This article discusses information sources and critical interpretations of Mary Shelley's life and her most important work, Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus. In addition to…
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This article discusses information sources and critical interpretations of Mary Shelley's life and her most important work, Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus. In addition to publishing history and information about revisions, translations, inclusion in collections, and references to possible sources of the story, it will evaluate some biographical material about Mary Shelley and her family, and their influence on her. Finally, various critical approaches, the growth of interest in both the writer and her work, and possible reasons for it will be noted.
Nora Hegarty, Neil Quinlan and Ted Lynch
This article begins with an analysis of the information society, discussing its repercussions and defining the term, information literacy. It also describes the need for, as well…
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This article begins with an analysis of the information society, discussing its repercussions and defining the term, information literacy. It also describes the need for, as well as the creation and development of, an online information literacy tutorial, named Olas at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) Libraries. Olas follows international best practice and its overall framework is based on US, Australian and UK information literacy models, while its learning outcomes follow those produced by both the Council of Australian University Librarians and Peter Godwin, South Bank University, London. Olas aims to introduce basic and advanced concepts of information literacy to the broadest possible range of learners both on‐campus and remotely. Olas is currently being piloted at WIT. Apart from the integrated commercial database products to which access is contractually limited to WIT students and staff, it is freely available from WIT Libraries' Web site. Further development is focused on building an improved version of the course in the WebCT virtual learning environment. The WebCT version will include more richly interactive content, will facilitate credited assessment of WIT‐registered students, and will address outstanding accessibility issues.
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Andrew Cox, Peter Godwin and Robin Yeates
This article is a first attempt to define criteria for choosing electronic journal aggregation services. Cost of the licence, relative to its terms and content are considered to…
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This article is a first attempt to define criteria for choosing electronic journal aggregation services. Cost of the licence, relative to its terms and content are considered to be the key factors. Other factors are considered under the headings of access, features, performance, user interface, administration, company direction. A list of aggregation services is also provided.
Librarians are key players in facilitating student learning in higher education. This has always been true, but recent trends in student behaviour and technological change have…
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Librarians are key players in facilitating student learning in higher education. This has always been true, but recent trends in student behaviour and technological change have made our role even more significant. This is the message of the following papers. The development of mass higher education at the time of an information revolution has made information skills one of the most important of the key skills which all students need to get a good degree and succeed in whatever career path they follow. New electronic developments, especially individual student learning environments, can transform the student experience.
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that Web 2.0 provides an exciting set of tools for librarians to help their students become more information‐literate.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that Web 2.0 provides an exciting set of tools for librarians to help their students become more information‐literate.
Design/methodology/approach
Recently, information overload and Web 2.0 have led librarians to adopt practices labelled as Library 2.0. Information literacy can be the key to affecting the learning attitudes and characteristics adopted by the users, caricatured as the “Web generation”. Web 2.0 tools provide new, interactive ways to engage them. The literature is reviewed to provide examples of librarians using Web 2.0 tools to improve the information literacy of their users.
Findings
Librarians are embracing Web 2.0 as it becomes more mainstream and experimenting with the tools to supplement their information literacy interventions. Many of these are being well received but their quantity and measures of their impact on learning have yet to be assessed.
Originality/value
The link between information literacy and Web 2.0 is novel, encourages constructive learning and enables respected educational methods (e.g. reflection) to be used in different ways.