Document Type
Breakout Session
Publication Date
11-2010
Abstract
Librarians at North Carolina State University have developed useful techniques for enhancing information literacy instruction through the systematic incorporation of concepts pertaining to scholarly communication and the economics surrounding information. This presentation describes ways to leveraging such concepts as the Deep Web, Google Scholar, the nature of scholarly communication, and the inflated costs of journal subscriptions to contextualize hands-on instruction in the use of library resources. Assessment data from open-ended quizzes and surveys positively reflects students’ attitudes towards this instruction and exposes the impact of such instruction on student understanding about how research is made available on the Web.
Recommended Citation
Warren, Scott and Duckett, Kim, ""Why Does Google Scholar Sometimes Ask for Money?" Leveraging the Economics of Information and Scholarly Communication Processes to Enrich Instruction" (2010). LOEX Conference Proceedings 2008. 1.
https://commons.emich.edu/loexconf2008/1