How College Students Evaluate and Use Information in the Digital Age

From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2_at_nyob> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:56:46 -0800 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

A "Project Information Literacy" progress report. The project is based at the U of Washington I-School.

Here's one interesting finding:

"Evaluating information was often a collaborative process — almost two-thirds of the respondents (61%) reportedly turned to friends and/or family members when they needed help and advice with sorting through and evaluating information for personal use. Nearly half of the students in the sample (49%) frequently asked instructors for assistance with assessing the quality of sources for course work — far fewer asked librarians (11%) for assistance."

Full text at: http://bit.ly/chfOxe

Bernie Sloan