Things librarians who are concerned about plagiarism can do:
Minkel, Walter. “Web of Deceit.” School Library Journal 48.4 (Apr. 2002): 4. 17 May 2004 http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6449599&db=aph. (Ebsco's Academic Search Premier subscribers only)
“Increase student awareness of cheating and plagiarism.”
“Define and determine the threshold of cheating plagiarism, and academic integrity.”
“Train faculty on how to recognize cheating, how to document suspicions, and how to create assignments that don’t lend themselves to cheating.”
“Disseminate information on cheating and plagiarism to parents and the community.”
“Support the idea of swift and sure consequences.”
“Recommend that the school board address academic integrity in its district’s policy.”
Burke, Margaret. “Deterring Plagiarism: A New Role for
Librarians.” Library Philosophy and Practice 6.2 (Spring 2004):10. http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/burke.htm.
“Librarians now have the chance to become trailblazers in educating students on the proper methods for conducting research in the current electronic environment.”
“Students do not understand the difference between these propriety, authoritative research databases and the free-wheeling information found on the Internet.”
“In an effort to keep faculty up-to-date on all of our electronic databases and services, library liaisons have offered ‘brown bag sessions.”
See some interesting stats on Hofstra University’s BI program since the implementation of these “brown bag sessions.”
Auer, Nicole J. and Ellen M. Krupar. “Mouse Click
Plagiarism: The Role of Technology in Plagiarism and the Librarian’s Role in
Combating It.” Library Trends 49.3 (Winter 2001).
“Librarians must now actively seek out new roles on campus that will create open and regular dialogues with students about information and its ethical use.”
“Once plagiarism is suspected, the librarian can help the professor through both traditional and technology-oriented methods.”“Librarians, as research and information literacy experts should help faculty examine their existing or future assignments to determine the ease with which students could plagiarize.”
Auer & Krupar make various suggestions for ways librarians can be engaged under the main headings of:
“Informing Faculty – Paper Mills, Software, and the Internet”
“Instruction”
“Handouts”