great database debate
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In a debate between Jenny Robins, professor, and Floyd Pentlin, LMS retired and madman, these slides present the side of the debate questioning an over reliance on database information as the source of vetted, edited information without considering some of the weaknesses of pre-digested information which isn't always as accurate as we would like to believe.TRANSCRIPT
Jennifer Robins, Ed. DFloyd Pentlin, Ed. S.
University of Central Missouri
School Library and Information Science
Warrensburg, MissouriCertain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use
THE GREAT DATABASE
DEBATEThe Professor and
the Madman
http:www.slideshare.net/fpentlin/great-database-debate
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wikiworldcomic/721124150/in/set-72157600647594709/
“From presumed authority to collective credibility. Reliance on the knowledge authorities or certified experts is no longer tenable amid the growing complexities of collaborative and interdisciplinary learning. A key challenge in collaborative environments will be fostering and managing levels of trust.”
quoted by Jonathan Tarr
“Your world is different from ours. We are taught to share information and collaborate. We do it all the time. No one really cares where is came from.”
quoted: Jacqueline Hicks Grazette: Wikiality in my classroom
“satisfice”
quoted by Alison Head and Michael Eisenberg
Good Riddance, Encarta!Christopher Dawson, ZDNet Education, 31 Mar. 2009
“The encyclopedia is dead.
Long live critical thinking.” - Dawson
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajschu/101341556/
Credibility of information
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pveugen/3182820590/
Credibility of information
From Searchisaurus
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was active all of his life. This was to a great extent because of his politician father, John Adams. They are the only father-son Presidents in the history of the country.
Monkeyshines on the United States Presidents: Games, Puzzles & Trivia: 1990, p. 15-16, 2p. 1bw
Database Tabs
Search Results
Academic Journals
(190)
Magazines(798)
Books
(2)
News
(798)
Multimedia
(2)
Chinese ‘World Book’ Omits Tianamen Square Massacre, Says
Taiwan Belongs to China
Debra Lau Whelen, School Library Journal, 5/23/2007
Wikipedia Hoax Points to Limits of Journalists’ Research
John Timmer, Ars Technica, May 7, 2009
A Call to ServiceJohn Kerry
Just because it is in a book…
A Bold Fresh Piece of HumanityBill O’Reilly
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87913776@N00/517077576/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/2978963268/
Do we contribute to the problem?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonwiley/1208632794/
Is Information Equal?
Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Atases
Reference Resources
States and Capitals
Dictionary Post Dispatch
World Book Encyclopedia
Quotations Page NewsBank
Fact MonsterCREDO
ReferencceDogpile
Wikipedia SIRS Researcher CNN
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayeve/2312167749/
Are DBs 24/7?
Are we teaching in-depth searching?
Google - Related Search
Google - Wonder Wheel
Google - Timeline
Google - Scholar
Google - Books
Richard Byrne “Beyond Google - Improve Your Search Results (Repost), Free Technology For Teachers. Oct. 26, 2009http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/10/beyond-google-improve-your-search_26.html#at
How do we present the databases?Tal
It’s free! Why don’t we use it more?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkieblues/3971211145/
Hitting a moving target
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harshadsharma/538153399/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/in/set-72157621765265022/
Where do students live now? Where will they live?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/2071110042/
Traditional learning
environments: copyright-protected
publications
Networked learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grokcode/3084292004/
Availability?
We expect significant and
widespread cuts in budget
levels for libraries and
consortia…
It may not be uncommon for library and consortia budgets to decline by double digits year over year.
Once funding is withdrawn over
multiple years, it will be years before
budgets climb back toward pre-crisis
levels.
International Coalition of Library Consortia
January 19, 2009
Explosion of
information-
Do as I say and not as I
do
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/388394597/
Professors use databases?
•74.1% - Use free Web
•43.1% use library databases
Nancy H. Dewald, “What do they tell their students?”
78.9% almost never use dbs
Search
Engines
Print Resources
ListservsOnline
DBs
Digital
Libraries
Websites
Anne Perrault, “An exploratory study…”
NEVERNEVER
ALWAYS
Perceptions
84 %begin a search with a search engine
Perceptions of libraries and information resources: A report to the OCLC membership, 2005
Perceptions
1 %begin a search with a database
Perceptions of libraries and information resources: A report to the OCLC membership, 2005
Where does that leave us?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/circulating/2238715683/
Critical evaluation of
resources
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24600848@N06/3811450503/
Do a better job of presenting DBs
http://lsnhs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lmclsn/HomePageNew/Online%20Databases/OLDB%20PAGE.htm
Categorize databases
http://lsnhs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lmclsn/HomePageNew/Online Databases/ODB-Literature.htm
Easy access to database
passwords
Use Adobe Acrobat to create
a password-protected Word file with all the
database IDs and passwords
http://www.flickr.com/photos/queen_of_subtle/4045976991/
Federated searches that work
Play better with third party apps
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022/in/set-72057594060779001/
Widgets and Pathfinders
• Worksheets
• Use widgets on library Web sites
http://springfielddatabases.wikispaces.com/History
THE GREAT DATABASE
DEBATEThe Professor and
the Madman
http:www.slideshare.net/fpentlin/great-database-debate
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215. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.• Druin, Allison et al. How Children Search the Internet with Keyword Interfaces. Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland. n.d. PDF file.
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<http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/TheSemanticWebinEducation/163437>. • Perrault, Anne. “An Exploratory Study of Biology Teachers’ Online Information Seeking Practices.” American Association of School Librarians. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.
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June 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009 <http://www.hastac.org/node/2238>,• Timmer, John. “Wikipedia Hoax Points to Limits of Journalists’ Research.” Ars Technica. 7 May 2009. Web. 24 Oct. 2009. < http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/05/wikipedia-hoax-
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<http://schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6445703.html