Category Archives: information literacy

Thriving in the 21st century: Learning Literacies for the Digital Age (LLiDA project)

August 6, 2009 – 2:22 pm

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The LLiDA project set out to
 review the evidence of change in the contexts of learning, including the nature of work, knowledge, social life and citizenship, communications media and other technologies
 review current responses to these challenges from the further and higher education sectors, in terms of:
 the kinds of capabilities valued, taught for and [...]

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Journal of Information Literacy Vol 3, no 1, 2009

August 4, 2009 – 1:35 pm

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Editorial: Bridging the gap between theory, research and practice of information literacy Susie Andretta
Articles
A needs analysis for information literacy provision for research: a case study in University College Dublin Avril Patterson
My students and other animals. Or a vulture, an orb weaver spider, a giant panda and 900 undergraduate business students … Matthew Borg, [...]

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2009 CAVAL Information Literacy Seminar

August 3, 2009 – 11:34 am

Registrations are now open for the 2009 CAVAL Information Literacy Seminar titled
Information Literacy in Interesting Times.
Date: Wednesday, 25th November 2009
Venue: William Angliss Conference Centre
For more information visit http://www.caval.edu.au/upcoming-events….
Register now at http://www.caval.edu.au/crig_il_seminar_… (This is not a free event)

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IFLA Information Literacy Section Newsletter

July 10, 2009 – 7:30 am

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Inside this issue you will find:
Using RSS Feeds for Current Awareness 1 IL Section Schedule in Milan 1 Letter from Chair 2 Project PRIMO 2 Scotland Health InfoLit Portal 3 Digital Humanities Manifesto 3 Finnish and British Cooperation 4 New IFLA WebSite 4 Prague IVIG 5 Faculty [...]

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Is there an information literacy skills gap to be bridged?

July 2, 2009 – 2:12 pm

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An examination of faculty perceptions and activities relating to information literacy in the United States and England.
Jacqui Weetman DaCosta, Information Literacy Librarian, The College of New Jersey Library
Surveys of faculty were conducted at two higher education institutions in England and the United States to ascertain their perceptions of information literacy. Faculty were also asked about [...]

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Project Information Literacy

June 17, 2009 – 11:31 am

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Project Information Literacy is a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age.
Based in University of Washington’s iSchool, the large-scale research project investigates how early adults on different college campuses conduct research for course work and how they conduct “everyday research” [...]

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What Are They Learning? Pre- and Post-Assessment Surveys for Libr 1100, Introduction to Library Research

June 10, 2009 – 10:08 am

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Articles reporting the experiences of librarians in assessing what students are learning in information literacy classes are as of yet not as well represented in the professional literature as they should be. This is especially the case for library skills courses that are for‐credit. Librarians who have experience assessing student learning should share what they [...]

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100 Awesome Youtube Vids for Librarians

May 29, 2009 – 7:53 am

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Watch these vodcasts and recordings to learn about new library tools, interesting literacy campaigns and outreach programs, and even hysterical videos about library stereotypes that are circulating on the Internet.
Sections include:
Using Databases
Academic Librarians
Librarians and Technology
Outreach and Special Program Ideas
Skits and Cartoons
Library Etiquette
Spreading the Good News
Digging Through Archives and Public Records
National Library Week and Reading Campaigns
Library [...]

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New Tutorials at ANTS

May 20, 2009 – 7:44 am

Hi Everyone:
We have three new Tutorials in the ANTS collection. They are:
How to find peer-reviewed articles in Social Science Abstracts (OCLC Interface) – by Emily Michelle of Ferris State University
Don’t Google It, ASP IT – by Richard Baer of Camosun College
ERIC (EBSCOhost 2.0) Advanced Search Tutorial – by Duncan Dixon of [...]

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Communications in Information Literacy v.2.no.2

April 24, 2009 – 3:07 pm

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Table of Contents
Editorial: Why Peer Review? Stewart Brower
The Importance of a Philosophy of Teaching Statement to the Teacher/Librarian
Janelle M Zauha
Articles
An Evaluation of an Upper-Division, General Education Information Literacy Program
Elizabeth Spackman Hopkins, Suzanne Julian
Pedagogical Considerations in Developing an Online Tutorial in Information Literacy.
Therese Skagen, Maria Carme Torras, Solveig M. L. Kavli, Susanne Mikki, [...]

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