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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 15:30:55 -0400

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87% of Columbia University Students Believe Literati by Credo Improved
the Quality of their Work

Case Study Now Publically Available

[October 8, 2012] Boston, Oxford – Credo Reference, a company that
believes the world would be a better place if more decisions and ideas
were powered by knowledge, today announced the results of a case study
conducted at Columbia University around its new Literati solution.
Literati helps students not only easily discover and use the library’s
authoritative content, but also understand the value of the library’s
resources over non-authoritative sources that are abundant on the open
web.  Literati is a library’s connection to information literacy.

The study, which was conducted by the Literati Customer Solutions team
in conjunction with the embedded librarian coordinators of Columbia’s
Undergraduate Writing Program, focused on Literati as the core
instructional tool for the first-year seminar.  Literati’s Mind Map,
Topic Pages and customized tutorials were employed to change the
understanding of the research process, and Columbia University’s
students, faculty and librarians confirmed their value and
effectiveness.

The case study is freely available to anyone who registers at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Literati_Columbia_Case_Study.

Key findings include the following:

* 100% of students using Literati to understand and connect to
Columbia’s subscription library resources believed that the quality of
their work was improved

* 87% of students who used Literati for research believed the strength

* 75% of students who used Literati as a tool for writing their papers
believed that their work improved

* 100% of instructors surveyed said students could benefit from
customized videos and tutorials created by Credo’s on-staff librarians
and educators

* 90% of students said they would likely use Literati in the future

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Media Contact:
Mary Kay Jezzini
Credo Reference Publicist
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