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Dishing the Dirt on the DiRT (Digital Research Tools) Wiki (Innovative Practice)

Session Details

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Project Briefing
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

Eric Frierson, Librarian, The University of Texas at Arlington
Tyler Manolovitz, Digital Resources Coordinator, Sam Houston State University
Lisa Spiro, Director, Digital Media Center & ETRAC, Rice University

Abstract

Although faculty and students are increasingly interested in using research tools like Zotero and Google Docs, they can be overwhelmed by identifying which best serve their needs. Enter DiRT (Digital Research Tools), a wiki that catalogs and reviews educational software. This session will explore the significance of digital research tools, discuss why a wiki is an appropriate medium for our work, and describe how contributors from different institutions and disciplines are coming together to build a resource that has been hailed for providing "continuing value to researchers at many levels-students, instructors, and librarians" (EduResources).

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