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Information Literacy in the Sciences: Faculty Perception of Undergraduate Student Skill

Author(s) -

Heather Marina Perry

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

college and research libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 2150-6701

pISSN - 0010-0870

DOI - 10.5860/crl.78.7.964

Subject(s) - information literacy , perception , publishing , medical education , information seeking , psychology , higher education , information science , mathematics education , pedagogy , library science , computer science , political science , medicine , neuroscience , law

Academic librarians need reliable information on the needs of faculty teaching undergraduates about seeking and using information. This study describes information gathered from semistructured interviews of teaching faculty in the sciences from several Boston-area colleges. The interview results provided insight into science faculty attitudes toward student research skill and ability. Faculty articulated what they wanted from students seeking research articles, including finding where the gaps were. They described their concerns about threats to research integrity including conflicts of interest and Open Access publishing. Study results will prove useful for librarians trying to better serve the needs of their science faculty.

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