Assumption College seeks a dynamic and innovative librarianto provide leadership for its Reference and InformationLiteracy Services Department. The incumbent will manage andmentor a staff of 2.5 FTE librarians in providing referenceservices for a primary clientele that includes 2100undergraduate and 700 graduate students, both on-campus anddistance learners. S/he will also provide leadership andvision to guide the [...]

Free in Nebraska, see Nebraska Library Commission at: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/training/train.aspFree in Wyoming, and Utah, see: Biographical Center for Research. See: http://www.bcr.org/training/partners/teleconferences/index.htmlCollege of DuPage http://www.dupagepress.com/library-learning-network/Millennials in the Library Friday, November 13, 2009Making the Best of a Shrinking Budget: Creative Practices in a New Economy January 29, 2010Cataloging: Where are we now? Where are we going? February 19, [...]

Some new research from the U.K. From the Summary:The qualitative research with second year undergraduate students from a range of disciplines and universities, consisted of four focus groups and eight depth interviews, held in Manchester and London. The research was conducted by FDS International on behalf of Intute and the findings reinforce the motivation behind [...]

Spammers Continue to Abuse the Names of Top Government Executives by Misusing the Name of the United States Attorney GeneralAs with previous spam attacks, which have included the names of high-ranking FBI executives and names of various government agencies, a new version misuses the name of the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder.The current spam [...]

Coordinator of Instruction and CommunicationsPermanent, Full-time Faculty PositionLibrary – Centre for Academic Learner ServicesSAIT Polytechnic, CalgaryINTRODUCTION: SAIT Polytechnic is renowned for its training expertise spanning the trades through to applied degrees. Curriculum development is supported by partnerships with business and industry to ensure graduates have the skills and knowledge required in the workplace. SAIT has [...]

History of the concept ← Previous revision Revision as of 13:03, 22 October 2009 Line 9: Line 9: Information literacy is becoming a more important part of K-12 education. It is also a vital part of university-level education (Association of College Research Libraries, 2007). Information literacy is becoming a more important part of K-12 education. [...]

corrected apparent typo (removed three apostrophes from before the "history of the concept section) ← Previous revision Revision as of 04:56, 23 October 2009 Line 9: Line 9: Information literacy is becoming a more important part of K-12 education. It is also a vital part of university-level education (Association of College Research Libraries, 2007). Information [...]

The Information Economy report 2009 has been published by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). This focuses on the technology side of the information economy, but is very interesting in its global coverage e.g. the significant use of mobile communications in the developing world. This is an extract from the start of the [...]

Related Articles The health information literacy research project. J Med Libr Assoc. 2009 Oct;97(4):293-301 Authors: Shipman JP, Kurtz-Rossi S, Funk CJ OBJECTIVES: This research studied hospital administrators’ and hospital-based health care providers’ (collectively, the target group) perceived value of consumer health information resources and of librarians’ roles in promoting health information literacy in their institutions. [...]

The CILIP CoFHE and UC&R Joint Conference 2010 has the title: Futureproof: making libraries indispensible to learning, teaching and research. It will be held at Exeter University, 21-23 June 2010. There is a call for papers for conference workshop presentations and topics/themes include learning, research and information literacy (and a number of other themes). The [...]