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Information Literacy in Cambodia

Information Literacy in Cambodia. By MAO Kolap and BEM Greg, Q1 2014. Part One. Introduction and Overview. Meet the Training Team. Who are the trainers? MAO Kolap kmao@puc.edu.kh BEM Greg - Seattle, WA gbem419@uw.edu @cambodianbem. This Training: Why?. Background Education in Cambodia

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Information Literacy in Cambodia

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  1. Information Literacy in Cambodia By MAO Kolap and BEM Greg, Q1 2014

  2. Part One Introduction and Overview

  3. Meet the Training Team • Who are the trainers? • MAO Kolap • kmao@puc.edu.kh • BEM Greg - Seattle, WA • gbem419@uw.edu • @cambodianbem

  4. This Training: Why? • Background • Education in Cambodia • Major Challenges in Research • Information Seekers • Students • Adults • Public • Needs during the 21st Century

  5. This Training: Why? Part 2 • Goals of This Training • Goals for Training Participants • Goals for Cambodian Information Seekers • Goals for Training Instructors • Goals for Future Participants

  6. Expectations • Information Literate for Personal Life • Everyday tasks • As librarians, knowledge transfer • Students • Library • What are YOUR expectations?

  7. This Training: What? • Instructional Methods • Workshop • Training Booklet • To be provided during workshop training. • Online Website • Publicly available for reference • To include training booklet and slides.

  8. This Training: How? • Pre-Test • Information Literacy • Basic Research Process • Resource Discovery • Resource Analysis • Resource Tools • Citation Management • Paper Analysis • Post-Test

  9. The Tests • Pre-tests will gauge your understanding of information literacy before the training. • Post-tests will check your knowledge following the completion of the training. • You may utilize notes during the post-test.

  10. Pre-Test • We will now distribute the pre-test. • You will have X minutes to complete the test. • Please answer to the best of your ability.

  11. Part Two Information Literacy

  12. Definitions Overview • What is literacy? • What is information literacy? • How has the concept of IL evolved? • Applying IL to Cambodia

  13. Information Literacy • Evolution of a Concept • Different Definitions for Different People

  14. IL: Cambodian Applications • Information Literacy Examples • 1: Count off by 8 • 2: 15 minutes reading and working on the scenario • 3: Small groups! • 4: Review/share

  15. What is your literacy level? • How do you identify with information literacy? • What/how is information literacy in Cambodia to you?

  16. Part Three Basic Research Process

  17. Research Processes • Pratt • University of Kentucky • Cornell • Additional Resources

  18. Clarification • Write down a list of concepts you feel familiar with. • Write down a list of concepts you need more help with. • Submit the second list to the instructors anonymously.

  19. Negative Research Papers • 15 Minutes to Read and Review • 10 Minutes to Share • Walking through the Paper

  20. Positive Research Papers • 15 Minutes to Read and Review • 10 Minutes to Share • Walking through the Paper

  21. Part Four Resource Discovery

  22. Search Strategies and Tips for Conducting Searches in Catalogs and Search Engines • Basics About Search • Searching vs. Browsing • Basic Keyword Search • Negative Keywords • Negative/Positive Phrases • Domain Limiters • Additive Searching Strategies

  23. Database Operators • And • Or • Not

  24. Google • Knowledge Graph • Other Tools • Other Search Engines

  25. Modern Search Engines • A Closer Look

  26. Modern Search Engines • Google • Bing/Yahoo!

  27. Digital Resource Hubs • Databases • Commercial Databases • eLibraryUSA • Academic OneFile • Business Source Premier • GreenR • GreenFILE • Google Scholar

  28. Digital Resource Hubs • Open Access Journals • HathiTrust • Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) • OpenLibrary • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

  29. Additional Resource Acquisition • Author Consultation • Crossover/Print-Exclusive Resource Discovery • Public/Academic Libraries and Catalogs • PUC

  30. Additional Resource Acquisition • Resource Centers to Explore • DCCAM • SIPAR • NouHach • CDRI • ODC • Center for Khmer Studies • Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center

  31. Additional Resource Acquisition • Resource Centers to Note • National Archive • National Library • Library of the National Assembly • Hun Sen Library (RUPP) • Japanese-Cambodian Cooperation Center (JCCC)

  32. Part Five Resource Analysis

  33. Qualities • Type • Content • Purpose • Audience • Language • Authorship

  34. Qualities • What did we miss?

  35. Primary Versus Secondary • Primary Sources • Secondary Sources

  36. Resource Types • Pay attention to the following • Select 1-2 Resource Types to Explore

  37. Resource Types • Abstract • Academic/Scholarly/Research Journal • Almanac • Article • Atlas • Bibliography

  38. Resource Types • Book • Book Review • Case Study • Conference Paper • Dictionary • Directory

  39. Resource Types • Dissertation • Encyclopedia • Executive Summary • Handbook • Index • Magazine

  40. Resource Types • Map • Newsletter • Newspaper • Peer-reviewed Journal • Periodical • Professional/Trade Journal

  41. Resource Types • Reference Collection • Report • Series • Serial • Working Paper • Yearbook

  42. Resource Types • We will explore resource types together. • 15 minutes: Explore 1-2 of Your Choosing • 10 minutes: Report Back Findings • Look for Specific Examples

  43. Part Six Resource Tools

  44. Word Processing • Notepad • Microsoft Word/Excel • Open Office • Google Drive/Docs

  45. Note Management • Evernote • Google Keep • OneNote

  46. Personal Digital Repositories/Cloud Storage • Dropbox • Google Drive

  47. Communications • Skype • Google Hangouts • Exercise: Discuss the Benefits of Digital Collaboration

  48. Part Seven Citation Management

  49. Citations: Overview • Citations are about: • Respecting a community of scholarship. • Believing in the ideas of other researchers. • Understanding where your new information comes from. • Reinforcing the information you create through context. • Backing up your ideas by referencing other ideas. • Allowing your information to be better navigated.

  50. Citations: Plagiarism • According to Plagiarism.org (http://www.plagiarism.org/) the complex definition of plagiarism includes: • turning in someone else's work as your own • copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit • failing to put a quotation in quotation marks • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)

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