"It's in the Syllabus" - New Article Now Available

My new article with Jake Carlson (U. of Michigan), Maribeth Slebodnik (U. of Arizona), and Bert Chapman (Purdue U.):

“It’s in the syllabus”: Identifying information literacy and data information literacy opportunities using a grounded theory approach.

can be dowloaded for free for the next 50 days from:

http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1RNVZMYb61ggX

In this research, we examined undergraduate and graduate nutrition science and political science syllabi using a grounded theory approach to determine how information literacy and data information literacy are addressed through departmental curricula. Findings suggest that using information and data are related to other concepts emphasized in the curriculum, such as developing a professional identity or adopting various ways of thinking associated with the field.

Full citation: 
 
Maybee, C. Carlson, J., Slebodnik, M. & Chapman, B. (2015). “It’s in the syllabus”: Identifying information literacy and data information literacy opportunities using a grounded theory approach. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(4), 369-376.