Archive for April, 2008

Business student at 19:29, 27 april 2008

← Previous revision Revision as of 19:29, 27 April 2008 Line 1: Line 1: – +{{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 intelligently [...]

Position announcement: music bibliographer, central michigan university

Reference Librarian/Music Bibliographer (Tenure-track, 12-month, Assistant Professor)Central Michigan University Libraries seeks a 12-month, tenure-track faculty Reference Librarian/Music Bibliographer at the rank of Assistant Professor to join an energetic team. Serving about 28,000 students, Central Michigan University is a doctoral research institution recognized for strong undergraduate education and a range of focused graduate programs and research.Position [...]

Escalate conference:1

I am at the ESCalate conference, which has the theme The Teaching-Research Interface: Implications for Practice in Higher Education and Further Education. ESCalate is the subject centre for education, and the conference is being held at Stirling University. There is a website at http://escalate.ac.uk/3936 but it does not have much info on it at the [...]

Report on the thirteenth off-campus library services conference

I recently had the privilege of visiting Salt Lake City, Utah for a library conference. It was the Off-Campus Library Services Conference. I had a great time and really enjoyed visiting Utah. In addition to attending many great sessions, I presented a paper on publishing for librarians. It is in the conference proceedings already and [...]

Enlaces en diigo 04/29/2008

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News on academic libraries

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128.84.201.11: added inline citing to explain importance of information literacy at college education level.

added inline citing to explain importance of information literacy at college education level. ← Previous revision Revision as of 14:21, 29 April 2008 Line 13: Line 13: Related terms are library orientation, library skills, bibliographic instruction, ”’library use instruction”’ or ”’[[library instruction]]”’ Related terms are library orientation, library skills, bibliographic instruction, ”’library use instruction”’ or [...]

128.84.201.22 at 14:28, 29 april 2008

← Previous revision Revision as of 14:28, 29 April 2008 Line 22: Line 22: *Research literacy, or the ability to understand and use the IT-based tools relevant to the work of today’s researcher and scholar. *Research literacy, or the ability to understand and use the IT-based tools relevant to the work of today’s researcher and [...]

Business student: added external link for shapiro (1996) article

added external link for Shapiro (1996) article ← Previous revision Revision as of 14:31, 29 April 2008 Line 5: Line 5: The [[American Library Association]]’s (ALA) Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, Final Report states that, “To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to [...]

Ncsu libraries taps 2008-2010 fellows

Media contact: Anna Dahlstein, tel. (919) 515-3585The NCSU Libraries has announced the appointment of the 2008-2010 NCSU Libraries Fellows, effective July 1, 2008, unless otherwise noted: Freeman Culver, III (effective September 1, 2008), Cory Lown, Dan Lucas, Genya O’Gara, Andreas Orphanides, and David Zwicky.The NCSU Libraries Fellows Program develops future leaders for academic libraries, with [...]