I gave a presentation on Identifying the information Literacy needs of your diverse users, on 5th October at the CILIP Libraries for Nursing study day, in York (UK). Below is the presentation from slideshare. The ideas contributed by participants during the exercise afterwards (and the other presentations) may be made available soon, so I may [...]
Web Research in Academic Libraries (CLIP Note #41) provides information on teaching Web Research strategies in information literacy instruction. In the more complex electronic information environment, undergraduates gravitate to the Web for their information needs. To what extent and in what ways have academic libraries incorporated Web search strategies into their information literacy instruction? This [...]
Back when I attended Immersion many moons ago, they presented me with a formula for a learning outcome: “Students will” + [verb phrase] + “in order to” + [goal]. Then we used action words from Bloom’s Taxonomy [PDF] (the higher order the better, usually) to come up with the verb phrase describing what students would [...]
Keri Bertino and Heather Sample at the Writing Center at Baruch College, with whom I have been working on a series of workshops for students working on undergraduate honors theses, have completely revolutionized the way that I think about sources. This summer, my colleagues recommended to me an article from 2008 by Joseph Bizup from [...]
I was honored to be asked back this week to the Adventures in Library Instruction podcast along with other guests from previous episodes. I learned about a number of interesting projects and ideas from the other guests. Chad Mairn makes use of PollEverywhere in his classes and workshops and finds it valuable for getting instant [...]
There is a PowerPoint from Leslie May and Cathie Jackson on Information Literacy as a graduate attribute. This was part of a seminar on Graduate attributes in curriculum development through personal development planning held in September 2010. They mention some universities that have IL as an attribute, including Sheffield. The other powerpoints from the event [...]
Documents Librarian (University of South Carolina Aiken, South Carolina) University of South Carolina Aiken Library Instructor of Library Science 12-month non-tenure track RESPONSIBILITIES: Manage US Dept. of Energy Reading Room, US Federal Depository, and SC State Depository documents collections; provide reference services for government documents collections and the main library collections; participate actively in information literacy [...]
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Britannica Digital Learning have published an online module to help school librarians implement the AASL programme guidelines, A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners with School Library Assessment Rubric. “The assessment rubric reflects the current principles guiding school library programs outlined in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library [...]
Librarian for NYU School of Continuing & Professional Studies Grad Programs (New York University, New York) Librarian for NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies Graduate Programs The New York University Division of Libraries is seeking a librarian to serve as liaison to the faculty members, graduate students, and administrators in the School of Continuing [...]
Digital Learning, questo il tema al centro del convegno internazionale che si svolgerà a Cinisello Balsamo il 18 e 19 novembre prossimi. Gioco, simulazione, performance, appropriazione, multitasking, conoscenza distribuita, intelligenza collettiva, giudizio critico, navigazione transmedia, networking, negoziazione: queste sono secondo Henry Jenkins le caratteristiche delle nuove forme di appropriazione comunicativa dei media digitali che vengono [...]