tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=2&term=information+literacyOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "information literacy"2018-09-07T17:22:02Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png4492018-09-07T17:22:02Z2024-01-22T14:52:16ZIntellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials<img alt="Read more about Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials" title="Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials cover image" class="cover " width="420" height="600" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTkwNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--56e2e8c8ef262f6019418a3922d76ea3d4ab0d46/ipcasebook2018_front-cover.jpg" />This book is an introduction to intellectual property law, the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks—from logos to novels to drug formulae—and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights. It focuses on the three graphmain forms of US federal intellectual property—trademark, copyright and patent—but many of the ideas discussed here apply far beyond those legal areas and far beyond the law of the United States. The book is intended to be a textbook for the basic Intellectual Property class, but because it is an open coursebook, which can be freely edited and customized, it is also suitable for an undergraduate class, or for a business, library studies, communications or other graduate school class. Each chapter contains cases and secondary readings and a set of problems or role-playing exercises involving the material. The problems range from a video of the Napster oral argument to counseling clients about search engines and trademarks, applying the First Amendment to digital rights management and copyright or commenting on the Supreme Court's rulings on gene patents.6212018-10-07T15:09:28Z2024-01-22T14:52:16ZThink Data Structures: Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java<img alt="Read more about Think Data Structures: Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java" title="Think Data Structures: Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java cover image" class="cover " width="700" height="918" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTUyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--af79af919a1e52a35fa44e082319c359c3da301d/0000ThiDatStr.png" />Data structures and algorithms are among the most important inventions of the last 50 years, and they are fundamental tools software engineers need to know. But in my opinion, most of the books on these topics are too theoretical, too big, and too bottom-up: Too theoretical: Mathematical analysis of algorithms is based on simplifying assumptions that limit its usefulness in practice. Many presentations of this topic gloss over the simplifications and focus on the math. In this book I present the most practical subset of this material and eliminate the rest. Too big: Most books on these topics are at least 500 pages, and some are more than 1000. By focusing on the topics I think are most useful for software engineers, I kept this book under 250 pages. Too bottom-up: Many data structures books focus on how data structures work (the implementations), with less about how to use them (the interfaces). In this book, I go “top down”, starting with the interfaces. Readers learn to use the structures in the Java Collections Framework before getting into the details of how they work. Finally, many present this material out of context and without motivation: it’s just one damn data structure after another! I try to alleviate the boredom by organizing the topics around an application—web search—that uses data structures extensively, and is an interesting and important topic in its own right. This application also motivates some topics that are not usually covered in an introductory data structures class, including persistent data structures, with Redis, and streaming algorithms. This book also presents basic aspects of software engineering practice, including version control and unit testing. Each chapter ends with an exercise that allows readers to apply what they have learned. Each exercise includes automated tests that check the solution. And for most exercises, I present my solution at the beginning of the next chapter. This book is intended for college students in computer science and related fields, as well as professional software engineers, people training in software engineering, and people preparing for technical interviews. I assume that the reader knows Java at an intermediate level, but I explain some Java features along the way, and provide pointers to supplementary material. People who have read Think Java or Head First Java are prepared for this book.6972019-04-26T18:01:55Z2024-01-22T14:52:03ZBuilding Information - Representation and Management: Fundamentals and Principles<img alt="Read more about Building Information - Representation and Management: Fundamentals and Principles" title="Building Information - Representation and Management: Fundamentals and Principles cover image" class="cover " width="648" height="802" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjQ5LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5250145163f4505943f6849032bfdd4d9de7a0c1/9789463661607.png" />The book presents a coherent theory of building information, focusing on its representation and management in the digital era. It addresses issues such as the information explosion and the structure of analogue building representations to propose a parsimonious approach to the deployment and utilization of symbolic digital technologies like BIM.11462022-03-11T05:43:55Z2024-01-22T14:52:30ZBuilding Information - Representation and Management: Principles and Foundations for the Digital Era<img alt="Read more about Building Information - Representation and Management: Principles and Foundations for the Digital Era" title="Building Information - Representation and Management: Principles and Foundations for the Digital Era cover image" class="cover " width="300" height="371" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzQ1MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--4cad023823d7fdfe79a9513673212f288feded23/submission_47_64_coverImage_en_US_t.png" />The book presents a coherent theory of building information, focusing on its representation and management in the digital era. It addresses issues such as the information explosion and the structure of analogue building representations to propose a parsimonious approach to the deployment and utilization of symbolic digital technologies like BIM. It also considers the matching representation of AECO processes in terms of tasks, so as to connect to information processing and support both information management and decision taking.12502022-09-15T14:06:56Z2024-01-22T14:52:34ZBuilding Information Modeling using Revit for Architects and Engineers<img alt="Read more about Building Information Modeling using Revit for Architects and Engineers" title="Building Information Modeling using Revit for Architects and Engineers cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDAwMCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b14506408f918e7fbaa64709a8c3c2afefea258e/Building-Information-Modeling-1-683x1024.jpeg" />This book offers a web-based multimedia platform to enable students in Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Construction Engineering to learn fundamentals of BIM using Revit and be able to create building architectural, mechanical and structural models, develop construction documentation and analyze building performance. The platform include: book chapters on detailed Revit instructions and videos.14332023-05-30T02:20:34Z2023-12-11T14:58:56ZIntroduction to Library and Information Science<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Library and Information Science" title="Introduction to Library and Information Science cover image" class="cover " width="731" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Njk2MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--86b3eb70d9d8ec81ddada6787334df04af1b052c/Introduction%20to%20Library%20and%20Information%20Science.png" />This book explores the history, present, and future of library science, both in theory and in practice. It examines the place of the librarian as arbiter of information access in a constantly-changing and modernizing global community.2652018-09-07T17:21:51Z2024-01-22T14:51:49ZSteps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice<img alt="Read more about Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice" title="Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice cover image" class="cover " width="877" height="1129" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjE2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b5656dda27701814a4afa8fdaca20674cfb8c122/9781942341222.png" />Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice introduces instructional strategies linked to the most current research-supported practices in the field of literacy. The book includes chapters related to scientifically-based literacy research, early literacy development, literacy assessment, digital age influences on children's literature, literacy development in underserved student groups, secondary literacy instructional strategies, literacy and modern language, and critical discourse analysis. Chapters are written by authors with expertise in both college teaching and the delivery of research-supported literacy practices in schools. The book features detailed explanations of a wide variety of literacy strategies that can be implemented by both beginning and expert practitioners. Readers will gain knowledge about topics frequently covered in college literacy courses, along with guided practice for applying this knowledge in their future or current classrooms. The book's success-oriented framework helps guide educators toward improving their own practices and is designed to foster the literacy development of students of all ages.4542018-09-07T17:22:03Z2024-01-22T14:52:18ZWeb Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers<img alt="Read more about Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers" title="Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers cover image" class="cover " width="2500" height="3750" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzgzLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--1bd64ac51812efef8a7621c50d8417819254030c/0000WebLitStu.png" />The web gives us many such strategies and tactics and tools, which, properly used, can get students closer to the truth of a statement or image within seconds. For some reason we have decided not to teach students these specific techniques. As many people have noted, the web is both the largest propaganda machine ever created and the most amazing fact-checking tool ever invented. But if we haven't taught our students those capabilities is it any surprise that propaganda is winning? This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker. It supplements generic information literacy with the specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly.5472018-09-07T17:22:09Z2024-01-22T14:52:09ZBC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 6<img alt="Read more about BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 6" title="BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 6 cover image" class="cover " width="1042" height="1356" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDcxLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--fb5f20a833508fcb5715632ac58df0353af62416/0000AduLitFun.png" />This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 6 (roughly equivalent to grades 7.5 to 9 in the K-12 system). Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 1,000 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.5482018-09-07T17:22:09Z2024-01-22T14:52:09ZBC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 5<img alt="Read more about BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 5" title="BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 5 cover image" class="cover " width="1275" height="1650" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDcyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--00b301405e486aaeaf69670b09162fec5cbe8896/0000AduLitEng.png" />This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 5 (roughly equivalent to grades 6 to 7.5 in the K-12 system). Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 800 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.
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