Category Archives: Information Literacy

Alternative search methods

Posted on May 25, 2008 by karin

The field of information storage and retrieval concentrates heavily on mathematic formulas for ideal retrieval, and while this is really fascinating (and way over my head) I am also interested in new methods that have been developed for information retrieval … Continue reading →

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Does quoting scholarly journals make something less authoritative?

Posted on December 23, 2007 by karin

The title is, of course, supposed to ruffle some feathers. I was reading reviews on the book “Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss” and found this comment: “Fuhrman does cite many scientific journal articles, … Continue reading →

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V for Vendetta, Information Literacy, and the future

Posted on November 30, 2007 by karin

This is also my last assignment of the semester. Woo! The following is a post I made for class (on blackboard, of course, so I can’t link to it here). We were assigned to watch and post about V for … Continue reading →

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Optimizing your YouTube videos (it doesn't have to be underhanded)

Posted on November 25, 2007 by karin

Dan Greenburg, co-founder of a viral video marketing company, shared “The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos” on TechCrunch. His post stirred a lot of controversy and hatred in the comments because of his techniques- he clarified later, saying that … Continue reading →

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Final Literacy diagram

Posted on September 15, 2007 by karin

Well, it’s done. It was due last night, so I had to finish up. It’s waaay simplified. If anyone wants the SVG file to play with it in Inkscape (my new favorite program), let me know. The graphics come from … Continue reading →

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Chart about…. you guessed it! Information literacy.

Posted on September 13, 2007 by karin

I swear I’ll be done with this topic soon! After my last post, in which I theorized the different types of literacy were more alike than not alike, I made a chart (because I misread the assignment- I’m supposed to … Continue reading →

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Do we need so many literacies?

Posted on September 13, 2007 by karin

Thanks to those that commented via email and on the blog to my post yesterday. I think I’m starting to get a clearer idea of what the different literacies may mean- though, of course, they will mean different things to … Continue reading →

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Information, Media, and Digital Literacy

Posted on September 12, 2007 by karin

My brain is spinning now. For another class (Library Use Instruction), I have to evaluate the difference between Information Literacy and Media Literacy. In my searches on Media literacy, I have found that it is used interchangeably sometimes with Digital … Continue reading →

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