The dilution of research skills and the need for information literacy, a topic we have discussed frequently, has made its way to mainstream discussions once again: Searching for Dummies.

Also interesting is mention of another topic we debated, Wikipedia. The article cites a grass roots effort by grad students to put good information into the open encyclopedia.

Higher education is fighting back. Librarians are teaching “information literacy” and establishing alternative Web indexes. Graduate students, in the front lines as teaching assistants, are starting to discuss joining Wikipedia rather than fighting it, as many instructors still, quixotically, do.

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Library Topics: grad students, grass roots effort, information, information literacy, teaching assistants, web indexes

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