Discussion Questions
    Information literacy has been summarized as

    --Understanding how knowledge is produced, disseminated and organized
    --Knowing how to formulate questions
    --Knowing how to access information
    --Knowing how to evaluate information
    --Understanding how to make use of information    		 --A scholarly process
    --Question analysis and information seeking strategies
    --Navigation of resource structures
    --Determining credibility and validity. Is the amount of information gathered sufficient?
    --Sensitivity to attribution and scholarly ethics
    Anne Trubek, Integrating Information Literacy - Faculty Guide,
    Five Colleges of Ohio, 2000
    Chris Nelson, Beloit College Library,
    adapted from Randy Hensley's ACRL/Wisconsin Immersion Session

    How similar are the two above lists?

    Is research something to hurry through to get to the final product, or is it part of the learning experience? If so, what did you learn? What were your most successful techniques for finding information? What did not work?

    Additional discussion questions

    1. Are there set criteria upon which sources in this field/discipline are evaluated/judged?
    2. Which are the most important criteria?
    3. Do the criteria vary depending on the type of source?
    4. How can you tell if a source is “scholarly” [i.e. peer review, institutional affiliation, etc.]. What visual cues are associated with scholarly sources?
    5. How can you tell if a source is popular [i.e. unsigned articles, flashy graphics, etc.]. What visual cues typify popular sources?
    6. If a source cannot clearly be identified as scholarly or popular (perhaps containing elements of each), how should it be considered in the research process?
    7. When might it be useful/necessary to use articles in popular or alternative sources?
    8. What’s the current state of research in this field?
    9. What kinds of things are being written, discussed and presented?
    10. Where are they being published/presented [online? in print?], and why?
    11. How is information structured in this discipline?
    12. How are questions formulated and new ideas disseminated in the discipline?
    13. What kinds of information sources are used in the discipline (primary/secondary, scholarly/popular, etc)?
    14. What’s the publishing culture in the discipline?
    15. Who are the publishers and what role do they play in the construction (not just production) of knowledge in the discipline?
    16. How do people access information in the discipline?
    17. How might research methods and contexts vary in different disciplines?

    Incorporating Information Literacy into Oberlin’s First Year Seminars, Oberlin College Library, May 2002
    Possible Assignments

    http://chemistry.beloit.edu/nanotech/literacy/discussion.html
    G. Lisensky, FYI Seminar, Beloit College, last modified 8/20/05