Abstract: Purpose – To investigate the type of information sources used by primary school students for project work, their preferred information formats and the importance and reasons for using certain information sources. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire survey. Findings – It was found that the Internet was the most preferred information source for project work, followed by [...]

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present findings from the European project PuLLS (Public Libraries in the Learning Society), funded by the EU’s Socrates programme. Design/methodology approach – Describes a piece of action research, outlining the development and implementation of a model for delivering open learning to adult library users. Findings [...]

Full papers from the Evidence-based Library and Information Practice conference held in May are at: http://www.eblip4.unc.edu/ Particularly relevant papers:Brettle, Alison. Information skills training in health libraries: Are we any nearer the evidence?Myers, Glenda & D. R. Prozesky. Comparison of training interventions for PubMed search skills amongst 3rd and 4th year medical students.Nagata, Haruki, Akira Toda [...]

reported by Debra Sweeney, LiteracyNews.comThe Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) recently recognized Boys’ Life magazine, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America, for its educational excellence by awarding it four Distinguished Achievement Awards. Along with the most highly coveted Periodical of the Year award for Grades 6 through 8, the AEP honored Boys? [...]

by Rebecca WalkerLearning to write is a critical, landmark stage in your child’s development, and one which can pave the way for academic success in future years. Whilst your child becomes more aware of the world around him, and begins to learn the basics of expressing one’s self in society, writing forms an integral part [...]

Whilst checking something else I was reminded that there is a free chapter online from:Levy, P. and Roberts, S. (Eds) Developing the New Learning Environment: the changing role of the academic librarian. London: Facet. ISBN: 978-1-85604-530-8namely Allison Littlejohn’s chapter: Chapter 4: Key issues in the design and delivery of technology-enhanced learning Photo by Sheila Webber: [...]

I attended two sessions (and a disco!) of the BlogHer 07 Second Life (SL) conference. This is a conference that focuses on women (the “her”) and blogging, and the Real Life (RL) version was taking place in Chicago, USA. The first session was about journalism in SL and since I think there is relevance to [...]

I’d like to say that I was able to take a little break and relax after getting back from Chicago and but that hasn’t been the case. I the ALA Tech Source Symposium,came back home to a sick wife and a week full of strategic planning meetings. While the meetings were productive and my wife [...]

Since I’ve spent the last few early morning hours awake (thanks to a potty training 2 year old) digging through my RSS feeds, I wanted to point out a few relevant news items.If you noticed my post from last night, I started treated “video games” as a single word “videogame.” This change is due to [...]

Secretary Spellings announced that 14 projects in 12 states will share $25 million in grants under No Child Left Behind’s Voluntary School Choice Program to help states and school districts create or expand public school choice initiatives. More: continued here