Category Archives: Wikipedia
Food for Thought: Why do librarians so often equate purchases with “better” information?
From “Locating Infomation Literacy within Institutional Oppression” by Joshua Beatty on In The Library With The Lead Pipe, inspired by an outline by nina de jesus: Information today is largely a commodity. We have an internet that continually walls off portions: … Continue reading
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Free Book on Ed Tech Policies, Practices, Procedures
On behalf of my co-teacher Jeff Stanzler, we are pleased to announce our yearlong ED 504 class project — a book for teachers about ed tech policies, practices, and procedures — has been published! We’re printing copies on our campus … Continue reading
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A Day Without Wikipedia on College Campuses
From “Libraries: A Paper Wikipedia” (Mitch Smith, InsideHigherEd.com) comes a reminder that today’s college undergraduates have never known a world without Wikipedia: Undergraduates trying to look up Bob Dole’s birthday (July 22, 1923), the population of Mauritius (about 1.2 million) or … Continue reading
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