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Preventing Online Plagiarism
WMRLS Continuing Education Workshop
Friday, January 21, 2005
Workshop Leader: Janet Eckert, WMRLS
Background Information
Who Plagiarizes?
Profile Of A Cheater: Person who is “lazy, last minute,
not interested in the subject, … over achievers who don’t want to risk failure”Hamilton, Denise
Kids who are over scheduled – too much homework, too many afterschool activities and no free time Chaker, Anne Marie
Who Plagiarizes? Everyone at one time or another!
Famous Plagiarists
Enablers … Parents, Teachers, School
Administration
Why Plagiarize? Don’t like the teacher Santa Lucia, Lynn
Afraid to ask questions of the teacher Santa Lucia, Lynn
Easier to copy than to think and reflect Santa Lucia, Lynn
Role Models?
Dave Barry “Dave Barry always scrupulously
attributes the source of any true fact that wanders into his column. … When Dave Barry comments on, for example, an exploding commode, he not only names the newspaper that published the incident, but also the reporter who wrote the article – and even the “alert reader” who passed it along.” Fitzgerald, Mark
What Can Librarians Do?
6 Strategies To Fight Plagiarism Show Your
Knowledge Teach Faculty Involve Tutors
Provide Help Redesign
Coursework Use Software
Smith, C. Brian
Show Your Knowledge
Teach Faculty
Involve Tutors
Provide Help
Talk About Plagiarism “You forget entirely about a report that is
due on Monday, and there is no way you can complete it over the weekend. No way. Your teacher is unforgiving about being late on assignments. Do you go to the library or the Internet and copy a few bits and pieces from different sources and call it your own to avoid failing? What are the arguments for and against doing this?” Schwartau and Busch
Redesign Coursework
Use Software
Use Software? Ethical Issues
Questions & Answers
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