“‘Why does Google Scholar Sometimes Ask for Money?’ Leveraging the Economics of Information and Scholarly Communication Processes to Enrich Instruction.”

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Scott A. Warren, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Kim Duckett, North Carolina State University at RaleighFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Date

5-2008

Keywords

information literacy, economics of information, libraries, journal pricing, scholarly communication

Language

English

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Description/Abstract

Librarians at North Carolina State University have developed useful techniques for enhancing information literacy instruction through the systematic incorporation of concepts pertaining to scholarly communication and the economics surrounding information. This presentation describes ways to leveraging such concepts as the Deep Web, Google Scholar, the nature of scholarly communication, and the inflated costs of journal subscriptions to contextualize hands-on instruction in the use of library resources. Assessment data from open-ended quizzes and surveys positively reflects students’ attitudes towards this instruction and exposes the impact of such instruction on student understanding about how research is made available on the Web.

Additional Information

Based on work done while Warren was at the North Carolina State University Libraries.

Recommended Citation

“‘Why does Google Scholar Sometimes Ask for Money?’ Leveraging the Economics of Information and Scholarly Communication Processes to Enrich Instruction.” Talk given at the LOEX 2008 Conference, Chicago, IL, 5/2008. http://www.loexconference.org/2008/presentations/WarrenDuckett_LOEX2008presentation.ppt