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If you thought that we were "alone" in our frustration and unsure just how this professor could assume that college students already knew everything when students started their research assignments.... never fear! As I "lurk" on the Information Literacy Instruction listserv (which is monitored primarily by university and college librarians.... who are banging their heads against the wall as they try to instruct those students who somehow missed the instructional process that would have allowed them to do any research assignment using Google --- thus bypassing the library), I am reading MANY university research librarians' responses to the article--- and they agree with our evaluation of the situation.... (it's so nice to see the "big librarians" saying the same things we say!). Obviously, we are not wrong...and yes, the students DO come into the university libraries without an idea of where to go for their research--- they don't know what a scholarly journal is, they can't limit their search topics, they don't know how to locate journals with articles that contain the information they need, and they haven't even started the writing process....which is where the librarian "should be assisting"...according the author. Yes, there are people out there who echo our frustrations.... No, we are not alone! By the way, I think it's humorous that the list contains comment after comment about the frustrations / examples of students NOT knowing how to do research / use the library....and scattered throughout the list are job openings for "information literacy librarians" being taken by universities and colleges around the nation---obviously, there's still a need even at the university level for instruction in this area! Let's keep doing what we're doing.... ~Shonda Brisco TVS MS / US Librarian Fort Worth, TX sbrisco021@charter.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------