STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION
LITERACY PROMOTING IN
SECONDARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS
Lenuța URSACHI
Elena SCUTELNICU
Mioara VONCILĂ
Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
47 Domneasca St, 800008-Galati, RO
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +40 336 130 134
URL: http://www.ugal.ro
Fax: +40 236 461 353
http://www.lib.ugal.ro
CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
RESEARCH PROCESS
Defining Phase
Investigation Phase
Project Developing Phase
Dissemination Phase
CONCLUSIONS
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INTRODUCTION
Information literacy:
recognize the need of information
locate and evaluate the information sources
use efficiently and effectively the information
Source: American Library Association
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INTRODUCTION
Develop a research project:
 get definitions about the topic
 learn about types and formats of information sources
 locate, select, organize and evaluate critically
 use efficienty and effectively retrieved information
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RESEARCH PROCESS
A deep research means:
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Defining
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Investigating
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Developing
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Sharing
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Defining Phase
GOALS:
- get an overview on the topic analyzed
- be able to develop a project
ACTIVITIES:
- Concept
- Research questions
- Keywords
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Defining Phase
Project requirements:
What is the topic about?
What is already known?
Which is the format?
Which is the deadline?
Which is the audience?
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Defining Phase
CONCEPT
Use reference materials
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Discuss with a specialist
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Defining Phase
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
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Secondary questions:
Main question:
brainstorming
comprehensive
not a fact
answerable
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narrow or broad
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Defining Phase
KEYWORDS
essential concepts
broader terms (discipline or subject)
related terms (synonyms/other)
narrower terms (cases/events)
controlled vocabularies/databases
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
GOAL:
organize a flexible search plan
ACTIVITIES:
information sources
search strategy
locating, collecting and organizing
critical evaluating
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
INFORMATION SOURCES
TYPES:
fiction/non-fiction
printed/media
books/journals
popular/scientific/commercial
primary/secondary/tertiary
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FORMATS:
printed/digital
video/sound recordings
multimedia
microformats
human
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
INFORMATION SOURCES
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Almanacs
Atlases
Reference materials
Interviews
Video/sound recordings
Audiovisual materials
Online databases
Internet
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
INFORMATION SEARCH STRATEGY
TRADITIONAL
Library
Other forms
Letters
Interviews
Library catalogs
Information tools
Interlibrary loan
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
INFORMATION SEARCH STRATEGY
Online catalogs
(library/database)
ELECTRONIC
Search engines
Simple search &
Advanced search
boolean operators
truncation
wildcard
nesting
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directories
metasearch engines
portals
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
LOCATING, COLLECTING & ORGANIZING
shelf quote / web address
gather, screen, keep & save
arrange according the questions plan
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
CRITICAL EVALUATION
RELIABILITY
certain
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UTILITY
complete
coherent
professionist
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ACCURITY
clear
clues to biases
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Investigation Phase
CRITICAL WEBSITE EVALUATION
AUTHORITY
info type, responsibility, credibility
UP-TO-DATE
launching date, up-to-date level
QUALITY
clear, attractive, accessible, grammar
free, fee-based, register
ACCESSIBILITY
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
GOAL
processing the research results
ACTIVITIES
answers to research questions
citing sources used
title & bibliography
revising & checking
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
ANSWERS
Own words
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Information founded
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
CITATION
YES
NO
somebody's idea
not a general fact
informational note
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well-known fact
statistical data
easy-to-find data
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
CITATION
Footnote
Endnote
Parenthetical paranthesis
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
CITATION - How to
Printed books
author, title, city, publisher, year
Chapter in printed book
chapter author & title, book title, city,
publisher, year, chapter pages
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
CITATION - How to
Printed article
article author & title, journal title, volume, year,
issue number, pages
Electronic article
author, title, version, citation date, web address
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
CITATION - How to
Electronic book
author, title, version, city, publisher, year,
citation date, web address
Website
website title, version, citation date, web address
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
TITLE & BIBLIOGRAPHY
TITLE
according to
the studied topic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
alphabetical list
printed & online sources
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Developing Phase
REVISING & CHECKING
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research requirements
ideas logical order & coherency
eliminate/add ideas
revise & improve sentences
citation & format
title & bibliography
spelling grammar & punctuation
professional opinion
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Dissemination Phase
GOAL:
make the information available to the public
ACTIVITIES:
publishing & presentation
reflection on results
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Dissemination Phase
PUBLISHING & PRESENTATION
PUBLISHING
PRESENTATION
journals, books, presentations
practice the speech
conferences, workshops...
clear, loud, never read
look & thank to audience
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RESEARCH PROCESS: Dissemination Phase
REFLECTION
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Strengths
Weakness
Opportunities
Threats
Challenges
Risks
Expectations
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CONCLUSIONS
INFORMATION LITERACY
 Education process impact
 Independent learning role
 Useful & necessary tool for education
 Earliest education level curricula
 Lifelong learning essential skill
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References
REFERENCES
European Commission – Education and Traning. Available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/guide/valor/what.en.html
Humes, Barbara. Understanding Information Literacy. Available at:
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/infolit.html
Information Literacy. Available at:
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy
Information Literacy Tutorial. Available at:
http://collaborations.denison.edu/ohio5/infolit
Learn Information Literacy Initiative. Available at:
http://www2.tafe.sa.edu.au/lili/
The Research Process : a step-by-step tutorial from the Oregon School
Library Information System. Available at:
http://www.oslis.org/front-page
Teaching for Information Literacy. Available at:
http://h226.lskysd.ca/pd/
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Lenuţa URSACHI
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos” din Galaţi
Tel: 0336 130 134
Fax: 0236 461 353
e-mail: [email protected]
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