Mary Abdoney graduated from the University of Florida in 1999 with a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a minor in Secondary Education. She received her Master's of Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida in 2000, then shortly joined the faculty of Eckerd College as Reference Librarian and Assistant Professor. She has served as the librarian for the US Geological Survey Center for Coastal Research and is currently working with the information literacy component of freshman orientation at Eckerd.


Publications:
Approaches to Information Literacy: Accomodating Student Needs in Higher Education

An explanation of approaches to information literacy programs and how to assess student needs, as well as examine the current value of traditional reference service and how information literacy initiatives that have changed attitudes toward reference service will help librarians create more tailored information literacy programs for their students.

Article: Print

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Article: Electronic

$US5.00