Comments on: Letting It All Hang Out: OpenSciNY http://arielneff.com/science_librarianship/letting-it-all-hang-out-opensciny/ the workings of a science librarian Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean-Claude Bradley http://arielneff.com/science_librarianship/letting-it-all-hang-out-opensciny/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Jean-Claude Bradley Tue, 18 May 2010 11:54:27 +0000 http://arielneff.com/?p=27#comment-2 Ariel - thanks for the thoughtful review of the conference and my presentation! I'm glad that the remote participation worked out. You mention the importance of teaching students how to find and evaluate chemical information. I think that the current educational process teaches them to "look up facts" and many find it frustrating that finding even simple chemical properties can be really difficult. Ultimately they have to become comfortable with managing ambiguity. Ariel – thanks for the thoughtful review of the conference and my presentation! I’m glad that the remote participation worked out.

You mention the importance of teaching students how to find and evaluate chemical information. I think that the current educational process teaches them to “look up facts” and many find it frustrating that finding even simple chemical properties can be really difficult. Ultimately they have to become comfortable with managing ambiguity.

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