information cost

Submitted by Duke University Libraries RIS Team on December 4th, 2019

Short Description:

This lesson on journal prestige could be taught by itself, as part of a series on scholarly communication, or as a small part of a larger lesson on information prestige.

Attachments:

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Citations for Info Privilege Lessons Mediadisplayed 892 times	10.84 KB
Lesson Plandisplayed 1039 times	377.57 KB

Relevant links:

Scimago Data Visualization Tools Scimago About Us Scimago Shape of Science Visualization Journal of Universal Rejection NPR Article about the Journal of Universal Rejection Example PLOS Climate Change Article 1 Example PLOS Climate Change Article 2 Example PLOS Climate Change Article 3 Example PLOS Climate Change Article 4 Example PLOS Climate Change Article 5 Possible Student Reading 1 Possible Student Reading 2

Learning Outcomes:

Students will recognize the practices of scholarly publishers

Students will evaluate whether citation count is a good indicator of authority

Discipline:

Multidisciplinary

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Ability Level:

Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips:

This topic could fit well into instruction sessions that include significant treatment of source evaluation and is one potential approach as you move beyond simple categorization of sources as scholarly/non-scholarly or primary/secondary. It stops short of a critical examination of construction of authority but could be used to hint at greater subtlety and complexity. This topic has particular relevance for upper level undergraduates engaged in research, who may be starting to think about publication from an author’s perspective.

Suggested Citation:

RIS Team, Duke University Libraries. "Journal Prestige." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2019. https://projectcora.org/assignment/journal-prestige.

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Submitted by Duke University Libraries RIS Team on November 20th, 2019

Short Description:

This lesson on the nature and cost of scholarly publishing could be taught by
itself, or as part of a series on scholarly communication, or as a small part of a larger lesson on
information privilege.

Attachments:

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Lesson Plandisplayed 842 times	269.69 KB
Citations for Info Privilege Lessons Mediadisplayed 921 times	10.84 KB

Relevant links:

Student Reading 1 Student Reading 2

Learning Outcomes:

Students will recognize the practices of scholarly publishers

Students will understand the cost of accessing scholarly research

Discipline:

Multidisciplinary

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Ability Level:

Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips:

Introducing this topic could be as simple as indicating the impressive number of scholarly articles published each year or size of library collections budgets or be part of a lengthier lesson on how academic publishing works. It could be included in searching or source evaluation exercises and may set the stage for understanding the fundamentals of scholarly communication.

Suggested Citation:

RIS Team, Duke University Libraries. "Scale of Scholarly Publishing." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2019. https://projectcora.org/assignment/scale-scholarly-publishing.

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Submitted by Sarah Crissinger on February 23rd, 2017

Short Description:

These materials support a workshop for seniors on losing access to information after graduation. After a short lecture on why information costs money, we used each exercise, which focus on students making their work open, to encourage students to think critically about how their information sharing decisions impact others. We used three types of exercises--academic, creative, and work/corporate--to acknowledge that students are creators of multiple kinds of information.

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An exercise for the group of students most interested in making their scholarly work open and accessible displayed 888 times	14.8 KB
An exercise for the group of students most interested in making their creative work (photography, for example) open displayed 690 times	15.3 KB
An exercise for the group of students interested in better understanding how corporate IP agreements limit sharingdisplayed 802 times	14.72 KB

Relevant links:

Introductory Presentation LibGuide on Finding Information after Graduation

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to articulate how their own decisions impact others' ability to access information in order to make more intentional sharing choices with their information output

Discipline:

Library and Information Science

Individual or Group:

Group

Ability Level:

Undergraduate / Bachelors

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Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated):

We were given a one hour slot during our university's annual Senior Summit. We had to collaborate with our Center for Career Development to do this.

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.):

Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips:

Suggested Citation:

Crissinger, Sarah. "Why You Won’t Have JSTOR When You Graduate and What You Can Do About It." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2017. https://projectcora.org/assignment/why-you-won%E2%80%99t-have-jstor-when-you-graduate-and-what-you-can-do-about-it.

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