Scholarly Conversation

1. SCHOLARLY
CONVERSATION…
WHAT IS IT?
Lisa Carter
Santa Clara University
Library
ImagecourtesyofFlickruserKevinThai

2. TODAY WE WILL
• Discuss interactive communication
• Define scholarly conversation
• Examine footprints of scholarly conversation (i.e., citations)
• Form analysis of issues surrounding scholarly conversation

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8. What is a Scholarly Conversation? It happens
when “ideas are formulated, debated, and
weighed against one another over extended
periods of time”. ACRL, (2016). Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/infolit/Framework_ILHE.pdf

9. Sample
Source
1

10. LAW AND
INEQUALITY: Race,
Gender . . . and,
Of Course, Class

11. WHO DOES THE
SAMPLE CITE?
1.
2.
3.

12. Who Does
the Sample
Cite?
Sample
Source
2 1

13. WHO DOES THE CITED
SOURCE CITE?
1.
2.
3.

14. Who Does
the Cited
Source Cite?
Who Does
the Sample
Cite?
Sample
Source
3 2 1

15. WHO CITES THE
SAMPLE?
1.
2.
3.

16. SCHOLARLY CONVERSATION
Who Does
the Cited
Source Cite?
Who Does
the Sample
Cite?
Sample
Source
Who Does
the Cited
Sample Sites?
3 2 1 4

17. Questions?
Lisa Carter
lvcarter@scu.edu
x6927