The Cooperative Online Repository for Information Literacy Editorial Board has announced the end of the CORIL project. CORIL was a Canadian initiative to share materials relating to information literacy teaching, so it contains handouts, presentations and other material. To quote the announcement on the ILIG discussion list on Tuesday: “The planning involved in creating CORIL [...]
Bot: Converting bare references, see FAQ ↠Previous revision Revision as of 09:18, 29 May 2008 Line 40: Line 40: 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 [...]
Bell, Colleen (2008) Building a Framework for Information Literacy across the Curriculum : Putting Theory Into Practice. Delivered at British Columbia Library Association Conference 2008 : “Off the Shelf and Out of the Box : Creativity in Libraries”, Richmond, British Columbia (Canada). Presentation. (Source: E-LIS) More: continued here
- Etude > Comment les québécois recherchent sur le web ?(source: Skooiz / via Abondance, 25/05/08)- Google vs. educational databases(source: ZDNet, 26/05/08 / via liste Dig_Ref)- L’hélice de la diffusion de la connaissance : formation et développement des compétences en Sciences de l’Information et des Médias dans la formation universitaire grâce à un travail basé [...]
I have been slow in picking up the publication of the Byron Report, Safer Children in a Digital World: an “independent review looking at the risks to children from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games” (published at the end of March). It was led by the glamourous [...]
From the highlights page:Primary Research Group has published Research Library International Benchmarks. The 200-page study is based on data from 45 major research libraries from the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, Italy, Japan, Spain, Argentina, and other countries. The report presents a broad range of data on current and planned materials, salary, info technology [...]
The Art & Design/Information Literacy Librarian reports to the Head, Reference and Collection Development Services for reference and library instruction duties and to the Collection Development…[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: [ArLiSNAP]) More: continued here
This one day master class takes place 11th June in Canberra, Australia, led by Robyn Tweedale, Principal Manager, Information Services Library, Division of Academic Information Services, University of Southern Queensland. For more information go to http://www.keyforums.com.au/Photo by Sheila Webber: Church, Kristianstad, Sweden, May 2008. (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) More: continued here
The LISTEN Project, supported by HRSA, is a 3-year study seeking to assess and improve the information literacy skills of students and professional nurses. For some great tips on evidence-based practice in nursing, check out the LISTEN website. Some recent “tips of the week” include information on using RSS feeds, locating clinical practice guidelines, and [...]
From readwriteweb.com, “As print circulation continues its slide at most newspapers, one of the United States’ most respected newspapers, the New York Times, is taking steps to boost online readership. The paper is already the third most cited web site on Techmeme, and the first on Memeorandum, proving that bloggers at least pay attention to [...]