At the i3 conference that is taking place at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, Louise Limberg is today’s keynote speaker. Her title was Information literacies beyond rhetoric: developing research and practice at the intersection between information seeking seeking and learning. Louise is Professor at the University of Boras, and co-director (with Roger Säljö) of the [...]

Another report from the i3 conference that is taking place at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. The second paper in the first session today was from Malcolm Clark, who reported on a part of his research, which is examining people’s use of email. In particular he was looking at email structure and layout, looking for [...]

Another report from the i3 conference that is taking place at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. The first paper in the first session today (or rather, the session I was at) was presented by James Herring on behalf of Lisa Soon, Maryam Sarrafzadeh and Kirsty Williamson on Reusing knowledge in online forums. For many years [...]

Posted on behalf of Tess TobinAn Online Conference about Stakeholder Engagement – in Second Life Using Virtual Reality for Stakeholder EngagementThursday, July 16, 200911am-5pm EasternPresented by PublicDecisionsCo-sponsored by: Learning TimesNY University Law School/Institute for Information Law and PolicyPublic AgendaInvolveNational Issues Forums InstituteDon’t Just Tell Them, Show ThemWhy just talk with stakeholders about environmental management (or [...]

Secretary Duncan announced $2.4 million in grants to help girls in math and science on the anniversary of Title IX. More: continued here

Continuing reports from the i3 conference that is taking place at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland: here are some notes from the second of the two studies concerning schools in Finland (from a session I attended yesterday).Eoro Sormunsen (University of Tempere, Finland) presented a paper that he had co-authored with Heidi Hongisto, Students’ requests for [...]

MCR’s own stimulus funding is available again. We are now accepting applications for projects focussed on health information literacy, hospital library advocacy, or emergency planning.Network members in the MidContinental Region are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 and take up to 18 months to complete the project. Deadline for proposals is December 31, 2009. [...]

This paper was written by Rupak Chakrvarty and was presented at “Trends and Strategic Issues for Libraries in Global Information Society, March 18-19, 2008, in Panjab, India. From the Abstract:We are finding ourselves in a rapidly growing and complex digital environment which has in turn increased our dependency on information. But there is increasing evidence [...]

State: IndianaDescription/Responsibilities: The Mitchell Community Public Library is looking for a highly motivated full-time Children’s and Young Adult Librarian. Responsibilities include providing reader’s advisory and reference, materials selection & cataloging, daily operations, programming, conducting library tours and information literacy instruction. Excellent public service and a willingness and ability to develop liaisons with schools, agencies and [...]

Secretary Duncan discussed turning around America’s lowest performing schools at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Conference. More: continued here