Thursday, November 14, 2024

New articles: Dictionary literacy; enhancing student information literacy; IL and project work

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Bothma, T.J.D. and Fourie, I. (2024). Contextualised dictionary literacy, information literacy and information behaviour in the e-environment. Library Management, [early online publication] https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-08-2023-0082
Basing their discussion on a scoping review of the literature, the authors focus on "the importance of e-dictionaries, the meanings of information literacy and dictionary literacy, the complexity of e-dictionary literacy, the recognition of the importance of context in using dictionaries from an information behaviour perspective, examples of the use of dictionaries, and taking into account both the context of the user and the context in which the specific word or phrase occurs in a text, as well as the skills needed" 

Prabowo, T.T., Sitthiworachart, J., Hong, J.C. and Joy, M. (2024). Problem-based learning with library e-resources to enhance student information literacy self-efficacy. Library Management, 45(8/9), 564-580. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-07-2023-0061
They investigated "the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in information literacy curricula using library e-resources to enhance information literacy self-efficacy (ILSE) of students in two universities in Indonesia, in Java Island (University A) and Sumatra Island (University B)" through pre and post tests. "The results show that the treatment enhanced ILSE effectively. After the treatment, University A students [who had received the teaching] performed better than those at University B [who hadn't received the teaching]." 

Albarracin Aparicio, R. A., & Boitano Montaño, S. D. (2024). Alfabetización informacional y calidad de proyectos de investigación en Escuela ISIL (Lima, Perú). Investigación Bibliotecológica: Archivonomía, bibliotecología E información, 38(101), 73–90. https://doi.org/10.22201/iibi.24488321xe.2024.101.58883 (Spanish language)
This was a quasi experimental study that aimed to show the impact of information literacy education on the quality of project work, undertaken in Peru
Photo by Sheila Webber: autumn leaves on cars, 3, November 2024

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