Theme 1: Online Reference Bias and Research Models
While engaged in the learning materials from the first theme of LIBE 467, my two biggest take-aways were addressing my bias toward digital reference sources, expanding my thinking on research/inquiry models. Digital Reference Sources Bias Riedling (2019) provides guidelines on when some print reference materials become outdated, suggesting that “books dealing with technology should be replaced every two years” as well as “encyclopedias should be replaced every five years” (p. 18). While reading this, my thought process was that this was not sustainable or feasible within the scope of most library’s budgets. In my discussion post, I suggested that these funds would be better spent on digital references instead. I realized after writing my post that this was a bias I had toward digital references. Digital references are my preferred approach to research. Additionally, I was able to have this opinion from a position of privilege as my school is fortune to have access to func...