Category: Scholarship
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Online Workshop: Building a Community that Values Academic Integrity
You might be interested in this online workshop from the Center for Intellectual Property at UMUC ($150) Building a Community that Values Academic IntegrityDates: February 25 – March 7, 2008 (early registration by February 8 )Moderators: Gary Pavela, M.A., J.D., Director of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, University of Maryland — College Park &…
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Utilizing WebQuests for Information Literacy Instruction in Distance Education
Haven’t actually looked at this article myself… Author: Blummer, BarbaraSource: College & Undergraduate Libraries, Volume 14, Number 3, 18 December 2007 , pp. 45-62(18) Abstract:The increasing use of problem-based learning in higher education affords librarians new avenues for promoting the development of information literacy skills among students. Information literacy instruction supports problem-based learning activities by…
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Call for Proposals for Access 2008
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDate: October 1-3, 2008 (Hackfest: Oct 1; Conference: Oct 2-4)CFP Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2008URL: http://access2008.mcmaster.ca Access is Canada’s premier library technology conference, featuring a single stream of sessions that deal with technology planning, development, challenges and solutions. We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks on the following topics (other ideas…
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Information Literacy Programs in the Digital Age: Educating College and University Students Online
A new book from ACRL: Information Literacy Programs in the Digital Age: Educating College and University Students Online. Information Literacy Programs in the Digital Age: Educating College and University Students Online describes significant and innovative online instruction programs in a straightforward, narrative way, focusing on the development, implementation, and assessment of each institution’s online information…
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Survey of Library Services for Distance Learning Students
Posted to the Web4Lib mailing group: Primary Research Group (http://www.primaryreserch.com/) is planning to publish a survey of college libraries that provide library services to distance learning students. This survey is open to accredited colleges from all countries. Participants receive a free PDF copy of the estimated 100-page report. Data is broken out by type and…
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Evaluating Remote Reference Service: A Practical Guide to Problems and Solutions
From the most recent issue of portal: Libraries and the Academy (Volume 8, Number 1, January 2008): Pomerantz, Jeffrey. Mon, Lorri M. McClure, Charles R. Evaluating Remote Reference Service: A Practical Guide to Problems and Solutions[Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF] Subject Headings: Electronic reference services (Libraries) — United States — Evaluation. Academic…
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AAAS Says Science Will Remain in JSTOR
No real details, but Library Journal reports that: Under pressure from libraries for its 2007 decision to pull its flagship publication, Science, from JSTOR, the popular electronic journals database, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) said today that it has reversed course, and that Science will remain in JSTOR. Citing a confidentiality…
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MIT Lecture Browser
From Carolyn Kotlas at TL INFOBITS: This fall researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released the MIT Lecture Browser, “a web interface to video recordings of lectures and seminars that have been indexed using automatic speech recognition technology.” Users can search on terms or phrases and then play the video at the point(s) in…
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ACRL 2007 Environmental Scan
Last Spring the Research Committee of ACRL proposed their top ten assumptions for the future of academic and research libraries. They’ve just released the latest version and are looking for comments for ALA Midwinter. The 2007 environmental scan by the Research Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries (available at http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/Environmental_Scan_2.pdf ) (29…