Apologies for not posting for a few days: I’m in Moscow at the moment on a pre-Christmas break. I have been meaning to post about the meeting on an Information Literacy Framework for Wales that took place 30 Nov to 1st Dec at Gregynog Hall, but thought that I’d wait til I’d put my own [...]
Yesterday I was scrolling through some shared items in Google Reader when I stumbled on a post from BoingBoing about the Salvation Army requiring proof of US citizenship before they gave children gifts. I tend to get a little irate about anti-immigrant policies, and so, casting aside all my good librarian skills, I immediately forwarded [...]
From the Report:Carol L. Tilley, a professor of library and information science at Illinois, says that schools and libraries should consider embracing texting and tweeting as a means of engagement rather than simply outlawing it.“I think if you’re an educator or librarian looking for new ways of to reach out to teens and tweens, then [...]
I am consumed with envy for Lisa Hinchliffe and Beth Woodard who are doing training workshops on teaching information literacy, in Japanhttp://japan.elsevier.com/news/events/lc2009/index.html Photo by Sheila Webber: Noren, Gion quarter, Kyoto, Japan, 2005 (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) More: continued here
Six-minute video tells the story of three Fairfax County school counselors whose jobs were saved by funding from the Recovery Act. More: continued here
A new report from the Research Information Network is Overcoming barriers: access to research information. “Based on the ï¬ndings of ï¬ve studies, the report investigates the nature and scale of key restrictions on access to information resources of importance to researchers; the impact of these restrictions and the ways in which they might be alleviated [...]
From the Summary:The report’s key fnding is that access is still a major concern for researchers. Although researchers report having no problems fnding content in this age of electronic information, gaining access is another matter due to the complexity of licensing arrangements, restrictions placed on researchers accessing content outside of their own institution and the [...]
Intute’s services are many including a first-rate directory of hand-selected web resources, The Virtual Training Suite, Internet Detective, and more. The good news (if there can be any) is that after August, 2010 the site/service will remain online but only with “minimal maintenance.” Exactly what that means is to be determined. Caroline Williams, Executive Director [...]
Director of Library (The Art Institute of Fort Worth, TX, Texas) The Director of Library is responsible for planning, implementation, management and evaluation of all library services. Will handle issues ranging from strategic Planning and Budgeting to collection development and reference and instructional services. Incumbent must assure that the EDMC philosophy: quality services to clients; [...]
Director of Library (South University – Virginia Beach, VA) The Director of Library is responsible for planning, implementation, management and evaluation of all library services. Will handle issues ranging from strategic Planning and Budgeting to collection development and reference and instructional services. Incumbent must assure that the EDMC philosophy: quality services to clients; development, growth, [...]