Information competence across the campus: the experience at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N'J

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Information competence across the campusthe
experience at Seton Hall University, South
Orange, N.J., USA and Ruhr University Bochum,
GermanyMarta Mestrovic DeyrupErda Lapp

• Information competence across the campus of
  Bochum University, Germany
• Erda Lapp, Bochum University Library
• 1. Library tours and library training program
• www. ub.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Informationen/Informat
  ionsveranstaltungen.html
• 2. Getting into the BA program

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Information competencein the age of the internet

• The current situation for science and the
  humanities, the information circle
• What is information competence?
• Basics of a literature search, terminology
• Catalogue searches
• The internet as a communication and information
  tool
• Searching for information formulating a search
  query, developing a search strategy
• Selection and evaluation of search results
  according to relevance
• Critical evaluation of information sources
• Journal contents databases, subject databases

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Information competencein the age of the internet

• Electronic ILL and document delivery
• Digital Libraries
• Portals, Virtual Libraries
• Orientation systems
• Search strategies
• The flow of a search
• Presentation of individual search results

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Information competence across the campusthe
experience at Seton Hall University, South
Orange, N.J., USA and Ruhr University Bochum,
GermanyMarta Mestrovoc Deyrup, Erda Lapp

• 3. A quiz for all students of Spanish
• 4. Roadshow library in motion
• 5. Working with highschool students
• 6. Conclusion
• - Computer training room
• - Equipment
• - Staff
• - Train the trainers
• - Online tutorial
• - Further developments