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From Miller-McCune: New research finds we’re more likely to believe a piece of false information conveyed in a television drama after two weeks have passed. [Clip] Newly published research suggests nuggets of misinformation embedded in a fictional television program can seep into our brains and lodge there as perceived facts. What’s more, this troubling dynamic […]
Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability Indicators that rank countries according socioeconomic measurements are important tools for regional development and political reform. Those currently in widespread use are sometimes criticized for a lack of reproducibility or the inability to compare values over time, necessitating simple, fast and systematic measures. Here, we applied the ‘guilt […]
The Study About IE Users Being Dumber than Opera and Chrome Users Was a Hoax
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|Here’s yet another reminder to question and consider about what you read as to source, currency, etc. Basically, does it sound fake. Does it sound to good to be true. Yes, common sense. However, common sense can also be assisted by great info and digital literacy skills that are more important now than ever before. […]
Conference Paper: "Martini Information Literacy: How Does 'Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere' Access to Information Change What Information Literacy Means?"
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|Author: Andrew Walsh Source: LILAC 2011, 18-20 April 2011, British Library, London. Via: University of Huddersfield Repository Direct to Full Text Paper (4 pages; PDF) Abstract: A few years ago it was the norm to access the internet through a fixed line, with perhaps small numbers of users using WIFI to connect devices such as […]
NY Times: "In Lean Times, Schools Squeeze Out Librarians"
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|“In Lean Times, Schools Squeeze Out Librarians” Source: NY Times Reports from: Pennsylvania Oregon Illinois New York City From the Article: In New York, as in districts across the country, many school officials said they had little choice but to eliminate librarians, having already reduced administrative staff, frozen wages, shed extracurricular activities and trimmed spending […]
A presentation by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research Title: “Changing Information Behaviours: Making Library Content Appeal to Digital Information Seekers” 22 PowerPoint slides Presented at: 100. Deutscher Bibliothekartag, 8 June 2011, Berlin (Germany) See Also: “‘If It is Too Inconvenient, I’m Not Going After It:’ Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-Seeking […]
By Sophie Bury Source: Journal of Information Literacy (Vol. 5, No.1) Direct to Article (PDF; 21 pages) This Canadian-based survey research study investigates the information literacy (IL) instruction practices, attitudes and perceptions of university faculty at York University. Findings are based on results from an online survey distributed to all full-time faculty (1,451 in total) […]
By: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research; Timothy J. Dickey, OCLC Research; and Marie L. Radford, Rutgers University. This Preprint is Scheduled to Appear in Library and Information Science Research (33: 179-190) and is being made available by OCLC Research. From the Abstract: In today’s fast-paced world, anecdotal evidence suggests that information tends to inundate people, […]
Note: The following is a revised version of a paper first published in 2004. Google began Google Answers in April, 2002 and ended it in November 2006. Earnings and Ratings at Google Answers (Benjamin Edelman) I analyze all questions and answers from the inception of the Google Answers service through November 2003, and I find […]
From Wired News: A hacker group unhappy with PBS Frontline’s hour-long documentary on WikiLeaks has hit back at the Public Broadcasting System by cracking its servers, posting thousands of stolen passwords, and adding a fake news story to a blog belonging to the august PBS Newshour. On Sunday night, visitors to the Newshour website read […]