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  • Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award


    Information Literacy WeblogAuthority Authority: 422
    The ACRL Instruction Section Awards Committee is inviting nominations for the 2010 Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award. Nominations must be submitted by December 4, 2009, deadline. The Rockman Award recognizes an outstanding article or book on instruction or information literacy in an ...
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  • Nonverbal Communication


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    Neulich ist im Forbes Magazine ein ganz guter Beitrag erschienen: Secrets Of Nonverbal Communication . Body language can speak more strongly than words. Make sure you say the right things with it. [...] Project yourself as a confident, welcoming person, and your clients, colleagues and bosses will be attracted to ...
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  • This is not my blogosphere


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    This is not my blogosphere One of the things I always loved most about social media was the transparency it created. If a product, service, hotel, etc. was terrible, you could be sure that you’d hear about it from plenty of bloggers. On the other side of things, small companies and talented individuals were able ...
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  • Five Best Screencasting Tools


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    If you’re interested in learning how to create instructional screencast recordings, you may want to check out Lifehacker’s recent post rounding up the Five Best Screencasting Tools . Each of these apps will record your movements and activity on your computer screen and many of them are available for free.
    2 days ago
  • Reference Services Review


    Information Literacy WeblogAuthority Authority: 422
    The latest issue of Reference Services Review volume 37 issue 4 includes the following article: - Anna Marie Johnson, Claudene Sproles, Latisha Reynolds "Library instruction and information literacy, 2008" pp. 463-553 (This is the extremely useful annual annotated bibliography) - Amy Hoseth "Library ...
    2 days ago
  • Icon Mind Talks


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    Liebe THS-Leser, hier habe ich was für Euch das Euch hoffentlich gut durchs Wochenende bringt: Icon minds videos . Now you can view all the videos from the first icon minds. Watch Farshid Moussavi, Charles Jencks and Marjan Colletti discuss the return of ornament; Dunne & Raby and Bruce Sterling talk about ...
    4 days ago
  • Sophie Burys talk


    Information Literacy WeblogAuthority Authority: 422
    On October 26-27 we were happy to have a visit from Sophie Bury , from York University in Canada. Whilst she was here she gave a talk based on her research, for our Centre for Information Literacy Research: An Investigation of the Information Literacy Instruction Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge of University ...
    6 days ago
  • Study of signs


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    Das hier ist ein recht lesenswerter Artikel: Design as Communication . Semiotics is interested in the relationship between things, thoughts, and signs - a sign being a discrete unit of meaning. Signification is the process through which certain systems of signs are established by virtue of social and cultural ...
    6 days ago
  • Twurdy


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    Twurdys goal is to provide web searchers with information that is most appropriate for them. This will mean that 10 year olds doing school assignments dont have to click through difficult material to find something they can use. It will also mean that phd students do not have to click through websites designed for ...
    6 days ago
  • Information Literacy and Inquiry as Disruption to School Culture Oppressed by Testing


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    My Media 21 project is inspired by the work of Wendy Drexler and Dr. Michael Wesch; this tweet from last week’s  NEIT Conference reflects an essential question driving my Media 21 project: As my Media 21 students have shared some new research reflections in the last week, I have felt both overjoyed and ...
    1 week ago
  • Slow Down People!


    Information TyrannosaurAuthority Authority: 112
    Image from rogiro on Flickr My last post was about how students often have very little time . But thinking about the way we consume information in general these days got me thinking more about my personal experiences. I often catch myself with a dozen tabs in Firefox open, Tweetdeck running in the background, ...
    1 week ago
  • Left vs. Right


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    Das hier ist ein wirklich schöner und lesenswerter Blog-Post: Understanding Your Brain for Better Design: Left vs. Right . The concept of the left and right brain only lately popped up in the late 1960’s, but since has become a well-known part of human psychology. While we all use both sides of the brain, each ...
    1 week ago
  • An Interactive Information Literacy Tutorial


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    Note: If information literacy is an area that you keep a close watch on this blog is one you should be monitoring (if you aren’t already). You’ll see what I mean with the resource listed below. Sheila Webber the weblogs founder/editor/compiler, is a faculty member in the Department of Information Studies, ...
    1 week ago
  • Information Literacy Tutorial


    Information Literacy WeblogAuthority Authority: 422
    Thanks to Sophie Bury for highlighting this online tutorial for postgraduate research students and staff which has "Ruth" as your guide (a professional actress, and less irritating than many such guides). It was funded by the Irish Higher Education Authority, with NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin and University ...
    1 week ago
  • Pressure and Time


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    “That’s all it takes really, pressure, and time.” – Red, Shawshank Redemption Last week I finished teaching a batch of information literacy classes. I was also able to read some papers that students wrote in relation to my session and their reading of the article Is Google Making Us Stupid? From reading ...
    1 week ago
  • Presentation at the #NVB09: “Help, the doctor is drowning”


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    Last week I was invited to speak at the NVB-congress, the Dutch society for librarians and information specialists. I replaced Josje Calff in the session “the professional”, chaired by Bram Donkers of the magazine InformatieProfessional. Other sessions were: “the client”, “the technique” and “the ...
    1 week ago
  • Meet Me at the Equinox


    Cathy Nelson's Professional ThoughtsAuthority Authority: 104
    This week our school will host a book discussion on the New Moon (Twilight Sequal)  just before the release of the movie! We are planning trivia, a jeopardy game, and musical chairs of sorts, as well as discussing the plot, predicting the movie and what might not make the cut, and favorite characters. We have ...
    1 week ago
  • Encouraging Engagement


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    Right now we’re in the midst of our busiest time in the semester for instruction at my library. I coordinate our information literacy program so instruction is always a big part of my job, but it looms even larger for me at this time of year. If I’m not teaching a class, I’m probably thinking about the classes I ...
    1 week ago
  • Facebook Business


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    Wir alle sind ja mehr oder weniger aktiv bei Facebook. Da wird einige THS-Leser dieser nette Beitrag interessieren: How to Market Your Business With Facebook . A growing number of businesses are making Facebook an indispensible part of hanging out their shingles. Small businesses are using it to find new ...
    1 week ago
  • Recent articles


    Information Literacy WeblogAuthority Authority: 422
    At least recent or fairly recent. - Shenton, A. (2009) "Information Literacy and Scholarly Investigation: a British perspective " IFLA journal, 35 (3). http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/ publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-35-3_2009.pdf (thats the complete issue, there is also an Editorial about "Reading, Information ...
    1 week ago

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