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Harold A. Linstone. 1994.
Linstone informs
readers about new ways of critical thinking in the technologically dominated
Information Age. The author codifies a multi-perspective approach with
an analysis of the Exxon Valdez oil spill as an example of managing
hazardous technology, then applies it to balances between the short-term
and long-term concerns, and individual and societal responsibilities.
(available via Link+) Robert
Reich. 1992.
A good book
on the globalization of markets. It highlights three types of new economy
workers: routine producers, in-person servers, and symbolic analysts.
Reich believes that the symbolic analysts, who "solve, identify,
and broker problems by manipulating symbols," will dominate the
Information Age. Those who have no knowledge to sell, who are engaged
in routine jobs in factories or in-person servers such as waiters and
cashiers will be left behind.
Frank Webster, Editor.
(2001).
This Routledge
publication addresses important theoretical debates on issues such as
digital democracy, cultural politics and transnational communities.
Contributing authors provide diverse international perspectives. The
book combines cutting edge research on new social movements with the
latest theoretical material.
This book,
written by a computer scientist, doesn't dismiss the importance of technology
by any means but analyzes the problem of information poverty on many
levels. Wresch demonstrates that there's a lot more to information and
participation than having a radio or being online. William Wresch probes
the roots of the problems and the obstructions to information flow,
as well as potential solutions and reasons for hope.
An easy to
read guide that attends to basic skills, thinking and decision-making,
creativity enhancement, innovation and risk taking, computer literacy,
subject matter literacy, learning how to learn, and securement of on-the-job
help. Goad discusses an unusual but highly relevant topic: how do we
place work into the framework of our lives, and how can information
literacy help?
edited by D.W. Farmer and
Terrence F. Mech (1992).
An overview
from the perspectives of librarians, faculty, academic administrators
and higher education officials.
by Patricia Iannuzzi, Charles
T. Mangrum II and Stephen S. Strichart (1999).
This book
has reproducible activities (for schools and higher education) to help
students develop information literacy skills.
edited by
John T. Barber and Alice A.Tait (2001).
U.S. Dept. of Commerce,
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (1999).
This online publication
provides the resent results of a government study of the digital divide.
Full Text Online
Assessing
Information Literacy Skills in the California State University: A Progress
Report.,
By: Dunn, Kathleen, Journal
of Academic Librarianship, 2002, Vol. 28, Issue 1/2
Provides an overview of how
the CSU system is addressing information literacy on each campus.
eBlack
Studies: A Twenty-First-Century Challenge.
Alkalimat, Abdul. published
in Souls v2 n3 p69-76 Sum 2000 (html version available from (http://social-sciences.uchicago.edu/ucrpc/Events/eblack.htm)
Calls for the transformation
of black studies that moves from ideology to information. Argues that
eBlack, the virtualization of the black experience, is the basis for
the next stage of this academic discipline. Presents three theoretical
principles of eBlack studies (cyberdemocracy, collective intelligence,
and information freedom); describes five institutions' experiments with
eBlack studies; and offers a strategy for eBlack studies.
Information
Literacy as a Liberal Art Enlightenment proposals for a new curriculum,
by Jeremy J. Shapiro and
Shelley K. Hughes EDUCOM REVIEW
Volume 31, Number 2, 1996.
If a more comprehensive definition
of information literacy is useful, Jeremy J. Shapiro and Shelley K.
Hughes provide a detailed definition of information literacy in their
article.
Racial
Differences in the Academic Library Experiences of Undergraduates.
Whitmire, Ethelene. Journal
of Academic Librarianship v25 n1 p33-37 Jan 1999.
Discusses the use of the
College Student Experiences questionnaire (CSEQ) as an effective instrument
to measure differences in the academic library experiences of two different
racial groups. Results of a study indicate that African-American undergraduate
students used the academic library services more frequently than did
white students.
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African
American Studies (Denison University)
The Andrew C. Mellon Integrating
Information Literacy into the Liberal Arts Curriculum grant has collected
discipline specific resources to provide inspiration and concrete examples
to teaching faculty and librarians interested in integrating information
literacy into their curriculum.
CSU
Information Competence Initiative (CSU)
This page provides links
and information about information literacy at the CSU. Includes recent
projects, links to grant information and more.
Information
Literacy in a Nutshell: Basic Information for Academic Administrators
and Faculty (American Library Association)
A brief guide introducing
the concept of information literacy and model information literacy programs
designed specifically for academic administrators and faculty prepared
by Thomas G. Kirk, Jr.
Welcome
to Information Literacy (CSULB)
A PowerPoint slide show,
best practices for creating effective library assignments, and information
literacy: a selective annotated webliography are available at this website
created by Tiffini Travis and Eileen Wakiji.
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