[WEB4LIB] RE: Information Literacy (was Jargon...which was

[Drew, Bill]

As always, very well put.  I agree 100% and also appreciate the way you
frame the questions.
I do think sneaking jargon in where it can be easily defined without getting
in the way of the patron/user/student/faculty member is fine.

Bill Drew

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> Perhaps the question to ask is, at what points in the 
> delivery of library 
> services is it necessary for the user to understand our specific 
> terminology?  And, if they haven't ever been exposed to that 
> terminology 
> before, how much effort will it be to explain it to them at 
> that point?
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> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
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