http://info-fetishist.org/2009/04/07/not-quite-peer-reviewed-monday-but-related/ yeah, it's long -- I didn't have time to make it shorter Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://info-fetishist.org/2009/04/07/not-quite-peer-reviewed-monday-but-related/#comment-758 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:06:12 +0000 http://info-fetishist.org/?p=475#comment-758 [...] On campuses, we rarely have book challenges to cope with, but there are more intangible challenges that compel me to think that information literacy is more important than ever, and that it needs to go beyond “how this library works” and “how to be a good student” but embrace “how to understand and evaluate evidence” but even more importantly “why evidence matters.” (I hasten to add, before you hit the comment button, that I believe information literacy is not the sole responsibility of librarians; it’s something the entire academy must embrace, and when it’s defined as more than “how to use this library” I believe they generally do embrace it, even if they aren’t always sure how to do it. And while I’m editing this, I realize this whole train of thought owes much to the Infofetishist who wrote a thought-provoking post about evidence recently. You should read it.) [...]

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