Information literacy in the age of amateurs: how Google and Web 2.0 affect librarians’ support of information literacy

dc.creator	Peter Godwin
dc.date	2006-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:27:07Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:27:07Z
dc.identifier	1473-7507
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/85e5ef4bb2874dc8889664a765d8e384
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30424
dc.description	Internet generation students do not view the Library as the natural place to undertake their learning or research. This generation believes it knows how to search by typing words into Google, and can find our tuition patronizing. These amateur searchers are now using Web 2.0 tools like MySpace to create web content. The trend toward user-driven content will grow with the use of blogging and other Web 2.0 tools. Students can derive educational benefits from use of social networking, blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, tagging, folksonomies, podcasts, instant messaging and mashups. Library staff can take the initiative in acquiring knowledge of these tools, assisting academic staff and working collaboratively to use the new tools with them in the curriculum, particularly with delivery of information literacy. However, the need for guidance on how to use keywords, and more crucially, the ethical use and evaluation of material remains.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information & Computer Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol5iss4/godwin.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1473-7507
dc.source	ITALICS, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 268-287 (2006)
dc.subject	information literacy
dc.subject	Web 2.0
dc.subject	staff training
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Information literacy in the age of amateurs: how Google and Web 2.0 affect librarians’ support of information literacy
dc.type	article