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Article Information:
Title:
Teaching faculty's perspectives on business information literacy
Author(s):
Yuhfen Diana Wu, Susan Lee Kendall
Journal:
Year:
2006
Volume:
Issue:
Page:
86 - 96
ISSN:
0090-7324
DOI:
10.1108/00907320610648789
Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Acknowledgements:
This project was supported with a research grant by the California Library Association/DEMCO, and a San Jose State University Academic Innovation Model Funding. The authors would like to thank Dr Jo Bell Whitlatch, Associate Dean of the University Library, for her invaluable advice in this project.
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Abstract:
Purpose – Effective integration of information literacy skills into the business curriculum requires the development of collaborative partnerships between teaching faculty and librarians. Developing a good partnership requires an understanding of the teaching faculty's perspectives. This paper aims to address these issues.
Design/methodology/approach – A survey was sent to business teaching faculty at California State Universities to determine their expectations in regards to student information literacy skills.
Findings – Writing a report or project that required in-depth research is one of the major expectations. All faculty surveyed expect students to use library research for their assignments.
Originality/value – Business faculty and librarians will be able to use these findings in developing guidelines to integrate information literacy into coursework, assignments and research tools.
Keywords:
Academic libraries, Business studies, Information literacy, Information research, Teachers, Teaching methods
Article Type:
Research paper