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Information literacy in sociology at UCLA.(University of California Los Angeles)
Abstract
The challenges of implementing an Information Literacy (IL) program at a major research institution can be daunting. Librarians at UCLA have begun by collaborating with senior faculty in the sociology department to develop a sequential, three-tiered curriculum-integrated program through which students learn increasingly advanced IL skills as they progress through their undergraduate career.
"For water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow." Plutarch: Of the Training of Children.
Genesis
In 1994 the University of California Berkeley conducted a study of the information literacy (IL) competencies of 255 students ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Information literacy in sociology at UCLA.(University of California...