{"id":512,"date":"2021-05-04T13:37:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2021-05-18T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:30:36","slug":"information-literacy-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/information-literacy-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Literacy training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Services&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233a5caa&#8221;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Information Literacy Training&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%233a5caa&#8221;][vc_wp_text]To be information literate means that you know how to find the right information<br \/>\nand what to do with it.<br \/>\nStaff, new and continuing student need all the help and support they can get. Our Library offers Information skilling sessions. These sessions equip users with skills to effectively navigate library information resources both print and electronic.<br \/>\nOur trainings focus on information retrieval systems, information evaluation, use and management or storage for reuse.<br \/>\nReference management techniques training using different reference management tools is offered for our users both staff and students.<br \/>\nGuidance on Copyright issues around information use is one of our areas of training with focus on anti-plagiarism techniques of research writing. Plagiarism is a serious offence, as is Copyright violation. Copyright is a form of Intellectual Property aimed at preventing unauthorized persons from copying certain types of works. Plagiarism is using someone else\u2019s written ideas without giving proper credit for them \u2013 a failure to cite adequately<\/p>\n<p>To book a Library Information Skills training session, contact us at:<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong> library@lirauni.ac.ug<br \/>\n<strong>Telephone:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Main Library:<\/strong> 0471660489<br \/>\n<strong>Medical Library:<\/strong> 0394010377[\/vc_wp_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Services&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233a5caa&#8221;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Information Literacy Training&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%233a5caa&#8221;][vc_wp_text]To be information literate means that you know how to find the right information and what to do with it. Staff, new and continuing student need all the help and support they can get. Our Library offers Information skilling sessions. These sessions equip users with skills [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.lirauni.ac.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}