Director of the University Library (Norwich University, Vermont) Norwich University invites applications for the position of Director of the University Library.  The Director is the chief academic and administrative officer of the Kreitzberg Library, including the University Archives, with responsibility for coordinating programs, scholarship, and service activities.  The mission of Kreitzberg Library is to develop [...]

New Library World journal has published the 11/12th issue of its 111 Volume. The following papers appeared in this issue.Public libraries as impartial spaces in a consumer society: possible, plausible, desirable?Social networking in academic libraries: the possibilities and the concerns,Library design, learning spaces and academic literacy,Implementation of the Finnish University Libraries National Information Literacy Recommendation [...]

A plagiarism game from Lycoming College, USA, Goblin Threat, involves finding goblins and defeating them by answering plagiarism-related questions correctly. This is a nice idea that has been implemented well, so worth checking out. If you clear the goblins from all the rooms you get a certificate. My only little quibble would be that (as [...]

There is an exhibition with posters from this exercise with my students in Second Life (which I blogged about here), and this video has snippets from the session held on 8th December in which I talked about the activities. If you have a Second Life avatar you can visit it at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/230/35/28/ (Source: Information Literacy [...]

http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org By Leonard KniffelA gift from American Libraries magazine of one dozen ideals toward which libraries strive. 12/21/2010 Americans love their libraries, and advances in technology have multiplied the ways in which libraries enrich the quality of life in their communities. Whether they are in an elementary school or a university, a museum or a [...]

Posted by Robert J. LackieAmerican Library Association logoThe American Library Association (ALA) has announced in October 2010 a partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to make “Money Smart Week @ Your Library” a national initiative from April 2-9, 2011, and things are beginning to heat up now in late December—at least for this [...]

Failure is what’s getting a fair amount of attention right now, especially when the conversation turns to learning. I wouldn’t necessarily describe it as a growing consensus, but I’m hearing and reading more about the importance of allowing students to learn through authentic practice, what some call experiential learning, that puts them into situations where [...]

A couple of months ago Project Information Literacy published another report on US students’ information behaviour. This included findings from 8,353 respondents from students on 25 campuses in the USA. “Respondents reported taking little at face value and were frequent evaluators of Web and library sources used for course work, and to a lesser extent, [...]

Director of Library Services (Lenoir-Rhyne University, North Carolina) The Carl A. Rudisill  Library of Lenoir-Rhyne  University seeks applications for its Director of Library Services. The successful candidate must be able to begin appointment on or around June 1, 2011. The appointment is continuing, subject to annual review. The position reports directly to the University Provost [...]

The American Library Association is offering several e-Courses, including Time Management, Innovation in the Workplace, Customer Service,  Project Management and Communicating with Power.  Check them out at:  http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=v1168020&si=i191468986&cfc=3htmlThe NN/LM MCR still encourages applicants for the Professional Development award and will be awarding approximately 25 Professional Development subsidies (up to $1,500 each) to support health science [...]