In Roman times, there was a uncommon military discipline practice called decimation. Meant as a way to punish cowardly or mutinous soldiers, it was a brutal practice in which groups of ten would draw lots; one man would be selected to be killed by the other nine men through clubbing, stoning, or only with their [...]
Today I will catch up with a post about the Oeiras a Ler conference held in Lisbon, Portugal 20 to 21st May in their Municipal library (picture of part of the building on the right). Mette Kirkegaad Jensen talked about “Play Time†at Aarhus Public Library (Denmark). The focus wasn’t information literacy, but her talk [...]
July 14-16, 2010, Coe Library, University of Wyoming in LaramieThe Symposium is an annual networking and professional development event for librarians in Wyoming and other states in the region.Health information professionals, along with many public and academic librarians, are keenly interested in health information literacy and health literacy. Health professionals and the public need biomedical [...]
Mette Kirkegaad Jensen talked about "Play Time" at Aarhus Public Library (Denmark). The focus wasn’t information literacy, but her talk definitely ma (Source: pligg – all) More: continued here
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Clark Montessori Junior High and High School “is showing what is possible when teachers and students work together as a community of learners,” Secretary Duncan said at the Cincinnati school’s commencement. More: continued here
Join us for a special Citation Project Workshop at the 2010 Georgia Conference on Information LiteracyPost Conference WorkshopGeorgia Conference on Information LiteracyPost Conference WorkshopCoastal Georgia CenterOctober 2, 20101:00 – 4:00 PMThis workshop is free for all registered conference attendees.Please RSVP to:Marie Williams, Assistant Program Development Specialistread more (Source: Kairosnews – A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, [...]
by Susan D. Herring, Robert R. Burkhardt, Jennifer L. WolfeFrom the Article:In the electronically embedded librarian program at Athens State, specific classes are selected for the service either at the request of the course instructor or the suggestion of the library director or college dean. Classes with a formal research component (a research paper or [...]
Associate Librarians and Assistant Librarians I/II in the Library (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Worldwide Search for TalentCity University of Hong Kong is a dynamic, fast developing university distinguished by scholarship in research and professional education. As a publicly funded institution, the University is committed to nurturing and developing students’ talent and creating [...]
“A quality education system is the centerpiece of a country’s economic development, and it can be the one thing that unites us as a world,” Secretary Duncan said in remarks at a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations. More: continued here