Information Literacy Weblog:
The 39th Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU) will be held at McMaster University, Hamilton, near Lake Ontario, Canada, from May 12 – 14, 2010. This year’s theme is Design Play Learn, and "explores best practices in instructional design, gaming and more". The call for papers is now up: Deadline December 15th. There (Read More)
ACRL Insider:
The November 2009 issue of C&RL News is now available online and in the mail. Making the transition from K–12 to higher education can be daunting for many students. Academic librarians are exploring new ways to connect with first-year students and improve their research and information literacy skills. At Belmont University (Read More)
LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News:
Yesterday at the EDUCAUSE conference two ARL library directors went head-to-head in a debate about the future of the library building. In this corner Suzanne E. Thorin, dean of libraries at Syracuse University said the library is “Kaput. Finito". In that corner Richard E. Luce, director of university libraries at Emory Univ (Read More)
LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News:
If you could rebuild your campus library from the ground up, how would it be different? Would the impact of digital technology significantly alter the features and design? For many university administrators and library executives, these questions are purely hypothetical, offering them a chance to sketch out new commons area (Read More)
LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News:
From The Patriot Ledger: About 200 library staff and trustees from across Massachusetts gathered outside the Statehouse in BostonTuesday, and they weren’t using their inside voices. Holding signs and chanting, “Don’t close the books on our libraries,” the librarians hoped their demonstration will help stave off further bud (Read More)
Submitted by Crenk
from blog:
It’s a great day when Internet giant Google open sources the programs it uses to build well-known favourites such as GMail, Docs and Google Maps. It announced on its blog that it will be making a lot of it’s own development software available to developers all over the world. This release comes as Google [...]. (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Apple gained market share in the summer but slipped in the face of tougher competition, according to new IDC data. The iPhone's share of smartphones grew from 16.6 percent to 17.1 percent during the quarter but was overtaken by Research in Motion's record BlackBerry sales, which pushed it above Apple from 14... (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
from blog:
Author : Dan MurphyThe first and most important factor to consider in choosing a good business opportunity is the track record of the offer How long has it been around? Are the owners of the offer reputable in the business world? Does the opportunity offer potential for making lots of money? Is the market for the products (Read More)
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian:
If you could rebuild your campus library from the ground up, how would it be different? Would the impact of digital technology significantly alter the features and design? For many university administrators and library executives, these questions are purely hypothetical, offering them a chance to sketch out new commons area (Read More)
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian:
Although college-age people are among the most susceptible of all age groups for contracting swine flu, that distinction is not scaring most into taking precautions, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll. Nearly seven out of 10 people in the 18-to-29 age group said they did not plan to heed warnings to get vac (Read More)
LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News:
Want to get that new book? Need some fresh magazines? Grab your library card and go on a free spree says Tainted Green.According to the Green Press Initiative, it takes around 30 million trees to produce all the books in the U.S. And that’s leaving out all the magazines and newspapers that cycle through the average American (Read More)
Information Literacy Weblog:
The call for papers is now open for the Creating Knowledge conference that takes place in Bergen, Norway, September 8-10 2010. The conference title is Information Literacy and diversity in Higher Education: mapping the Learning Environment and the themes are: The challenges posed by diversity; and The creation of effective (Read More)
LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News:
A new machine at the MU Bookstore makes the book publishing process faster and cheaper.The University Bookstore showed off its new Espresso Book Machine at an open house on Wednesday. This machine instantly prints, binds and trims paperback books for just six cents a page. It is open to students, faculty and the community d (Read More)
Submitted by Mhartmann
from blog:
Über Google Dashboard können Google-Nutzer nunmehr überprüfen, welche Informationen Google genau über sie gespeichert hat. (Read More)