I’m reposting this week’s PLN Highlights post as usual; you’ll find the post below the line. We continue to add worthwhile, interesting, sometimes provocative content to the PALINET Leadership Network, PLN–free to all current and future library leaders, requires a minute or two to sign up (and clicking on one email link)–and we need library [...]
This is a guest post by Stephanie Mathson, Central Michigan University.I’m not on the Wikipedia bandwagon, but I admit I do use it personally as a quick reference source on miscellaneous topics I want a bit of information about. There are other librarians though who are big supporters of the site; this interesting article was [...]
State: TennesseeThe successful candidate will join a team of four librarians in the newly organized Integrated User Services (IUS) Department. We are seeking an instruction librarian who has a passion for teaching and guiding undergraduate students, who is excited about contributing to the evolution of our learning commons, and who possesses an affinity for the [...]
State: OhioMount Vernon Nazarene University is an intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students, and working adults who seek opportunity to learn and grow in an academic community of faith. We provide the context for a transformational experience through excellent academics, service opportunities, caring relationships, and a nurturing spiritual and social environment. [...]
Training and Development ConsultantNorthern Lights Library System (NLLS), one of seven regional public library systems in Alberta, invites candidates for an exciting 16 month contract for the position of Training and Development Consultant. Northern Lights Library System, one of four library systems in The Regional Automation Consortium (TRAC), is migrating to a new Integrated Library [...]
Steven Bell on ACRL blog reports a new Pew study on search engine users. See Bell’s posting for more details including a link to related research by Jakob Nielsen.  Bell also muses on our how our search interfaces are geared to librarians.In brief, survey respondents are searching slightly better but still overall are very poor at searching-if the [...]
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Television viewing plays an important role in the lives of many young children and has received a great deal of attention in the public as well as in research. This review examined research on television and literacy development in early childhood, including studies of messages about literacy in children’s programs as well as the impact [...]