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Information competence in the freshman seminar.(teaching information literacy )
Abstract
This article describes a collaborative model designed to facilitate integration of information competence into the curriculum of the Freshman Seminar at Sonoma State University. The model focuses on collaboration among librarians, faculty, peer mentors and students.
Introduction
The May/June 2001 issue of Change magazine reported the following statistics regarding college graduates' self-reported information competence:
Roughly two out of three college graduates (63 percent) feel confident in their ability to organize information and communicate its meaning to others. Nearly as many (61 percent) feel confident in ...
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