2010-03-10 7:17
1) Information Literacy Skills and the Primary School Library. Trainer: Geoff Dubber. Key Audience: Primary school staff with responsibility for the school library. This takes place in Winsford, Cheshire, UK on 20 May 2010. School Libraries Association members £115, others £160. http://www.sla.org.uk/regional-courses.php?i=32) Promoting Information Literacy for end users (a TFPL course) “This course will equip delegates with a ‘how to guide’ for promoting information literacy for their end users, tailored to their particular organisational environment.” In London on 22 April and 21 October 2010. Cost £350. http://www.tfpl.com/training/courses/coursedesc.cfm?ID=TR1531&pageid=-9&cs1=information%20literacy&cs2=aPhoto by Sheila Webber: It was sunny yesterday (Source: Information Literacy Weblog)
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State: IndianaThree openings: Assistant Professor of Library ServicesTo best serve our students, faculty, and staff at Valparaiso University, Library Services seeks three innovative and dedicated librarians to join our newly-created Public Services team. Reporting to the Director of Public Services, this four person team collaborates to support the day-to-day public services activities of the library, teach in the curriculum-based information literacy program, and create programming for outreach activities. Each position includes a subject liaison emphasis for collection development and information literacy activities. One position will be responsible for the health sciences (nursing, human biology); other positions will cover areas such as fine arts, government information, or social sciences.Candidates should possess an ALA-accredited Master’s Degree; a commitment to student success, excellent customer service, and thoughtful teaching; and the potential to attain tenure and promotion through job performance, service, and research. Early career librarians are encouraged to apply. Additionally, Library Services values creativity, professional initiative and leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in the team environment.Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. More information about benefits and the Public Services Department can be found at www.valpo.edu/library/jobs.html. Send position-related inquiries to Trisha Mileham, Director of Public Services: Trisha.Mileham@valpo.edu.With expected start dates of July 1, 2010, review of applications will begin immediately; those received before March 29, 2010, will receive full consideration. Review will continue until suitable candidates are identified for each position.All application materials must be submitted electronically. …
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2010-03-09 7:17
More than 250 community leaders, educators, parents, and students gathered to discuss turning around the Detroit area’s lowest-achieving schools.
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Secretary Arne Duncan visited Selma, Alabama, where he announced plans for a reinvigorated Office of Civil Rights to ensure equal educational opportunities for all children.
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2010-03-09 7:17
The grant application and final priorities for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) are now available.
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Educational Services Librarian (North Dakota State University Libraries) The Educational Services Librarian provides general and specialized reference and research services for the NDSU Libraries; provides instruction and information literacy services; is responsible for collection development in assigned subject areas; acts as liaison to assigned academic departments; actively engages in professional development and other scholarly activities; and completes other projects and duties as assigned.This position requires: an accredited M.A., M.S, M.L.S., or M.L.I.S; knowledge of computers and information/learning technologies; internet, word processing, database and spreadsheet skills; strong communications skills; teaching skills.To apply for this position, go to https://jobs.ndsu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset. …
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Senior Collection Development Librarian (North Dakota State University Libraries) The Senior Collection Development Librarian assigns and supervises the collection development activities of other subject librarians, coordinates the negotiation of licenses and contracts for electronic information resources, performs collection development and acts as liaison to academic departments in assigned subject areas. This position provides general and specialized reference and instruction/information literacy services to the NDSU community.The Senior Collection Development Librarian also engages in professional development and other scholarly activities, and completes other projects and duties as assigned.This position requires: an accredited M.A., M.S., M.L.S, or M.L.I. …
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2010-03-08 7:17
Citation for the article:Sobel, Karen, “Promoting Library Reference Services to First-Year Undergraduate Students: What Works?” Reference and User Services Quarterly 48.4 (2009): 362-371.Read via Academic Search Complete (EBSCO).I continue my look at some articles on reference assessment that I started over here and continues here. This one seemed relevant to me given the work I do as an outreach librarian where a good part of my job is promoting the library. When it comes to promotion for undergraduates, it is something I try to do in collaboration with our instruction librarian when it is feasible. Sobel’s article explores three things. First, it looks at how aware are undergraduate students when it comes to reference services. Second, it asks what percentage of those students seek help from reference librarians. Third, the author asks about what online media the students find comfortable to use in communicating with the reference librarians. I think that last question could have been explored a bit further. It certainly can be explored further now given the ubiquity of services like Facebook and Twitter. That would be something I would be interested in especially since we do have a Facebook page for the library, and we use Meebo chat widgets in our subject guides. I know the study took place in 2007, according to the article, when things like Facebook (it opened to everyone in 2006) and Twitter (also founded in 2006) were still gaining ground, but I guess the fact I can ask the question just shows how quickly things have changed. By the way, Meebo was launched in 2005, and the widgets we use in 2006. I guess I am just saying if I was expanding this type of assessment, I would want more on how social networking is used by the library to reach students.The article opens with a brief summary of promotional techniques that libraries commonly use such as flyers and online links to chat services, things that I will note we do her as well. …
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A couple of March EDUCAUSE items. First, a short article in the latest Educause quarterly:Weiner, S. (2010) “Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency.” Educause quarterly. 33 (1) http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/InformationLiteracyANeglectedC/199382Secondly, the latest in the “7″ series: 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutERead/200539Photo by Sheila Webber: The student elections are over now. (Source: Information Literacy Weblog)
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2010-03-07 7:17
CHICAGO— Nancy Goebel, head librarian, and Dylan Anderson, Web applications specialist, at the University of Alberta Augustana Campus have been selected to receive the 2010 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation Award for developing WASSAIL, an information literacy assessment project. (Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for librarianship)
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