Archive for February, 2009

AcademicInfo

AcademicInfoAcademicInfo is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information. Our mission is to provide free, independent and accurate information and resources for prospective and current students (and other researchers). More: continued here

The ifla multicultural library manifesto. no. 2.21.2009. 34.

The IFLA Multicultural Library ManifestoThe Multicultural Library – a gateway to a cultural diversesociety in dialogue. All people live in an increasingly heterogeneous society. There are more than 6,000 different languages in the world. The international migration rate is growing every year resulting in an increasing number of people with complex identities. Globalization, increased migration,faster [...]

Article: information seeking behavior and user satisfaction of university instructors: a case study

From the Abstract:Information-seeking behavior remains an important research area. Libraries and other information providers strive to understand users’ information needs and how they try to fulfill these needs. This understanding helps design and offer appropriate user-centered information systems/services. Bruce (2005) states that, “information plays a significant role in our daily professional and personal lives and [...]

Credible information: ua libraries’ trudi jacobson teaches proper research methods

University at Albany – “When Trudi E. Jacobson was a senior at UAlbany, she signed up for a course called Information Literacy, taught by Jacquelyn Gavryck. “I felt like I’d come home – I found exactly what I wanted to do,” said Jacobson, a University Librarian who heads the UA Libraries’ User Education Program. “What [...]

Access to knowledge

I was not familiar until recently with the acronym A2K, but this means Access To Knowledge and is a phrase used by proponents of open access. If you are interested in this area you may be interested in:1. A mailing list Copyright & A2K Information Service(formerly Denise Nicholson’s Information Service): subscribe to “Copyrightanda2kinfo – Copyright [...]

How can libraries help people begin research with library resources?

This is the second of several posts summarizing the more interesting or relevant sessions I attended at the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference.In “The Problem of Where to Start,” Mike Buschman of Proquest discussed problems people encounter in the use of library e-resources and several approaches that libraries can use to help. These findings and [...]

Information literacy and digital literacy [prisma.com]

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A “informação” em vídeo

Via blog Information Literacy meets Library 2.0 (o livro deu o nome ao blog e este não existe sem o livro) tomei conhecimento de um vídeo “bem feito” sobre Informação e a história de se confundir muitas vezes o meio com a mensagem. Vídeo interessante como instrumento pedagógico, que me fez recordar as sábias aulas [...]

Invitation: e-learning and instruction librarian/ marquette university/ milwaukee, wi

Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries seeks an innovative and service-oriented individual for the position of E-Learning & Instruction Librarian. The E-Learning & Instruction Librarian will provide leadership and support for library-related online instructional development and e-learning initiatives, including the design and development of library-related digital learning objects and online instructional resources; participate in the Libraries’ [...]

Come fanno ricerca i giovani? il video di projectinfolit

Piaccia o meno già si sapeva…dove si cerca un’informazione per i compiti? E oltre la rete che fonti vengono usate?Il video è realizzato nell’ambito del Project Information Literacy (Source: biblioragazzi) More: continued here