On the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Secretary Duncan applauded the legislation and rededicated ED to its effective implementation. More: continued here

This book is free online:Cummings, R.E. and Barton, M. (Eds) (2008) Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press and University of Michigan Library. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.5871848.0001.001Information Literacy is mentioned specifically in the chapter by Mark Phillipson, Wikis in the Classroom: A TaxonomyPhoto by Sheila Webber: Back from the farmers’ market, [...]

The 21st Century Fluency Project provides educators with an innovative resource designed to cultivate 21st century fluencies, while fostering engagement and adventure in the learning experience.Here you’ll find useful guides and other resources. To assist us in cultivating these new skills in our students, they have built an interactive online lesson and unit planning tool [...]

A few posts back there was mention of LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy). “LILi is an acronym for a group of librarians from various types of libraries, investigating information literacy definitions, standards and instruction in California.” Their website, which includes some resources, is at http://bit.ly/cCcyRT and they have a blog at http://lifelonginfoliteracy.blogspot.com/Photo by Sheila Webber: Some [...]

Realizing that professional development is an essential part a librarian’s continuing education, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region will be awarding approximately 25 Professional Development subsidies (up to $1,500 each) to support health science or hospital librarians who wish to attend a conference, or take a  training  or workshop of their choice [...]

I’ve been an Evernote user for four and a half years (which, incidentally, is pretty much the longest I’ve used any single program other than MS Office and Quicken) and recommended it to several of my colleagues. That’s where I keep notes from every meeting and conference I’ve been to since becoming a librarian, all [...]

Meredith Farkas has a thoughtful post at Information Wants to be Free on our love of numbers and how little they tell us without context. Less traffic at the reference desk: what does that mean? It could mean that students don’t find the help they get there useful, or that your redesigned website or new [...]

Director of Libraries (American Public University System, West Virginia) Synopsis of Role:The Director of Libraries manages a headquarters library and the world-wide operations of the University Online Library, including an industry-leading group of librarians. These operations demand a wide range of expertise from copyright and information literacy to automated reference and electronic resources. The incumbent [...]

Emmanuel College is a coed 17-acre residential college of liberal arts and sciences right in the city of Boston. In the Catholic academic tradition, we challenge our students and faculty to be driven in their pursuit of learning and teaching. We mine the rich resources of science and healthcare around us, and build gateways to [...]

Librarian (Brown Mackie College – Oklahoma City (OK) ) You will make students and their needs the primary focus of your actions, including creating and/or implementing student-focused processes and procedures. Additionally, the Librarian is responsible for planning, implementation, management and evaluation of all library services; assists in strategic planning and budgeting, collection development; provides instructional [...]