What Project Information Literacy can teach us DePaul University Libraries Staff Training July 30 2010

1. Into the wild: undergraduates & research What Project Information Literacy can tell us July 30, 2010

2. Project Information Literacy http://projectinfolit.org/

3. Our mutual friend …the argument paper

4. 87%: NO MENTION …of librarians 6 in 10 handouts recommended going to the shelves Plagiarism… 83% of handouts called for the standard research paper. 14% directed to online databases http://www.flickr.com/photos/amypalko/2376874807/

5. 1. Big Picture 2. Language 4. Information Gathering Results 3. Situational

6. 1. Big Picture Background for defining and selecting a topic http://www.flickr.com/photos/krossbow/3279873902/

7. Figuring out what words & terms associated with a topic might mean 2. Language http://www.flickr.com/photos/markjtaylor/2460099436/

8. Gauging how far to go with research, based on surrounding circumstances 3. Situational http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/2842364522/

9. 4. Information Gathering Finding, accessing, and securing relevant research resources http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpt/4412094585/

10. + But which is which? http://www.flickr.com/photos/khiltscher/3449254253/

11. “I need to find my course readings.” “Maybe I'll look in JSTOR or EBSCO.” “Dear Professor, I have a question.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/2637167476/

12. Figuring out what words & terms associated with a topic might mean 2. Language More than 1.5x more likely to consult librarian http://www.flickr.com/photos/elycefeliz/3199065486/

13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3561662932/ “Few respondents made use of librarians.”

14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayeve/2312167749/ Students Efficiency Librarians Thoroughness http://www.flickr.com/photos/tshirbert/4757849768/

15. consensus brevity currency Students’ Holy Grail

16. Old Faithful? “Almost all respondents relied on the same few information sources.”

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/44951271/ In Google We Trust

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiuser/2520557102/

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3561662932/ “When [other] ways fail, I’ll go bug a librarian. But otherwise it just seems like there are resources to be used, rather than taking up someone’s time.”

20. Overall 60% stated they would get in touch with a person http://www.flickr.com/photos/19779889@N00/3586349766/

21. 1. Big Picture Students majoring in sciences more than 1.5x MORE likely to consult than social science majors “Wikipedia tells me what’s what.”

22. Google, Wikipedia, friends … But also scholarly databases, instructors, library shelves

23. NO YES NO NO NONO NO NO YES NO

24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alykat/175071031/ 4. Information Gathering Finding, accessing, and securing relevant research resources Slightly less than 1.5x MORElikely to consult librarian

25. More respondents in 4 yr institutions reported they were LESS LIKELY to use a librarian than those in 2 year institutions. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3561662932/

26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejosephboys/3872148340/ I was going to mention this earlier.

27. http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/405559786/

28. Source Data “Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content.” International Journal of Communications. July 2010. http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/636/423 "Assigning Inquiry: How Handouts for Research Assignments Guide Today's College Students.“ July 2010. http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_Handout_Study_finalvJuly_2010.pdf “How today’s college students use Wikipedia for course-related research.” First Monday. March 2010. http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2830/2476 “Lessons Learned: How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age.” December 2009. http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_Fall2009_finalv_YR1_12_2009v2.pdf project info lit