Transcript Michelle Toth Instruction Librarian & LIB Course Coordinator Feinberg Library SUNY Plattsburgh [email protected] The changing face of Information Literacy Do you have an app for that?

Michelle Toth
Instruction Librarian
&
LIB Course Coordinator
Feinberg Library
SUNY Plattsburgh
[email protected]
The changing face of
Information Literacy
Do you have an app for that?
Information literacy
What users need to know
• Intellectual Property, especially copyright
• Evaluation of information sources
• Privacy and security of their information
Of course I can use it,
its free on the web.
•Copy and Paste
• Citations
•Fair Use
http://commons.wikimedia
.org/wiki/File:Copyroger.svg.png
•Downloading
Of course it is good information.
All opinions are equal aren’t they?
•“Everyone is entitled to his own
opinion, but not his own facts.”
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/
22/prosper-and-lending-club-advicefor-new-lenders/
How did you know that
today is my birthday?
• Privacy settings
• What to share, and not
• GPS
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My challenge to you • Think about how you inform and educate your
users in these three areas:
▫ Intellectual property
▫ Evaluation of information
▫ Privacy of information
• Come up with at least one new idea to help your
users understand some aspect of these concepts.
Information Literacy
Challenges Librarians Face
• Keeping up with technology
• Multiple formats/access points/tools
What do you mean I have
to upgrade again?
• Library Tech
• Web 2.0
• Mobile Devices
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/08/23/2010-0823_cashstrapped_philly_bloggers_must_pay_for_business_li
cense.html
• Communication
Do you want to start with the Catalog,
WorldCat, Google Books or Amazon?
• Catalog vs. Google Books
• E-Collections
• E-Readers
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oc
t07/NoMoreCards.ws.html
Some things stay the same
• It still comes down to
being a critical thinker
and critical user of
information.
My Challenge to you • Take a colleague for lunch/coffee and have a
conversation about an information literacy topic.
Or
• Find and learn one new technology that will
contribute to your information literacy
instructional efforts.
Thank you for your time today.
Any questions or comments?