This article (if you haven't figured it out by now, whatever I'm talking about can be reached by clicking the link/title) is quite interesting and brings up something we talk about in grad school A LOT. How do we get people, who are in need of help, to ask for it? Why are students especially (and more especially college students) afraid to ask librarians for help?
Hoop or not- while I always considered myself a decent researcher, I'm learning about doing research for all subjects in grad school. Why? So I can help you!
This is exactly why I want to work in a public library- so many schools are getting rid of their school librarians as their budgets dwindle to nothing. Which makes me sad :( So where do students have to turn? Well, lots of places- Google, Wikipedia, etc. But hopefully they'll also turn to their library, where we can show them various resources, how to find them and guide them through the process. It's all about spreading the info, kids.
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