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Desarrollo de Habilidades Informativas – Information Literacy

Courtesy of Dennis Tucker

Dr. Dennis Tucker Date: Wednesday, 30 May 2007 Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) Ver Transcripción

Las "Habilidades Informativas", son un conjunto de habilidades que se requieren para "reconocer cuándo se necesita información y tener la habilidad de localizarla, evaluarla y usarla efectivamente". Estas habilidades son particularmente importantes en un ambiente de rápido cambio tecnológico y de proliferación de recursos de información. Sientan las bases para el aprendizaje de por vida y es común a todas las disciplinas, ambientes de estudio y niveles educativos. El Dr. Tucker discutirá varios temas relacionados con el desarrollo de habilidades informativas.

Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." Information literacy is increasingly important in the environment of rapid technological change and proliferating information resources. It forms the basis for lifelong learning and is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. Join Dr. Dennis Tucker, a leader in this field, for a discussion of various issues relating to information literacy.

Guest Biography:

Dennis C. Tucker es el Director de Tucker and Associates Library Consulting Services. Anteriormente fue Director de Recursos de Aprendizaje en Modesto Junior College en Modesto, California, y Director de Bibliotecas en Northwestern State University of Louisiana en Natchitoches.

El Dr. Tucker ha desempeñado diversos puestos en bibliotecas públicas, académicas y escolares como referencista, coordinador de publicaciones periódicas, y director. Ha trabajado en la University of Notre Dame, Indiana University en South Bend, y fue director de la biblioteca del Bethel College en Mishawaka, Indiana.

Frecuentemente imparte seminarios y conferencias en congresos estatales, nacionales e internacionales. También realiza talleres sobre planeación a largo plazo, planeación en tecnología, capacitación en tecnología, habilidades básicas para personal de apoyo en bibliotecas, y reubicación de bibliotecas.

Es autor de varios libros, reseñas, y artículos, incluyendo su colaboración como columnista durante una temporada de la revista American Libraries. Actualmente está escribiendo un manual para administradores de pequeñas bibliotecas. Otros libros recientes incluyen “Library Relocations and Collection Shifts” (1999), “Research Techniques for Scholars and Students in Religion and Theology” (2000), y “Pathways to Nursing” (2004).

Dennis C. Tucker is a library consultant with his own company, Tucker and Associates. He was previously Director of Learning Resources at Modesto Junior College in California and Director of Libraries at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches.

His experience includes service in school, public, and academic libraries in various positions ranging from serials librarian and reference librarian to director. He worked at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University at South Bend, and was Library Director at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana.

He frequently teaches workshops and makes presentations at state, national, and international conferences. He also teaches workshops on grant writing, long-range planning, technology planning, technology training, basic skills for paraprofessional staff, and library relocations.

He is author of many books, reviews, and articles, including a time as monthly columnist for American Libraries. His most recent monographs are Library Relocations and Collection Shifts (Information Today, 1999), Research Techniques for Scholars and Students in Religion and Theology (Information Today, 2000), and Pathways to Nursing: A Guide to Library and Online Research in Nursing and Allied Health (Information Today, 2004).