The Art of Learning

  Meena Rakhra Information All Around                        LIBE 467                          Blog Post 3 If there is anything I have learned through this course is the vast amounts of information out there for students to access, and my limited expertise of the digital side of information.   An important point made by Riedling (2000, p.3) is that the ‘ half of knowledge is knowing where to find it’, evaluate it, organize it, and use it.  The reference resources I am most familiar with from this theme are: Indexes and Databases Biographies Encyclopedias Dictionaries and Thesauri Geographic Resources Before this course I had never even heard of the deep and dark web and grey literature! I had a moment of panic, am I really ready for this job?  Through this theme, I was able to determi...

  Meena Rakhra       Improving Reference Services                                         LIBE 467   Assignment #3                      Analysis According to Evaluating, Selecting and Managing Learning Resources: A Guide (2008) , learning resources should be supportive of continuous learning by the individual, and be relevant to the needs of the student.  When assessing reference sources, evaluations based on content, accuracy, authority, bias, arrangement and presentation, permanence, and cost should be considered (Riedling, 2000).  ‘Every effort should be made to ensure that resources are selected for their strengths rather than rejected for their weaknesses’ (ESMLR, 2008, pg. 5), so that information needs can be answered effective...