Information Literacy in Cambodia
By MAO Kolap and BEM Greg, Q1 2014
Part OneIntroduction and Overview
Meet the Training Team
• Who are the trainers?o MAO Kolap
[email protected] BEM Greg - Seattle, WA
[email protected] @cambodianbem
This Training: Why?
• Backgroundo Education in Cambodiao Major Challenges in Researcho Information Seekers
Students Adults Public
o Needs during the 21st Century
This Training: Why? Part 2
• Goals of This Trainingo Goals for Training Participantso Goals for Cambodian Information Seekerso Goals for Training Instructorso Goals for Future Participants
Expectations
• Information Literate for Personal Lifeo Everyday tasks
• As librarians, knowledge transfero Studentso Library
• What are YOUR expectations?
This Training: What?
• Instructional Methodso Workshop
Training Booklet• To be provided during workshop training.
o Online Website Publicly available for reference To include training booklet and slides.
This Training: How?
• Pre-Test
• Information Literacy
• Basic Research Process
• Resource Discovery
• Resource Analysis
• Resource Tools
• Citation Management
• Paper Analysis
• Post-Test
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.
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.
Part TwoInformation Literacy
Definitions Overview
• What is literacy?
• What is information literacy?
• How has the concept of IL evolved?
• Applying IL to Cambodia
Information Literacy
• Evolution of a Concept
• Different Definitions for Different People
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
What is your literacy level?• How do you identify with information
literacy?• What/how is information literacy in
Cambodia to you?
Part ThreeBasic Research Process
Research Processes• Pratt• University of Kentucky• Cornell• Additional Resources
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.
Negative Research Papers• 15 Minutes to Read and Review• 10 Minutes to Share• Walking through the Paper
Positive Research Papers• 15 Minutes to Read and Review• 10 Minutes to Share• Walking through the Paper
Part FourResource Discovery
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
Database Operators• And• Or• Not
Google• Knowledge Graph• Other Tools• Other Search Engines
Modern Search Engines• A Closer Look
Modern Search Engines• Google• Bing/Yahoo!
Digital Resource Hubs• Databases• Commercial Databases
• eLibraryUSA• Academic OneFile• Business Source Premier• GreenR• GreenFILE• Google Scholar
Digital Resource Hubs• Open Access Journals
• HathiTrust• Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)• OpenLibrary• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Additional Resource Acquisition
• Author Consultation• Crossover/Print-Exclusive Resource Discovery• Public/Academic Libraries and Catalogs
• PUC
Additional Resource Acquisition
• Resource Centers to Explore• DCCAM• SIPAR• Nou Hach• CDRI• ODC• Center for Khmer Studies• Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center
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)
Part FiveResource Analysis
Qualities• Type• Content• Purpose• Audience• Language• Authorship
Qualities• What did we miss?
Primary Versus Secondary• Primary Sources• Secondary Sources
Resource Types• Pay attention to the following• Select 1-2 Resource Types to Explore
Resource Types• Abstract• Academic/Scholarly/Research Journal• Almanac• Article• Atlas• Bibliography
Resource Types• Book• Book Review• Case Study• Conference Paper• Dictionary• Directory
Resource Types• Dissertation• Encyclopedia• Executive Summary• Handbook• Index• Magazine
Resource Types• Map• Newsletter• Newspaper• Peer-reviewed Journal• Periodical• Professional/Trade Journal
Resource Types• Reference Collection• Report• Series• Serial• Working Paper• Yearbook
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
Part SixResource Tools
Word Processing• Notepad• Microsoft Word/Excel• Open Office• Google Drive/Docs
Note Management• Evernote• Google Keep• OneNote
Personal Digital Repositories/Cloud Storage
• Dropbox• Google Drive
Communications• Skype• Google Hangouts
• Exercise: Discuss the Benefits of Digital Collaboration
Part SevenCitation Management
Citations: OverviewCitations 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.
Citations: PlagiarismAccording 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)
Citations: Internal vs. Bib• Exercise: Find the Citation!• Use the resources provided to pick out
examples of internal citations and works cited lists/bibliographies.
• Be prepared to share with the group.• Duration: 10 minutes.
Citation Managers• Software• Extensions• Apps
Citation Styles/Standards• www.mla.org• MLA - Modern Language Association
• www.apastyle.org• APA - American Psychological Association
• www.chicagomanualofstyle.org• Chicago Manual of Style
Citation Examples• Search through the selection and choose 3 resource
types.• Create citations (bibliographic) fictional resources for
each of the 3 resources.• Duration: 15 minutes plus 5 minutes sharing with
partners.
Consultation and Review• Divide into three groups• Review pre-test together• One page of notes allowed• All group members must participate
Post-Test
• We will now distribute the post-test.
• You will have X minutes to complete the test.
• Please answer to the best of your ability.
• You may use your notes from the training.
Going Forward
• Final Remarkso Future of Information Literacy Trainingo Future Resourceso Comments, Questions, Feedback
Thank You!