Resumen de From Academic Plagiarism to Information Literacy: mediation in the Ethical Use of Information
Máximo Román Domínguez López, Claudia Escobar Vallarta
This work explores the institutional strategies performed to combat academic plagiarism in Mexican higher education by pursuing two specific aims: 1. To know the role of Mexican university libraries in the processes linked to prevent academic plagiarism; 2. Identify the skills related to copyright and intellectual property pertaining to university librarians. The methodology used is a descriptive and exploratory study of four public universities that offers education in social sciences and humanities located in Mexico City. Information was obtained through a survey of the librarians (data concerning to skills, knowledge and attitudes) and the content revision of information literacy courses or workshops provided by them. Finally, the relation between the librarian’s responsibility to restrain this dishonest activity and to promote information literacy, towards achieving the ethical use of information is analyzed.
