Mars, the moon, memory, global warming, nanotechnology, the Founding Fathers, Spain’s colonization of California, Massachusetts maritime history, and helping Spanish-speaking children learn to read English are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find. More: continued here

Call for Articles: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries (An ACRL Monograph)Editors:Amy Harris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a_harri2@uncg.eduScott Rice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, serice2@uncg.eduDeadline for proposals: August 31, 2007Expected publication: Summer 2008Gaming in all its forms is making its way into academia. “Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries” will provide case [...]

There is a LPP Special Issue on Libraries and Google now up. One of the articles is Unclear on the Context: Refocusing on Information Literacy’s Evaluative Component in the Age of Google by Genevieve Williams.From the article:The advent of Google has provoked an uneasy alliance in academic librarianship. We marvel at its speed, flexibility, and [...]

Information Literacy through Unique Education Gaming ApplicationPresented by Annie Downey & Kristin Boyett, from the University of North Texas, DentonAnnie and I traded emails this April about her presentation and she stated that:”What we are presenting on is our planning process. Because quite frankly, that is the stage we are in and I believe after [...]

Games Students Play: A New Approach to Online Information Literacy InstructionUniversity of North Carolina: Greensboro; Scott Rice & Amy HarrisFocused on trying to get students into the library, about 14,000 FTEFirst build an online tutorial in 2000. 2006 knew there needed to be a next step.They established a need: a desire to reach 1st year [...]

The ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium took place in Chicago, USA, 22-24 July 2007. It included sessions on information literacy:Information Literacy through Unique Education Gaming Application. Annie Downey, Kristin Boyett (University of North Texas Libraries)Games Students Play: A New Approach to Online Information Literacy Instruction. Amy Harris (University of North Carolina, Greensboro), Scott [...]

Working Title: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries An ACRL MonographEditors: Amy Harris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a_harri2@uncg.eduScott Rice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, serice2@uncg.eduDeadline for proposals: August 31, 2007Expected publication: Summer 2008 Gaming in all its forms is making its way into academia. “Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries” will provide [...]

Death by Caffeine. How many Coca-Cola Zero’s would I need to drink before I died of a caffeine overdose? The answer for my weight is “Gulp down 356.09 cans of Coka-Cola Zero and you’re history.” What a nice reference tool! I am sure I will use it at the Reference Desk to answer patron questions [...]

Infomation Literacy Standards ToolkitDetailed standards for teaching information literacy at the college level, with information on using the standards to create educational programs or courses.Via Infomine (Source: pintiniblog) More: continued here

In response to the Center on Education Policy report on curriculum, Secretary Spellings made the following statement: While the report is certainly interesting, its scope is too limited to draw broad conclusions and similar studies point toward different findings. More: continued here