From an Article by William Pannapacker:Among other things, I learned how literature can be organized in ways that defamiliarize the traditional notions of genre and canon. I saw how scholars can draw upon the wisdom of crowds — like Wikipedia — to chart the vastness of the textual universe over large periods of time. I [...]
ED announced a second round of public meetings to learn from experts and practitioners about ways to improve student assessments. More: continued here
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A belated Merry Christmas, and a happy new year to all readers of the information literacy weblog! I’ve been having a Christmas holiday, but normal blogging will resume shortly. This is me outside the Assumption Cathedral, in the Kremlin, Moscow just before Christmas. (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) More: continued here
State: WisconsinPOSITION: Seeking a dynamic, student-centered librarian to work in a team-orientated library environment. The E-Learning Librarian supports student learning across disciplines by working with UW-L faculty/staff to facilitate the use of curriculum-specific information resources, provide access to course-specific online materials in course delivery systems and other online environments, develop and deliver electronic learning objects [...]
CFP: special issue of Library Trends on Information LiteracyCALL FOR PAPERS – LIBRARY TRENDS: International Journal of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSpecial Issue: Information literacy beyond the academy: towards policy formulationEdited by Dr. John Crawford, Glasgow Caledonian UniversityInformation literacy has not been chosen as a subject for [...]
Call for Proposals for March 5 & 6 2010 Virtual Worlds and Libraries Online ConferenceVirtual Worlds and Libraries Online Conference (from Lori Bell)The American Library Association Virtual Communities and Libraries Member Initiative Group (ALA VCL MIG) invites librarians, library staff, vendors, graduate students, and developers to submit proposals for programs related to the topic of [...]
Reading in the Brain, The Science and Evolution of a Human InventionBook review by Susan Okie for The Washington Post:About 5,000 years ago, societies in ancient Sumeria, China and South America invented writing, and in the millennia since, the ability to read has propelled human intellectual and cultural development, vastly expanding our capacity to learn, [...]
Assistant Professor/Assistant Archivist & Special Collections Librarian (Adelphi University, New York) Assistant University Archivist& Special Collections LibrarianAssistant Professor – Tenure-track faculty position. Processes archival and special collections materials in all formats. Develops digital archives and creates and maintains websites and web-based finding aids. Responds to reference and research inquiries and assists in exhibition program. Trains [...]