references need to be improved; should be cited inline to make them more clear ↠Older revision Revision as of 13:58, 24 February 2008 Line 1: Line 1: + {{refimprove|date=February 2008}} + Several conceptions and definitions of ”’information literacy”’ have become prevalent. For example, one conception defines information literacy in terms of a set of [...]
↠Older revision Revision as of 13:58, 24 February 2008 Line 1: Line 1: -{{refimprove|date=February 2008}} +{{refstyle|date=February 2008}} Several conceptions and definitions of ”’information literacy”’ have become prevalent. For example, one conception defines information literacy in terms of a set of competencies that an informed citizen of an information society ought to possess to participate [...]
Study skills for dyslexic students is a useful site at Sheffield University. Actually I think this site could teach something to non-dyslexic students as well. The graphics are nice (I think) and it is audio-led. The topics covered include writing skills, referencing, paraphrasing & synthesis and literature reviews.http://dyslexstudyskills.group.shef.ac.uk/Photo by Sheila Webber: Fallen cherry blossom leaves, [...]
I’ve been trying to decide how best to write about the recent news story sprung here in the frozen tundra about librarian demotion. The two news stories that have been published have so many contradicting statements in them that I can hardly make heads or tails of the situation. And this evening I heard that [...]
Will Kurt, a very helpful librarian posted a wiki listing of electronic resources and whether Google Scholar crawls and indexes these resources:http://lib-bling.com/scholar/index.php?GoogleScholar More: continued here
Diane Nahl has compiled a list of items which are about research into the way people feel and react when they are handling or discovering information. This affective angle is one that used to be neglected, but there is a lot mole interest now. The Affective Revolution in Information Behavior Research is at http://iats-coe1.missouri.edu/~siguse/SIGUSESymposiumNahl-refs.pdf (Source: [...]
Tra le iniziative collaterali di “Stelline 2008″ (Milano, Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 64), in Sala Leonardo, venerdì  7 marzo 2008 (ore 9.30-12.30), si terrà il Seminario: “Libertà di espressione e accesso all’informazione: il ruolo della biblioteca scolastica” . A cura del Gruppo di lavoro CASPUR per il Progetto MPI-DGSI “Biblioteche nelle Scuole”.PRESENTAZIONEIl Seminario intende [...]
It’s been a busy week, thankfully, the people in the library stayed healthy. This week I talked to classes about Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, digital color, and information literacy. Some of the questions we answered were:I need a book to read for College Orientation.I need to see the reserve books on Death of a [...]
This week marked the fourth semester that the information literacy team at the University of Dubuque applied video game strategies into a resource review activity. The activity was originally designed in the spring semester of 2006 as a way to address student fatigue late in a semester. The following semester, we added video game strategies [...]
Wittenberg University seeks a dynamic, service-oriented Technical Services/Archives Librarian. This is a tenure-track, 12 month position reporting to the Head of Technical Services. The successful candidate will manage (with the Head of Technical Services) the University’s archives and special collections; oversee copy cataloging and materials processing; perform complex cataloging of monographs, serials, AV, electronic resources [...]