CreateSpace is the new name of Amazon’s on-demand self-publishing service for the super long tail of books, audio CD’s and film DVD/Blue-ray. Products automatically get an ISBN number(a huge draw-card) and are listed on Amazon.com, including “Search Inside” for books. This extends what is on offer, when compared to Lulu and other self-publishing sites.The National [...]
L’information literacy (traduzione letterale: alfabetizzazione informativa, ovvero saper comprendere, valutare e usare bene le informazioni), è sempre più al centro di interessi teorici e sperimentazioni pratiche. Ormai è chiaro a tutti che senza un buon bagaglio di competenze tecniche in relazione all’uso delle informazioni – e in particolare di quelle online, le più ricche ma [...]
Calories and physical activity, the anatomy of hearing, novels, nanoscience, astronomy, photography, and Hawaii are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find. More: continued here
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity will be held at the University of South Australia in December 2007, and the conference organisers are inviting nominations for the awards of Best Original Academic Integrity Resource and also Best Annotated Bibliography of Online Academic Integrity Resources. The successful candidates will be given a grant to cover [...]
Thanks to Michael Lorenzen for alerting me to a free article:Hurst, S. and Leonard, J. (2007) “Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Effect of Library Instruction on the Quality of Students’ Term Papers.” Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, 8 (1) . http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v08n01/hurst_s01.htmThis was a study of a business class in a US university. There [...]
Hurst, S., Leonard, J. (2007), Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Effect of Library Instruction on the Quality of Students’ Term Papers. Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, 8 (1).L’article relate une étude menée sur deux groupes d’étudiants en économie/gestion, le premier ayant suivi une formation aux outils documentaires d’une BU, le second pas. Le [...]
Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to look at online public access catalogues (OPAC) operations in the light of the philosophy of information, communication theory and semiotics, and to revisit fundamental questions about the nature of library OPACs and the ways in which they function. Design/methodology/approach – This exercise is pursued through examination of the [...]
Abstract: Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the development of a pilot program for using podcasting as a tool in the provision of information literacy in an academic library. It aims to discuss the implementation process and the issues encountered in developing a podcasting series at the Curtin University Library. Design/methodology/approach – The possibilities [...]
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary evidence over a three-year period on the efficacy of a curriculum designed to foster information literacy skills in graduate students in a chemistry bibliography course. Design/methodology/approach – Specifically, the researchers examined the application and results of an assessment tool and its connectivity to [...]
Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to present the findings of a study that investigated the impact of information literacy (IL) teaching approaches, which are grounded in pedagogy, on students’ level and applicability of IL competencies. Design/methodology/approach – A quasi-experimental control group study was carried out with 476 students, aged from 13 to 15 years [...]