X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.23.2 (ClamAV engine v0.103.2) Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:25:03 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [96.241.198.223] (account joan@cni.org HELO cnijoanmbproi7.fios-router.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.15) with ESMTPSA id 39886186 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:22:17 -0400 From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_EAB89DD6-EAC9-44C7-9EB2-F251FC452E9B" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Project Information Literacy Retrospective - new report X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:22:16 -0400 X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) --Apple-Mail=_EAB89DD6-EAC9-44C7-9EB2-F251FC452E9B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 =46rom its inception, Project Information Literacy, with Alison Head at = its helm, has produced insightful and thought-provoking studies. In = preparation for sunsetting their College Study, Head announced a new = report, =E2=80=9C'The Project Information Literacy Retrospective: = Insights from more than a decade of information literacy research, = 2008-2022' , authored by = PIL Team members Alison J. Head, Barbara Fister, Steven Geofrey, and = Margy MacMillan. This 22-page report summarizes the entirety of PIL's = research on college students for the first time, all 14 years and all 12 = major studies. To measure the impact of our collective work, we have = conducted a unique computational citation analysis. Tracking down more = than 2,100 citations to PIL studies, our analysis shows the geographic = and disciplinary reach of our research in three interactive information = visualizations.=E2=80=9D The authors write, "For more than a decade, the research team published = reports from the front lines focusing on students=E2=80=99 encounters = with information as captured in their own words. This corpus of research = not only provided insight into how students use information for academic = work, but also moved beyond this common focus for information literacy = research by widening the lens to see how students conduct research in = everyday life.=E2=80=9D I found PIL=E2=80=99s combination of qualitative = and quantitative research methods and findings to be compelling reading. = Some of the quotes from students and the conclusions drawn by the = researchers in this series of reports had a significant impact on my own = thinking about students and their relationship to information. Head=E2=80=99s plenary talk from the CNI Spring 2017 meeting =E2=80=9CWhat= Today's Students Have Taught Us" can be found here: YouTube: https://youtu.be/a0ep6XAbUjQ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/212821471 = Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director Emerita Coalition for Networked Information --Apple-Mail=_EAB89DD6-EAC9-44C7-9EB2-F251FC452E9B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 =46rom its inception, Project Information Literacy, with = Alison Head at its helm, has produced insightful and thought-provoking = studies. In preparation for sunsetting their College Study, Head = announced a new report, =E2=80=9C'= The Project Information Literacy Retrospective: Insights from more than = a decade of information literacy research, 2008-2022', authored by PIL Team members Alison J. Head, Barbara Fister, Steven Geofrey, and Margy = MacMillan. This 22-page report summarizes the entirety of PIL's research on = college students for the first time, all 14 years and all 12 major = studies. To measure the impact of our collective work, we have = conducted a unique computational citation analysis. Tracking down more = than 2,100 citations to PIL studies, our analysis shows the geographic = and disciplinary reach of our research in three interactive information = visualizations.=E2=80=9D

The authors write, "For more than a decade, the = research team published reports from the=20 front lines focusing on students=E2=80=99 encounters with information as=20= captured in their own words. This corpus of research not only provided=20= insight into how students use information for academic work, but also=20 moved beyond this common focus for information literacy research by=20 widening the lens to see how students conduct research in everyday = life.=E2=80=9D I found PIL=E2=80=99s combination of qualitative and = quantitative research methods and findings to be compelling reading. = Some of the quotes from students and the conclusions drawn by the = researchers in this series of reports had a significant impact on my own = thinking about students and their relationship to information.

Head=E2=80=99s plenary = talk from the CNI Spring 2017 meeting =E2=80=9CWhat Today's Students = Have Taught Us" can be found here:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/a0ep6XAbUjQ
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/212821471


Joan = Lippincott, Associate Executive Director Emerita

Coalition for = Networked Information


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