Why Join the Inquiry Page

Professor/Parent/Community Member

Ann Bishop

Q: Why would a professor want to use the Inquiry Page?

A: Ann, an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois' Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, has used the Inquiry Page in her roles as a Professor, a mother and a community member

As a Professor, she has used the Inquiry Page and Inquiry Units in order to:

• Assign Student Projects and display their results
• View Assignments completed by Students
  • Literacy Library
  • Inquiry Units related to SisterNet
  • How to develop Information Organization System for ALA Archives
  • Is the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set suitable for ALA Archives Collection?
  • How to develop a digital collection from existing ALA Archives at the University of Illinois Archives?
  • Which items of ALA Archives (at the University Archives) are the best candidates to be digitized?
• Provide Helpful Notes for LIS Students
• Assess and give feedback to students
• Create Task Lists
• Relate the research of others to Inquiry readers
  

As a mother, Ann Bishop has used the Inquiry Unit format in order to:

• Find an answer to her four-year-old's question about water: How do you make dirty water clean?
• Ask how children's books in the library might be better arranged for easier access

As a community member, Ann Bishop has used the Inquiry Unit format in order to:

• Find information on Diabetes (2)
• Find information on maintaining spiritual health

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