Scott Warren|Kim Duckett
“Why Does Google Scholar Sometimes Ask for Money?” Engaging Science Students in Scholarly Communication and the Economics of Information
Syracuse University|North Carolina State University
abstract article outlines instructional strategies teaching students scholarly communication economic realities surround scientific information exposing students business side academic communication provides foundation understanding google relates librarysubscription resources research shared discovered role libraries providing access costly information disparities arise information access instruction contextualizes search tools article databases well google scholar thereby serves appropriate starting point teaching students use tools keywords contextbased instructioncritical information literacygoogle scholarinformation economicsinformation literacyinstructionjournal costsopen accessscholarly communicationscience authors wish thank anna dahlstein syracuse university formerly north carolina state university providing comments drafts article kind assistance editing would also like thank daun daemon senior lecturer north carolina state university collaborative instructor every librarian hopes notes 1 quote taken physics forum discussion board httpwwwphysicsforumscom graveneworlds quote comes 1117 post first post exchange discussion thread labeled students use library httpwwwphysicsforumscomshowthreadphpt183796 2 see httpwikifreecultureorgopenuniversitycampaign 3 september 30 2009 shockey 2009 gave webinar entitled next level student engagement open access week beyond dealt new ways get student attentionincluding new messages tools hes developed connect burgeoning student network open access plug student initiative open access week 4 httpwwwsparkyawardsorg 5 final search done library information science abstracts lisa september 28 2009 2 days article submitted thesaurus terms scholarly communication information literacy literally de descriptor information literacy scholarly communication zero hits found meaning articles considered strongly enough topics date warrant controlled vocabulary terms comparison 519 results found de scholarly communication 2097 results de information literacy 6 suggested us mean eonomics really daytoday business practices library world lack better term continue use word economics clear understanding means money changing hands academic information 7 extensive set definitions information literacy see snavely cooper 1997 p 11 older article fascinating several reasons sums arguments using term information literacy lieu older terms bibliographic instruction library skills began library careers 2001 dust already settled argument term information literacy always accepted parlance work nonetheless snavely cooper touch concerns share note word skills implies mastering precise set routines take care learning imply greater engagement involvement material indeed 8 20022003 scott warren worked alone eng 333 20042008 worked together teaching sessions course including distanceeducation sections scott warren moved north carolina state university syracuse university summer 2008 kim duckett continued continues work eng 333 9 pricing information passed verbally accordance license agreements ballpark figures sometimes used rather exact amounts 10 acknowledge editorial duties sometimes remunerated 11 argued collectively academic publishers hold near monopoly access highly coveted research resultsat least various open access models gains substantive traction 12 astute reader immediately note according citationsherparomeo 2009 29 publishers permit green archiving putting preprint postprint versions article repository another 21 allowing postprint versions deposited 11 allow preprint archiving numbers aggregate 61 publishers allowing selfarchiving form article valid september 25 2009 see httpwwwsherpaacukromeophpstatsyes thus many articles theory accessed via channels publishers payperview site since vast majority institutions disciplines possess repository selfarchiving via faculty web pages extremely hitormiss poynder 2009 estimates 15 research selfarchived authors many articles practice directly available online except via publisher 13 fact ms daemon 2008 ncsu libraries faculty award ongoing commitment engagement libraries 14 see also cantor 2007 extensive argument higher education public good viewed developments occurring syracuse university