Digital information becomes separated from its traditional “containers.” To a novice user a journal article, for example, can resemble a book chapter or a conference report. Even experienced users can find the genre lines blurry in an electronic environment.
- How can we best foster genre awareness in this context?
- Why does genre matter?
- How do we deal with blurred, hybrid, or emerging genres?
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libraries2013
February 25, 2013 at 5:04 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Kate Kosturski‘s notes:
www.evernote.com/pub/kateycp2k/thatcamplibraries2013#b=c74a063f-b3e7-42bb-b6a1-4e5cc28f1ad9&st=p&n=f6510f78-5b9d-4dd7-bf1e-e07628c7aaed
Maureen Perry
February 25, 2013 at 7:38 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Thanks, Kate!
I was keeping mental notes in order to concentrate more on the participants. Your notes will help me pull my notes together. It was great to meet you at THATCamp!
–All my best,
Maureen
Maureen Perry
February 26, 2013 at 7:25 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hi, everyone!
I’ll be blogging about THATCamp later this week, but in the meantime here are some notes from this session
www.evernote.com/shard/s321/sh/0fb374fb-2c25-4889-bb12-ea99d62f4c87/c5eeb0b1b8b55c386971f236b944718d
I only put down what complemented, rather than repeated, the other notes–which were excellent!
Maureen Perry
March 1, 2013 at 1:17 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hi again, everyone!
Here is my blog post about THATCamp, including this session
blogs.usm.maine.edu/libraries/2013/02/28/back-with-better-questions-infosavvy/
Thanks again!
–All my best,
Maureen
Maureen Perry
March 14, 2013 at 9:14 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hi again, everyone!
The discussion had me think about the handouts I use in my teaching. I describe this in the following blog post
blogs.usm.maine.edu/libraries/2013/03/14/folio-work-infosavvy/
Have a good one!
–All my best,
Maureen
Maureen Perry
March 21, 2013 at 8:02 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hello yet again!
I found this guide from Tompkins Cortland Community College
www.tc3.edu/library/g_lessons_citation.asp
I love how it models a process of using a handbook to figure out what type of item you have. That might help build some genre awareness. I also love how it describes the why of the different citation formats.
–All my best,
Maureen