Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

LibParlor Contributor, Allison Hosier, discusses how writing an abstract first can help clarify what you’re currently talking about.

Allison Hosier is an given information Literacy Librarian during the University at Albany, SUNY. She has published and presented on research related to practical applications of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy as part of information literacy instruction. Her research that is current is on examining the metaconcept that scientific studies are both an action and a topic of study. Follow her on Twitter at @ahosier.

In 2012, I attended a few workshops for brand new faculty on how to write very first peer-reviewed article, step-by-step. These workshops were loosely based on Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks by Wendy Laura Belcher.

Our first assignment? Write the abstract for the article.