OK, this has nothing to do with information literacy. However, Convicted Molester Claims He Was A Victim of Bigfoot is the most bizarre headline I have seen in the mainstream media in some time. This is not from the National Enquirer or Weekly World News. Just thought I would share… (Source: The Information Literacy Land [...]

Yesterday Vicki Cormie and I led a discussion in Second Life (the virtual world) about our impressions of the LILAC (information literacy) conference held last week. For this we prepared a notecard (handout). “Waste not want not”: I thought I could repurpose that material for the blog. I will make this into 3 entries.In this [...]

On 27 March 2008 on Infolit iSchool, in the virtual world, Second Life, Vicki Cormie (Ishbel Hartmann in Second Life) and I (Sheila Yoshikawa in Second Life) led a discussion presenting some of our highlights from the 2008 LILAC conference. Some of the discussion participants had also attended the RL conference. The chatlog (transcript) of [...]

Just to add a little more on the topic of RSS – I’ve also been reminded of the excellent service from the Library of the University of California.INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic [...]

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to designate Stephanie Johnson Monroe to be Acting Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education. The White House today released a brief statement. More: continued here

Now that my transition is official around campus and my replacement is determined, there is an official opening at the Charles C. Myers at the University of Dubuque. And please if you know someone who is looking – pass this along.If you or anyone you know is looking for a creative, innovative, collaborative environment to [...]

Now that I’ve promoted the open position at my current library and the library has announced my replacement, it is time to talk about my new position.I was offered and accepted a position at St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI. The college is just outside of Green Bay and is about 2000 students. You [...]

Over this Easter weekend I’m becoming increasingly nostalgic about my seven years with the University of Dubuque. I am, and my entire family is, excited about my new position at St. Norbert College and all the new opportunities for us as a family. I really feel called to work with the students and the library [...]

ref markup and linking ← Older revision Revision as of 20:10, 27 March 2008 Line 38: Line 38: Basic categories of workplace settings for librarians are routinely classified around the world as: public, academic, school, and special. Some librarians will start and operate their own business. They often call themselves [[information broker]]s, research specialists, [[knowledge [...]

fix a broken tag ← Older revision Revision as of 20:11, 27 March 2008 Line 44: Line 44: [[School library|School library media center]]: Libraries which exclusively serve the needs of a public or private school. The primary purpose is to support the students, teachers, and curriculum of the school or school district. In addition to [...]