I was in Kerman recently to attend a conference on medical librarianship and also to run a workshop about “Information Literacy Skills for Medical Students”. A number of librarians from different medical libraries attended the workshop. I focused on the importance of IL in medicine and how we can teach medical students to enhance their [...]

This report was recently released by ebrary.2007 Global Faculty E-book SurveySponsored by ebrary(If you want to receive a free copy of the full report (46 page PDF) you have to register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=wS8CU8W9N_2fIwRuMq5gNMsw_3d_3d)Here’s the Table of contents and the list of questions that were addressed:Survey Results1. Dates of survey2. Total number of respondents3. Participating countries4. [...]

ebrary a audité un peu moins de mille académiques sur leur expérience avec les ressources électroniques (notamment les e-books, bien entendu). S. Webber* pointe quelques résultats:• “Approximately 50 percent of respondents indicated they prefer using online resources for research, class preparation, and instruction versus 18 percent who prefer print resources.• “Eighty-five percent of respondents viewed [...]

ebrary commissioned a survey of 906 academics, the 2007 Global Faculty E-book Survey. The goal was to help understand academics’ experience with electronic and printed resources. (from the press release:) “Key survey findings include the following:• “Approximately 50 percent of respondents indicated they prefer using online resources for research, class preparation, and instruction versus 18 [...]

For my grade 3 library class this quarter, I’ve embeded this video as Prelection to a lesson on fiction, non-fiction books and the Dewey Decimal System. (Source: School Librarian in Action) More: continued here

The study assesses the readiness of the University of Ghana and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, to formally integrate information literacy (IL) into their curricula. A multiple case study approach was adopted and in-depth interviews with some heads of departments and librarians were carried out. The study revealed that library literacy, computer literacy and [...]

Une annonce de l’ACCOLAD (Agence régionale de coopération de Franche-Comté, lecture, audiovisuel et documentation)L’ACCOLAD, avec le soutien de la DRAC Franche-Comté et en collaboration avec la médiathèque de Dole, organise le mardi 4 décembre à Dole (Jura) une journée sur la musique numérique et l’évolution des espaces musiques en médiathèque.Déjà de nombreuses bibliothèques envisagent de [...]

At the Konstanz Workshop on Information Literacy on 9th November I gave a presentation on Information Literacy for Masters students. There were two parts to the presentation. In the first part I talked about an activity that I and my colleague Nigel Ford undertake with taught postgraduate (Masters) students taking our Information Management and Librarianship [...]

State: PennsylvaniaBucknell University’s Information Services & Resources (ISR), a merged library/information technology organization, seeks an energetic, innovative instructional services librarian whose primary responsibility will be to take our educational programs to a new level in the context of Bucknell�s strategic plan, The Plan for Bucknell.We are at an exciting juncture at Bucknell: the university is [...]

Below is a recommended Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP) lesson plan for the teaching of Information Literacy Skills. The topics are reference resources and the Big 6 Model in Research. The skills covered are research and work-study skills. Take note that the content and skills are integrated in the Reading Program. The context for this IPP [...]