State: InternationalUpper School Librarian NeededGlenelg School of Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesGlenelg School of Abu Dhabi seeks to fill the full-time position of combined (6-8) Middle and Upper School (9-12) Librarian. Under the supervision of the Head Librarian, the Upper School Librarian will be responsible for daily running of one of two campus libraries.The GSAD [...]
Contact: David Hiscoe, NCSU Libraries, (919) 513-3425(Raleigh, NC, 2009)—One of the most disturbing aspects of today’s economic turmoil is the growing challenge the United States faces to its traditional competitive advantage in information technology and services. Traffic to the nation’s research and community libraries is significantly up as the work force digs in to sharpen [...]
Congratulations to our 2009 Service Quality Evaluation Academy Class for completing an intensive week long training on qualitative and quantitative methods:1. Charlotte Beck,University of British Columbia2. Tom Bielavitz, Portland State Library3. Marianne Stowell Bracke,Purdue University4. Gillian Byrne,Memorial University5. Sue Ann Cody,University of North Carolina Wilmington6. Kathy Crowe, University of North Carolina Greensboro7. Sue Erickson, Vanderbilt [...]
The Digital Britain report that was published by the UK’s Department of Culture Media and Sport at the end of January has received a good deal of attention. I notice that the article that was printed in Information World Review has been published on the web in a different magazine. Comments from Lynne Brindley and [...]
Recipients of the 2009 LACUNY Professional Development Grants have been announced. This year, two $500 awards were made to support conference travel for 2 LACUNY members to attend a library-related meeting or conference.Karen Okamoto, Reference/Instruction Librarian at John Jay College, has been awarded the grant to attend and present at the Workshop for Instruction on [...]
Here’s an example of a community whose schools and economy could be revitalized by the Recovery Act. More: continued here
Last week we were happy to host Zuzanna Wiorogorska and Agnieszka Wrobel, from the University of Warsaw Library, in my Department , supported by an ERASMUS grant (the previous week they were with Sheffield University Library). They observed some of our classes, including the Information Literacy Research class that I coordinate (and which this week [...]
Citation for the article:Martin, Jason. “The Information Seeking Behavior of Undergraduate Education Majors: Does Library Instruction Play a Role?” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 3.4 (2008): 4-17.Read online. This journal is open access. Main page here.The article reports on a small survey of 200 undergraduates from University of Central Florida’s College of Education. The [...]
A recent publication, presenting a survey of about 5,000 young people from 4 countries (France, UK, Spain and Germany), is:Lusoli, W., & Miltgen, C. (2009). Young People and Emerging Digital Services. An Exploratory Survey on Motivations, Perceptions and Acceptance of Risks (JRC Scientific and Technical Reports; EUR 23765 EN). Sevilla: EC JRC IPTS. http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=2119It surveys [...]