Student information literacy survey results available

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Credo has announced that the results of an information literacy survey of over 1,500 students from more than 400 institutions worldwide are now freely available. Anyone may register for a free copy, along with a paper authored by Dr. Allen McKiel, Dean of Library Services at Western Oregon University at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Survey_Results. Credo will be unveiling results at ACRL during a breakfast discussion on 11 April 2013.

Among other key findings, the survey found:

  • 74% of students gave "reliability" of sources the highest importance, but 24% did not value a peer-reviewed journal over a memoir as an authoritative source.
  • Just over 80% of students feel prepared to conduct research, but only 16% feel very prepared to do research.
  • Though many students are aware of resources available through the library, 69% of students use open web source regularly or almost always while conducting research.
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