Finals end today at the college where I work, and the semester is coming to a close. I really value the stretch of slower days in the library during the intersession; it’s a great time to take stock of what we’re doing and where we’re headed. This semester was incredibly busy, with a big increase [...]

There is a priced report about library use & training in US and Canadian universities. “The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Library Reference, Info Literacy and Subject Specialist Staff, ISBN 1-57440-138-6, presents data on how higher education faculty in the United States & Canada use the virtual reference services, subject specialists and info [...]

America’s Most Literate Cities, 2009Drawing from a variety of available data resources, the America’s Most Literate Cities study ranks the largest cities (population 250,000 and above) in the United States. This study focuses on six key indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and Internet resources.Top 10:Seattle, [...]

E-Learning Librarian (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse ) Murphy Library at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is 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 [...]

In a post from August 2008 I shared some data straight out of a report titled Academic Libraries 2006 that presents tabulations for the 2006 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) conducted by the United States Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The data related to the percentage of libraries reporting information literacy activities [...]

L’enssib et le réseau des URFIST proposent deux journées d’étude. A vos agendas ! A l’occasion des 10 èmes rencontres FORMIST et de la 3ème journée nationale d’étude des URFIST, l’enssib et le réseau des URFIST proposeront, les 3 et… (Source: Urfist Info) More: continued here

** Cross Posted **E-LEARNING LIBRARIANMurphy LibraryUniversity of Wisconsin – La CrossePOSITION: Seeking a dynamic, student-centered librarian to work in ateam-orientated library environment. The E-Learning Librarian supportsstudent learning across disciplines by working with UW-L faculty/staffto facilitate the use of curriculum-specific information resources,provide access to course-specific online materials in course deliverysystems and other online environments, develop and [...]

Ulrike RÜGER, Marlies HERRMANN, Anja KAISER und Christiane HOFMANN: Die Zentralbibliothek Medizin Leipzig Zusammenfassung: Die Zentralbibliothek Medizin in Leipzig gehört zur Universitätsbibliothek und wurde 1993/94 gegründet. Personell ist sie der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig zugeordnet.Der Artikel gibt einen kurzen Überblick zur Geschichte, zur derzeitigen Situation und zu den zukünftigen Entwicklungen der Zentralbibliothek Medizin.Schlüsselwörter: Medizinbibliothek, [...]

Finals end today at the college where I work, and the semester is coming to a close. I really value the stretch of slower days in the library during the intersession; it’s a great time to take stock of what we’re doing and where we’re headed. This semester was incredibly busy, with a big increase [...]

Newer generations of researchers not schooled in more traditional, library-based (pre-Internet) research methods are used to doing keyword searches on the Internet to discover information. “But if you come from outside a given field, you don’t necessarily know what those keywords are,” says Alyssa Goodman, a Harvard University astronomy professor. A Semantic Web setup would [...]