Browsing by Author "Kreps, Dennis"

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    Database Dependency
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Hogan-Vidal, Patricia; Kreps, Dennis
    We defined the phenomenon of database dependency as the behavior of a library user to immediately select computerized information resources without considering (1) the appropriateness of the electronic gesource to the immediate information need, (2) the quality and accuracy of the information found, and (3) the amount of time it may take to find the information in a database compared to finding a print resource in that library. The librarians at the Talk Table agreed that patrons seem to accept whatever information they find in an electronic resource even if it takes longer to get the answer, the answer is incomplete, or if the information would have been more easily found in a print reference source. The academic librarians said that they have been seeing this behavior in their libraries for the last several years. The public librarians agreed that this behavior is increasing in their libraries as people are becoming more comfortable with computers.
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    Information Literacy: The Search for Practices and Policies
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Kreps, Dennis
    With the ever-increasing amount of information now available in a variety of formats, librarians and library organizations have become more compelled to develop guidelines or standards which define skills essential for consumers of information to efficiently and effectively utilize this information.