Title: LibrarianClassification: LibrarianLocation: SIAST Kelsey Campus (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)Program/Division: Library & Testing ServicesCategory: Full TimeCompetition Number: KC-0910-09Date Posted: April 20, 2009Closing Date: April 29, 2009Effective Date(s): ASAP to ongoingSalary Range: As per academic gridHours of Work: 1442.75 capWork Pattern: 199 assigned daysDUTIESAssist in the continuous development of a program of library instruction suitable for delivery at [...]

Today is the 9th International Commemoration Day For Dead And Injured Workers, coordinated by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). This day highlights workers’ rights to work in a healthy, safe environment, and employers’ accountability. An information literate employer would, of course, make it easy for workers to know about and understand their [...]

LACUNY Members, Please join us on Friday, June 19, 2009 (2:00-4:00 PM) at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Avenue, between 58th & 59th Streets in Room 630 for our annual spring membership meeting. Following a short business meeting, we will be hosting a panel on “Libraries, Librarians and Oral History.” [...] [...]

Elizabeth Svoboda at Salon has an interesting piece up today: “I am not a puzzle, I am a person”.People with autism don’t need to be “cured,” argues the burgeoning “autism culture” movement. Not all parents or medical experts agree. More: continued here

The Not-So-Distant Librarian: Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and FacultyFriday, July 10, 20091:00 – 4:30 p.m.Chicago, Illinois*****************************************Hone your online instruction skills in a preconference conducted by experts. The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is a leader in distance education, and its librarians play an active and innovative role in the school’s online classes. [...]

The chatlog (transcript) of the discussion Impressions from the LILAC (information literacy) conference, held in Second Life on Infolit iSchool on 23rd April, is available. Three of us each highlighted a session we’d enjoyed. Vicki Cormie talked about Andrew Walsh’s session on using mobile phones, Marshall Dozier talked about Peter Godwin’s, which also focused on [...]

4th European Conference on Practice-based and Practitioner Research on Learning and Instruction will be held in Trier, Germany 18-20 November, 2009. Theme is Improving social competencies and network learning in education and professional practice. There is a call for papers, deadline for submission is 4 September, 2009. More info at http://www.eapril.org/EAPRIL2009 (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) [...]

“Information Obesity is an exploration of information literacy and ICT skills education from the point of view of social and political theory. It uses these theories both to argue why the idea of information literacy is so important in the 21st century, and also to develop some teaching strategies to this end. The book argues [...]

Direct to Document (1 page; PDF)See Also: Guidelines for Information Literacy (Lifelong Learning) (60 pages; PDF)Source: IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) (Source: ResourceShelf) More: continued here

Julie Reynolds, Duke University, BiologyInterested in helping scientists learn how to write and develop critical thinking skills through their writing.Four questions she’s struggled with in her classes: What are readers’ expectations? How can we communicate nuance? How do students balance feedback from multiple readers? How can we help students develop their voice?What are readers’ expectations? [...]