We are pleased to announce that Dr Ross Todd will be visiting Europe for a few days in the Spring and the SLA has been able to book him to come and do one of his very popular workshops for us on Monday 19th May in London. He will also run training courses for the [...]
Since I blogged an Economist online debate a few weeks ago I’ve been emailed when a new one popped up. This one might be of interest: here is the blurb that was sent me”The Economist Debate Series presents another debate proposition that is highly relevant to educators and students. The debate proposition states: “This house [...]
Information Literacy: strategy and research is the title of a free seminar day on Friday 14th March 2008 in Sheffield. The seminars are organised by the Centre for Information Literacy Research, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield. The morning seminar is Strategy for information literacy. The focus of the is session is on strategic [...]
Hiram College (Source: OHIONET – Job Announcements) More: continued here
State: OhioHiram College, a private, residential, selective liberal arts college located in Northeast Ohio and within an hour’s drive of Cleveland and Akron, invites applications for an Information Literacy/Instruction Librarian, a full-time, 12-month professional staff position, to begin on July 1, 2008. Reporting to the library director, the position’s primary responsibilities include: plan, implement, market, [...]
Secretary Spellings testified before the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee to discuss the Department of Education’s fiscal year 2009 budget request. Following is her prepared opening statement. More: continued here
The Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education is a new peer-reviewed OA journal published by the University of Bergen Library. The inaugural issue will appear in November 2008. (Source: Open Access News) More: continued here
Communications in Information Literacy – Volume 1, Issue 2 – Fall 2007 is now available (Source: Peter Scott’s Library Blog) More: continued here
Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education is a peer-reviewed open access journal. The first issue of the journal will be launched in November 2008 (Source: Peter Scott’s Library Blog) More: continued here
↠Older revision Revision as of 06:19, 24 February 2008 Line 5: Line 5: Jeremy Shapiro & Shelley Hughes (1996) define information literacy as “A new liberal art that extends from knowing how to use computers and access information to critical reflection on the nature of information itself its technical infrastructure and its social, cultural, [...]