"Why Johnny can't search" American Libraries column/Joseph James/UW

When you are feeling a little like the Information Competency/Information Literacy discussion has gotten stale, take a look at the article by Joseph James in the January issue of American Libraries.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/inetlibrarian/internetlibrarian.cfm

Here is an excerpt: "Students were asked to evaluate these faux websites based on objectivity, authority, and timeliness (only 49% could pick the one site that met all those criteria), to narrow an overly broad search (which only 35% could do), and select a research statement for a class assignment (only 44% picked the one that captured the demands of the assignment)."

There is so much more we need to do! For the original assessment report, go to http://tinyurl.com/ekk46