For those of you interested in searching behaviour, two reviews in the latest edition of JASIST:Markey, K. (2007) “Twenty-five years of end-user searching, Part 1: Research findings.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58 (8), 1071 – 1081. “This is the first part of a two-part article that reviews 25 years [...]

reported by Gerald Rujawitz, LiteracyNews.comJoin Jefferson County Public Library’s Summer Reading Club, June 1 – July 31, and enjoy a summer filled with good books and humorous programs. The Library offers Summer Reading Club for kids, teens and adults, so there’s something for everybody. The Summer Reading Club works to foster literacy, especially among “at-risk” [...]

reported by Brian Scott, LiteracyNews.comABC CANADA Literacy Foundation today launched a national, bilingual television public service announcement (PSA) campaign that uses haunting imagery and an original score to reach out to Canadian adults who face literacy challenges to let them know that help is ‘just a few steps away’ in their Yellow Pages(TM) directory. Developed [...]

University of Lethbridge LibraryThe University of Lethbridge Library seeks an energetic, adaptable, and innovative professional librarian to fill a two-year term position until June 30, 2009.The incumbent will join the professional staff in a wide range of information access and information literacy activities including faculty liaison, collection development, teaching and reference in support of the [...]

University of Lethbridge LibraryThe University of Lethbridge Library seeks a flexible, energetic, innovative and experienced professional librarian to fill a tenure track position.The incumbent will join the professional staff in a wide range of information access and information literacy activities including faculty liaison, collection development, teaching and reference in support of the University’s teaching and [...]

I’m halfway through my MSIS at UT Austin… any other MSIS (MSLIS/MSLS) students here who’d like to start a group?I’m particularly interested in marketing, information literacy, and increasing patron input and feedback through the use of Web 2.0 technologies. I had also been wanting to start a community where librarians could share ideas, problems and [...]

The future of subject librarianship is being challenged by technological advances and funding pressures. Questionnaires were used to collect data about the roles, relationships and competencies of 32 subject/liaison librarians supporting three disciplines in UK universities. The survey showed that postholders were undertaking a wide range of activities, with academic liaison and information literacy teaching [...]

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delete linkspam ← Older revision Revision as of 21:55, 24 May 2007 Line 191: Line 191: ==See also== ==See also== – * ”CLUES: A Journal of Detection” 24.1 (Fall 2005). Guest ed. Mary P. Freier. Theme issue on information literacy and the detective novel.   * [[Sewcom]]: The Sewcom Method: Learning Information Literacy using the [...]

← Older revision Revision as of 04:17, 25 May 2007 Line 5: Line 5: Media centers are usually staffed by [[librarian]]s (or media specialists or [[teacher-librarian]]s) who hold a Masters of Library Science degree (sometimes this is known as a “Masters of Library and Information Science”, depending on when and where it was issued) — [...]