : developing students as independent learners / D.W. Farmer, Terrence F. Mech, editors.

Imprint San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c1992.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  378.007 N42  no.78    ---  Available
Description 130 p. ; 23 cm.
Series New directions for higher education, 0271-0560 ; no. 78, summer 1992
Paperback Sourcebooks in the Jossey-Bass higher education series
New directions for higher education ; no. 78.
Jossey-Bass higher education series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Education for the information age / Patricia Senn Breivik -- Information literacy and accreditation : a Middle States Association perspective / Howard L. Simmons -- Linking undergraduate education and libraries : Minnesota's approach / Linda Bunnell Jones -- An academician's journey into information literacy / Lois M. Stanford -- Natural partners : resource-based and integrative learning / John R. Porter -- Teaching resource-based learning and diversity / Kelley Emmons McHenry, J.T. Stewart, Jennifer L. Wu.
Information literacy and a college library : a continuing experiment / Judith Tierney -- Information literacy at universities : challenges and solutions / Marvin E. Wiggins -- Expository writing and information literacy : a pilot project / Marianne I. Gaunt, Stan Nash -- The electronic library and literacy / Jan Kennedy Olsen -- Information literacy : overcoming barriers to implementation / D.W. Farmer -- Transforming campus culture through resource-based learning / James L. Pence.
Summary Fundamental attitudinal and behavioral changes must occur among faculty, librarians, and students alike before colleges can implement effective information literacy programs. Successful change will require acknowledgment of barriers, collaborative effort, and establishment of a learning community for an information-rich environment.
Form Also issued online.
Subject Information technology -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Information services -- United States -- User education.
Library orientation -- United States.
Added Author Farmer, D. W.
Mech, Terrence.
Other Form: Online version: Information literacy. San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c1992 (OCoLC)692522275
ISBN 1555427545
9781555427542

 
    
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