Archive for April, 2009

TED talk: Michael Merzenich: Exploring the re-wiring of the brain

This is a great talk by Michael Merzenich done at the TED conference.The training program is from Dr. Merzenich’s company, PositScience.I’m not sure about the training program but the talk is fascinating generally and as it applies to people with language learning issues. More: continued here

Grouchobot: robot adding: bg:Информационна грамотност

robot Adding: bg:Информационна грамотност ← Previous revision Revision as of 18:57, 26 April 2009 Line 314: Line 314: [[Category:Library and information science]] [[Category:Library and information science]]  + [[bg:Информационна грамотност]] [[cs:Informační gramotnost]] [[cs:Informační gramotnost]] [[da:Informationskompetence]] [[da:Informationskompetence]] (Source: Information literacy – Revision history) More: continued here

Information skills for students and library staff

CoFHE North West Circle’s spring meeting is Information Skills for Students and Library Staff , Thursday 7 May (afternoon) at the One Central Park campus of The Manchester College. Speakers are Alison Pope and Julie Adams (Staffordshire University), Rachel Beckett (University of Manchester) and Anthony Beal (West Cheshire College) The cost of the afternoon including [...]

Plains to peaks post newsletter

The April 2009 edition of the Plains to Peaks Post Newsletter is now available at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/comm/newsletter/PTPP_April_2009.pdfIn This Issue:Three Projects Awarded!Whooo SaysOrienting Nursing Students to the Medical LibraryEasily Publish RSS News Feeds on Your Web Page with GrazrNN/LM MCR at MLAOffer a Health Information Literacy SessionUpcoming Online EventsWyoming SymposiumHistorical Collections (Source: Midcontinental Region News) More: continued [...]

The april, 2009 issue of the journal of the medical library association is now available online

Direct to Table of Contents (via Pubmed Central)Articles include:+ A case study: using social tagging to engage students in learning Medical Subject Headings+ Search strategies to identify information on adverse effects: a systematic review+ Development of a new academic digital library: a study of usage data of a core medical electronic journal collection+ A bibliometric [...]

More Than $321 Million for Mississippi Jobs, Reform

Secretary Arne Duncan announced that more than $321 million is available for Mississippi under the Recovery Act to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here

More Than $547 Million for Minnesota Jobs, Reform

Secretary Arne Duncan announced that more than $547 million is available for Minnesota under the Recovery Act to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here

$382 Million for Oregon Jobs, Reform

Secretary Arne Duncan announced that $382 million is available for Oregon under the Recovery Act to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here

More Than $321 Million for Utah Jobs, Reform

Secretary Arne Duncan announced that more than $321 million is available for Utah under the Recovery Act to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here

Nearly $130 Million for Maine Jobs, Reform

Secretary Arne Duncan announced that nearly $130 million is available for Maine under the Recovery Act to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here