Secretary Spellings delivered remarks at the Lebanese American University Board of Trustees meeting. Secretary Spellings noted the accomplishments of the Lebanese American University and other U.S.-chartered institutions abroad. Secretary Spellings also discussed historic U.S. support for these institutions and the potential of international education to build lasting relationships between the United States and the Middle [...]

A Pew Internet & American Life Project study about search engine users indicated that the vast majority of them expressed satisfaction with their search skills. According to the study, 92% of those who use search engines say they are confident about their searching and 87% of searchers say they have successful search experiences most of [...]

The School Library Association is running a course Guided Enquiry: Personalised Learning Through the School Library run by the well-known Ross Todd. Of interest to “Anyone with an interest in school libraries and wishing to promote the best learning opportunities for students in information age schools through a guided enquiry framework.” It is being held [...]

The CSG Information Literacy Group has announced the winner of the Information Literacy Practitioner Award. The recipient of this award is being recognised for their outstanding achievements in innovation within the area of information literacy. The winner is Nigel Morgan from the University of Cardiff (Source: Peter Scott’s Library Blog) More: continued here

For the first time in this degree I really took a dive on an assignment, and the thing is, I knew I was doing it.It hit my about half way through this semester: I have stopped caring about being in school. I am exhausted by the number of minor time-filling assignments which have only a [...]

This is a unique opportunity to work with students aged 10-15 from many different countries. For more information about Fay School’s International Summer School program, see http://www.fayschool.org/fay/summer/eslprog.aspThe summer school librarian reports to the Library Director and is responsible for all aspects of library service to summer school students, including developing information literacy instruction units, collaborating [...]

Secretary Spellings and Michel Zajur, president of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, hosted an education policy roundtable with Rep. Bobby Scott, educators and business leaders at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond. Secretary Spellings highlighted Virginia’s contributions to the accountability effort and noted its progress toward No Child Left Behind goals. More: continued [...]

Deputy Secretary Simon visited Annapolis High School and participated in an education policy roundtable discussion with state Superintendent Nancy Grasmick and local superintendents from across the state. Simon discussed progress toward No Child Left Behind goals in Maryland and challenges for the year ahead. More: continued here

UNESCO is going to be offering 11 “Training-the-Trainers in Information Literacy” workshops around the world. The training workshops in information literacy aim to develop the skills and competencies required to become proficient in:- articulating one’s information needs;- searching for and retrieving needed information efficiently, with a minimum of time and effort;- organizing the retrieved information [...]

Lyna Mohamad & Azrol Azmi have an informative article up at BruneiDirect.com. It is titled Brunei’s Education System Making Big Strides. It has some information on teaching information literacy.The article notes remarks by Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Dato Paduka Sheikh Hj Adnan Sheikh Mohamed:According to him, education, knowledge and information are considered [...]