Outdated Notion? : Teaching Plagiarism as Theft

Since 2023, librarians from the University of New Mexico and The Ohio State University have given several presentations on “Outdated Research Notions,” which are guidance that is provided to students, or shared understandings about research practices, that are no longer effective. This article, along with the companion piece “Outdated Notion? Teaching Scholarly Articles as the Gold Standard,” by Adrienne Warner and Alyssa Russo, provides an overview of an “outdated notion” that has generated significant discussion among presentation participants. We share these as way to generate conversation among librarians