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Online sources for literacy research: Library/researcher perspective

Online sources for literacy research: Library/researcher perspective. Bertram (Chip) Bruce Library & Information Science U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. How is literacy (research) changing?. What are the new media for literacy? How do people find information?

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Online sources for literacy research: Library/researcher perspective

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  1. Online sources for literacy research:Library/researcher perspective Bertram (Chip) Bruce Library & Information Science U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  2. How is literacy (research) changing? • What are the new media for literacy? • How do people find information? • How are teaching and learningchanging?

  3. 1) A free and simple computer link (Mosaic) Think of it as a map to the buried treasures of the Information Age. / A new software program available free to companies and individuals is helping even novice computer users find their way around the global Internet / … an applications program so different and so obviously useful that it can create a new industry from scratch. Dec. 8, 1993, John Markoff, New York Times

  4. In the future already Science fiction itself has remained the same. We have caught up to it...We are a science-fiction generation. – Ray Bradbury We can’t think far enough ahead anymore. – Ron Shusett

  5. Human-computer interaction(a history)

  6. New digital tools

  7. Computer-mediated work

  8. Ubiquitous computing

  9. web rings video conferencing digital libraries virtual reality the deep web wireless internet radio robot surgery telepresence ubiquitous computing simputer monkey & cursor New media

  10. 2) How do people find information? • go to personal collection • ask colleague • send e-mail • go to web • go to library

  11. Do we need … • Books? Journals? Publishers? • Libraries? Librarians? • Schools? Teachers? • Universities? Professors?

  12. Library technologies • XML metadata and linking standards • Open Archives Initiative (OAI) --metadata harvesting protocols • Digital object identifier (DOI) -- a unique identifier of a piece of digital content; ‘The ISBN for the 21st Century’ --Norman Paskin

  13. Digital library • ‘Digital’, ‘Virtual’, ‘Electronic’ Library as network-based library without regard to place and time • applies to collections and resources • integration of collections and services • standards and protocols • National Science, Math and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL)

  14. Publishing trends • publishers add value to online journal articles • digital version becomes version of record • virtual journals become common • personalized services -- agent technology • new economic and subscription models • article-at-a-time publishing • journal or publisher branding

  15. Academia issues • publishing, e.g., Astronomy Digital Image Library • promotion & tenure • collaboration • teaching • definition of knowledge

  16. 3) How are teaching and learning changing? solve problems => find problems textbook => multiple sources/media follow directions => active learning work alone => collaborate; diverse views cover the curriculum => learn how to learn

  17. A cycle: The Inquiry Page • Resources for inquiry teaching & learning • Support for communities • Tools for everyday problem-solving (personal websites, to-do lists, events calendars, …)

  18. Repository model contribution via web form URL of stored entry database of entries

  19. Stone soup (Robins, 1999)

  20. Collaboratory model

  21. Collaboratory in context

  22. Changing concepts of community

  23. Parkland CC Library

  24. Library a collection organized for use => a system to support community inquiry

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