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Step 3. Contact Todd Prusin at 404-413-2866 or libtap@langate.gsu.edu, Susan Smith at 404-413-2871 or ssmith142@gsu.edu Why are information skills important? “The advent of the internet along with various other electronic and digital resources has highlighted the issues. Some undergraduates are using the internet as their first port of call beyond the reading list. They need to address questions relating to the provenance, accuracy and reliability of the material, which are largely unnecessary in established areas of academic publishing. The information in books, journals and other printed forms has been subject to a variety of quality assurance processes - reputable publishers, authors with academic credentials, texts recommended by tutors, careful library spending to ensure a match of material to need. With the internet sources, none of the quality assurance mechanisms can be assumed. The onus is on the user to apply a critical faculty.” BRIEFING PAPER Information skills in higher education Prepared by the SCONUL Advisory Committee on Information Literacy October 1999 |
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Contact Person: Todd Prusin (libtap@langate.gsu.edu), Susan Smith (ssmith142@gsu.edu) |
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