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View article: Asking the Right Questions: Bridging Gaps BetweenInformation Literacy Assessment Approaches
Asking the Right Questions: Bridging Gaps BetweenInformation Literacy Assessment Approaches Open
A large volume of research on information literacy assessment has measured students' skills and competencies against librarians' expectations.Far fewer studies have reported on the holistic experiences of students with finding, using, and …
View article: Across the great divide: How today's college students engage with news
Across the great divide: How today's college students engage with news Open
This paper reports results from a mixed-methods study about how college students engage with news when questions of credibility and “fake news” abound in the U.S. Findings are based on 5,844 online survey responses, one open-ended survey q…
View article: Why blogs endure: A study of recent college graduates and motivations for blog readership
Why blogs endure: A study of recent college graduates and motivations for blog readership Open
This paper reports the results from a mixed methods study of recent college graduates who were asked if and why they used blogs as sources for continued learning purposes. Findings are based on 1,651 online survey responses and 63 follow-u…
View article: Posing the million dollar question:
Posing the million dollar question: Open
This paper reflects on the increase of information literacy research about the workplace and lifelong learning during the past 10 years. Librarians have long held that lifelong learning is the goal of information literacy instruction and t…
View article: "What Today's University Students Have Taught Us”
"What Today's University Students Have Taught Us” Open
Today, more students in the US are attending university than ever before. An unprecedented number of these students were born digital—meaning digital technologies have been a constant feature in their lives. For these young adults, informa…
View article: Project Information Literacy Survey Dataset: Lifelong Learning Study
Project Information Literacy Survey Dataset: Lifelong Learning Study Open
The survey dataset is from a research report about the information-seeking behavior of relatively recent college graduates used for lifelong learning in personal life, the workplace, and the local communities where they lived. Included are…
View article: Lifelong learning in the digital age: A content analysis of recent research on participation
Lifelong learning in the digital age: A content analysis of recent research on participation Open
This paper presents results from a cross-disciplinary content analysis of 185 recent research articles, published between 2008 and 2013. These papers examined factors affecting adult participation in lifelong learning, based on the availab…