Not Enough Time in the Library “Just because your students are computer-literate doesn’t mean they are research-literate. Academic librarians are eager to offer sessions for students on what we call “research education.” But the mistaken assumption that students don’t need it means that many professors don’t ask us to meet with their students, or even [...]
> Information Literacy sans frontieres (source: ILW, 17/05/09) > Media literacy books (source: ILW, 19/05/09) > Des tutoriELS sur Bibolabo, nouveau biblioblog (source: Bibliobsession 2.0, 22/05/09) > Explore Australian collections and worldwide OAI online sources (source: BlogusOperandi Twitter, 23/05/09) > [livre] Usages, usagers et compétences informationnelles au 21e siècle (source: BBF, t. 54, n° 3) [...]
Somehow, with keeping up on Twitter and blog reading, I seem to have hit “the motherload” today. So, as I sit and wait for the sleep study to begin, here is today’s harvest:27 things to do before a conference. Stephen Abram pointed to this site, which I thought was going to be from him. Chris [...]
Library and Information Research has published Vol 33, No 103 (2009). This is a free online journal including peer-reviewed articles. An Invited Contribution in this issue is : What are students doing in our library? Ethnography as a method of exploring library user behaviour by Joanna Bryant and a review of the book: Weaver, M. [...]
Information Literacy meets Library 2.0. This is the blog which updates the book "Information Literacy meets Library 2.0" published by Facet in March (Source: pligg – all) More: continued here
Secretary Arne Duncan announced nine appointments to his senior staff. More: continued here
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $165 million in recovery funds for Idaho to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $806 million in recovery funds for Virginia to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here
1) There is a residential course 21-23 July for educational developers new to their role, run by SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) at Cumberland Lodge, England. SEDA Summer School 2009: Supporting Educational Change. “Academic development includes working with individuals, groups and institutions to analyse and improve their academic practice. The Summer School will give [...]
While at the Medical Library Association Conference, I had the opportunity to hear from librarians doing outreach:Diane Schwartz works with the Somali Bantu Project in Buffalo New York. You can learn about their amazing work with mothers and children at http://www.bantuhealth.org/ The Project Materials link includes a guide they created and the “Listen and Learn†[...]