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| | University of Rhode Island News Releases |
 | | Anne Hird, of Rhode Island College, and Dr. Alison Pickard, of the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, United Kingdom, will offer transatlantic perspectives on what early adolescents know about the Internet, how they know it, and how they can be supported in using it constructively. |
 | | Pickard, of the Department of Information and Library Management, University of Northumbria, is the author of "The Impact of Access to Electronic Information Resources on Learning Opportunities for Young People: A Constructivist Inquiry," a paper from "Information Seeking in Context" - an International Conference on Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts. |
 | | At Northumbria, she teaches courses in information and communication management, information and library management; among others, and researches qualitative approaches to information-seeking behavior. |
| www.uri.edu /news/releases/html/00-0321-03.htm (290 words) |
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