If you are interested in more blog posts etc., so far I have picked up (NB these are not info literacy bloggers):Twitter stream at http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ifla2009Bloggers:- German volunteer blogging in German and English at BibliothekarInnen sind uncool (meaning: librarians (of both genders) are uncool) http://bibliothekaresinduncool.wordpress.com/ and also has a Flickr stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifla09milan/show/- Nicolás Robinson García [...]

Well, last night ended up being un-fun and not very restful, and today started out with a low-grade fever (now gone, so things are looking up). So while I’m confining myself to laziness for the rest of the day, I thought I’d lay out this Mini-Immersion idea in its more logistical details.The Two-Fold InspirationMany of us [...]

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I am lucky enough to be in Milan for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information conference. This is a truly international association and conference. I am just starting as a member of the Information Literacy Section committee of IFLA (website is here: http://www.ifla.org/en/information-literacy) (I used to be on [...]

Teaching, Learning and e-Pedagogy: Teacher Professional Development for Knowledge Societies is the theme of the 2009 UNESCO-King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. Funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the US$50,000 prize is divided between two winners. The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2009. Submissions for candidature must [...]

With Fall Term looming, my colleagues and I have been thinking more and more intentionally about where our students are, where we want them to be, and how to move them closer to that second point. To kick of “Aaah, the students will be here soon” season, my colleagues and I from the 5 liberal [...]

The 25th Computers in Libraries 2010 Conference, April 12-14, 2009, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, is calling for speakers. The topic is Information Fluency: Literacy for Life:“Information fluency goes beyond literacy (the ability to read and write), information literacy (the ability to find, evaluate and use information), media literacy (the ability to access, analyze, [...]

This is a very rare piece of film which is incredible, made me cry. Sullivan was way ahead of her time in the way she taught Keller and it took them many years to get this communication system worked out, let alone Keller’s speech which she had no auditory model for.[via Boing Boing] More: continued [...]

Vice President Biden and Secretary Duncan visited Florida, where they highlighted Recovery Act success. More: continued here

Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan announced guidance on H1N1 flu for colleges. More: continued here