Apr 5, 2012 | 4/6/2012 (1520-1635), Learning & Users
As discovery systems take the Library world by storm, there is a new opportunity for user-centred information literacy programs to emerge. As library search gets easier and varied platforms become unified, the focus of information literacy on search rules and platform...
Apr 4, 2012 | 4/6/2012 (1330-1505), Learning & Users
New generation users are adept at locating scholarly articles, thanks to information literacy sessions and tools like Google Scholar, but are they able to interpret and use the information they find? This question has been percolating in the literature and in practice...
Apr 4, 2012 | 4/6/2012 (1330-1505), Learning & Users
Nowadays, traditional lecture type of library instruction may work only to few audiences. Students exhibit various learning styles and along with this, instruction librarians are also faced with users of new generations. Users who are capable of multitasking,...
Apr 4, 2012 | 4/6/2012 (1330-1505), Learning & Users
This paper examines the ways in which Thai undergraduate students in Chulalongkorn University find, evaluate, manage, and apply the needed information for doing their course-related assignments and everyday life research. The information literacy behavior studied...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Learning & Users
The practice of active learning in library instructions can be traced back to the 90s and is seen to have exponentially expanded with the rapid advancement of technology. As opposed to the traditional lecture-based bibliographic instructions, engaging students in the...