A couple of weeks ago the Research Information Network published a report about the way in which researchers in different life-sciences specialisms used information (one of the key points being that there were differences in practice). They have previously published a similar report about information use in the humanities.Life sciences: http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/using-and-accessing-information-resources/disciplinary-case-studies-life-sciencesReports page: http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/using-and-accessing-information-resourcesPhoto by Sheila [...]

The City College of the City of New York Library is seeking a creative, enthusiastic, and service-oriented librarian to create and coordinate an Info (Source: pligg – all) More: continued here

Information Literacy Librarian (Assistant/Associate Professor) (City College of New York Library) (Source: Latest ALA Job Listings) More: continued here

On October 26-27 we were happy to have a visit from Sophie Bury, from York University in Canada. Whilst she was here she gave a talk based on her research, for our Centre for Information Literacy Research: An Investigation of the Information Literacy Instruction Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge of University Faculty: Results of a Web-based [...]

Thanks to Sophie Bury for highlighting this online tutorial for postgraduate research students and staff which has “Ruth” as your guide (a professional actress, and less irritating than many such guides). It was funded by the Irish Higher Education Authority, with NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork partnering to produce it. http://www.informationliteracy.ie/Photo [...]

Note: If information literacy is an area that you keep a close watch on this blog is one you should be monitoring (if you aren’t already). You’ll see what I mean with the resource listed below. Sheila Webber the weblogs founder/editor/compiler, is a faculty member in the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK. [...]

Yesterday, we posted highlights from a new report (available for $92/U.S. from Primary Research) titled, “The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Digital Repositories and Views on Open Access.” Today, news of another study from Primary Research with free highlights. “The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Level of Faculty Satisfaction with the Academic Library” [...]

Help pick the winners for the “I Am What I Learn” video contest. Watch these 10 videos and vote! More: continued here

Information Literacy Assessment Tools ← Previous revision Revision as of 21:07, 9 November 2009 Line 298: Line 298: *[https://www.projectsails.org/ Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills] (Project SAILS) developed and maintained at Kent State University in Ohio *[https://www.projectsails.org/ Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills] (Project SAILS) developed and maintained at Kent State University in Ohio *[http://www.jmu.edu/assessment/resources/prodserv/instruments_ilt.htm [...]

Colleges of Further and Higher Education Group London BranchThe JISC funded TELSTAR project (in collaboration with RefWorks) is looking at how references are integrated into the Open University e-learning environment (both the Moodle VLE, and the Student ePortfolio environment), and how we can make it easy for students to use citations and references appropriately in [...]