The Department announced the award of $6.7 million in grants to 23 higher education organizations to help them develop pilot projects for students with disabilities. More: continued here

In his email to me, Tom Mackey, Associate Dean at the Center for Distance Learning, Empire State College, SUNY, said that he and his co-editor, Trudi Jacobson, Head of User Education Programs, University Libraries at the University at Albany, SUNY,… (Source: Law Librarian Blog) More: continued here

OXFORD, Ohio (ZP) — There’s things about me, I tell her, she’s not going to want to hear about.In fact, there are things about me and where I’ve been, things I’ve done, that I don’t want to hear about.She’s not happy with my answer but, well, she accepts it. Me being the Man of Fucking [...]

School Libraries Group ScotlandSession1: Expectations, reality and self-management: the role of the teacher librarianSession 2: Information Literacy and the webSession 3: Advanced searching and search engine evelopmentsSession 4: Wikis and blogs (Source: CILIP – Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) More: continued here

Information Literacy and Web 2.0: A one day workshop by leading IL practitioner James Herring – 4 November 2008 – Dunfermline High School, Scotland (Source: Peter Scott’s Library Blog) More: continued here

PUBLIC SERVICES SYSTEMS LIBRARIAN – QATARThe University of Calgary has opened its first overseas branch campus with generous financial support from the State of Qatar and began delivering undergraduate nursing programs in the Fall 2007. As a member of our University of Calgary – Qatar team you will play a significant role in the next [...]

Robert Iakobashvili, Ph.D.GhotitOriginal post here: Contextual Spelling of Word 2007MS-Word 2007 for Windows and MS-Word 2008 for Macintosh so-called “contextual spelling” was introduced with a great enthusiasm as expressed e.g. here.Office 2007 for Windows (2008 for Mac) automatically activates “contextual spelling”, if a computer has at least 1 GB of memory, otherwise, you can configure [...]

Seeking Submissions from Practicing Librarians (U.S.) for Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook (publisher: American Library Association)Foreword: Kathy Barco, READiscover New Mexico: A Tri-Lingual Adventure in Literacy (Sunstone Press, 2007); children’s librarian, Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Public LibraryAfterword: Edith Campbell, Media Director, Arlington High School, Indianapolis. Indiana Libraries, Viewpoints; http://campbele.wordpress.comArticles by practicing librarians sharing their experiences [...]

Science LibrarianReporting to the Head, Research Services this position has responsibility for providing subject-related information literacy instruction in all science subject areas, including computer science and mathematics, and developing information literacy strategies and approaches in these areas in coordination with the overall instructional efforts of Research Services. Additional responsibilities include collection development, liaison service, and [...]

DIRECTOR, HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY& ARCHIVES, RESEARCH & PERFORMANCE SUPPORT , Regina, SaskatchewanThe Director of the Health Sciences Library & Archives is accountable for the provision of library and information services to all employees and physicians in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region and for the administrative management of the Health Sciences Library & Archives. The Director [...]