A study of the impact of the work of IFLA, including its role in the development of information literacy programmes, on the profession in South Africa, based on the views of South African professionals attending the World Library and Information Congress, 73rd IFLA General Conference, held in Durban, 19—23 August 2007. A series of focus [...]
Although universities are providing more and more information literacy training for their undergraduate students, the students’ real level of information literacy at the beginning of their studies has never been assessed. Hence EduDOC has decided to team up with the CIUF `Library’ Commission in order to organize a wide study aiming at objectively describing this [...]
Eczema’s link to asthma uncoveredThis may be meaningful to many people in the LD world who have allergies and other autoimmune problems. More: continued here
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about library instruction. The art history department at my university has invited me to help develop a new course, tentatively titled “Information Technology…[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: [ArLiSNAP]) More: continued here
“I’m gonna say a few things; I’m gonna say some bad words and you’re just gonna have to deal with it.” –Tony Soprano, in The Sopranos.Let the epigraph warn you. I am going to say a thing or two, so if you happen to be squeamish, sensitive, or PC, you may want to skip reading [...]
25-31 May is Library and Information Week in Australia, and this year’s theme is Libraries your passport to discovery: http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/liw/index.html You might want to look at the “great ideas” page where there are ideas for library week from people in libraries in different sectors, including ones related to information literacy. Examples include a different kind [...]
At the European Business School Librarians Group conference a couple of weeks ago (held at Ashridge Management College) I gave a talk about using Second Life, the virtual world, for collaboration. This is the PowerPoint:Collaborating in Second LifeView more presentations from sheilawebber. (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) More: continued here
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $1 billion in recovery funds for North Carolina to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. More: continued here
Three days after California voters rejected ballot measures to restore state funding for public schools, Secretary Arne Duncan visited the state and told more than 500 business, education, political, philanthropic, and community leaders not to retreat from their responsibilities to prepare all children to graduate high school college- and career-ready. More: continued here
Citation for the article:Smith, Rochelle and Nancy J. Young, “Giving Pleasure Its Due: Collection Promotion and Readers’ Advisory in Academic Libraries.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 34.6 (November 2008): 520-526.Read via ScienceDirect.When I went to library school a bit over five years ago, I made it a point to take courses in readers’ advisory (RA). [...]