Session
Ignite Talks
Location
UCC
Start Date
22-5-2014 1:15 PM
End Date
22-5-2014 2:15 PM
Ignite2014_Rooth_bibliography.pdf (314 kB)
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May 22nd, 1:15 PM
May 22nd, 2:15 PM
Summoning the Experts to Testify: a Role-Playing Library Activity to Improve Credibility of Cited Sources in Student Essays
UCC
Comments
Based on a scene in an episode of TV's Law & Order, I present an information literacy workshop that foregrounds the legalistic context of university essay-writing by drawing out 17th Century definitions of 'to cite' as 'to summon a witness to testify in a court of justice. Students act as researchers in a law firm putting together a bibliography of citations and peer-evaluating them with a rubric. The 'cases' are their essay topics.