tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77641054677418344012024-03-16T05:34:44.420-07:00Information LiteracyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17228355922113830116noreply@blogger.comBlogger1500125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-23538792923840665712012-11-15T06:00:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.609-08:00Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAjf6WqbvyjOF9ptHw0AlMkMEy_Q4R7yFZiSd2ByhwiF0gH9bnd0M5QsaqpDoz4cLTkereqaFpR17PgtLVOmLCOTVhrhVxMfXbKLXMdt7-0r8xEFo2dGUweESk2FRLbiQIQc__DTPXbsR/s1600/cat+in+botanical+gardens+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAjf6WqbvyjOF9ptHw0AlMkMEy_Q4R7yFZiSd2ByhwiF0gH9bnd0M5QsaqpDoz4cLTkereqaFpR17PgtLVOmLCOTVhrhVxMfXbKLXMdt7-0r8xEFo2dGUweESk2FRLbiQIQc__DTPXbsR/s200/cat+in+botanical+gardens+crop.jpg" width="174" /></a></div>There is a call for abstracts for the <i>7th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference</i> (EBLIP7). This takes place at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada July 15-18, 2013. Conference themes are: Beyond the horizon (visioning the future, investigation, discovery); Ploughing new terrain (cultivating and enhancing productivity through innovation, experimentation, transforming practice); Harvesting the rewards (assessing outcomes, impact, value) and Summer fallow (lessons learnt, reflection, insight). There is a call for research papers, reviews of evidence, reports of innovative practice, hot topic discussion papers, and poster presentations. Submission deadline is 30 November, 2012. Further information at <a href="http://eblip7.library.usask.ca/" target="_blank">http://eblip7.library.usask.ca/</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Cat in botanical gardens, November 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-86658351449444995642012-11-14T09:42:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.625-08:00Spanish information literacy model for schools<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT4-nJvSf25wYDEhAcl-WkwmG7-na0oEfhWKzo3YxY4hCZqD6TvjdpMcLxAsNR1_Bd396W6pQxSa9lXRy-0tqQ8_EWlDrrSshJhlF13xVonXHrDd4pF85W6Ho0FybKIVZJH_HVcr-gJdl/s1600/leaf+strewn+path+botanicals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT4-nJvSf25wYDEhAcl-WkwmG7-na0oEfhWKzo3YxY4hCZqD6TvjdpMcLxAsNR1_Bd396W6pQxSa9lXRy-0tqQ8_EWlDrrSshJhlF13xVonXHrDd4pF85W6Ho0FybKIVZJH_HVcr-gJdl/s200/leaf+strewn+path+botanicals.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>An article (in Spanish) outlines a three stage model for information literacy in formal education. The abstract reads: "A three-phased model is proposed for addressing information competence in the context of compulsory education. The 3 basic phases are information searching, management and communication. A study of the current standard curriculum identified the objectives and content corresponding to the three phases, with the aim of assisting centres in establishing programs for each educational stage. The goal is to help improve the design of research projects that are carried out in the classroom as well as to develop information literacy using the school library. The text points to areas in which the school library can play an important role in supporting the curriculum for skills development."<br />Anna Blasco Olivares and Glòria Durban Roca (2012) "La competencia informacional en la enseñanza obligatoria a partir de la articulación de un modelo específico." <i>Revista Española de Documentación Científica</i>, 100-135 doi: 10.3989/redc.2012.mono.979 <a href="http://redc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/redc/article/view/746/827" target="_blank">http://redc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/redc/article/view/746/827 </a> and the 2nd author blogs about it Spanish <a href="http://bibliotecaescolarinfo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/existe-cierta-confusion-en-referencia.html" target="_blank">here</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: autumn stairs, November 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-80389894241418761442012-11-13T07:00:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.640-08:00Visitor from Okanagan College<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVCCBWpfSoVrn9XI4vud1KuglG7fT9tN3qcPpAy5XWhJG1ZI4ybFlwlCOjkR1qBMbpK1A6ypKtV02mU2P6jpFaTkGZ-rT4ysnHwEmIOvGn3sred_sa1rgvacdpkKyGIyRaw9TjMA205av/s1600/jennifer+sigalet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVCCBWpfSoVrn9XI4vud1KuglG7fT9tN3qcPpAy5XWhJG1ZI4ybFlwlCOjkR1qBMbpK1A6ypKtV02mU2P6jpFaTkGZ-rT4ysnHwEmIOvGn3sred_sa1rgvacdpkKyGIyRaw9TjMA205av/s200/jennifer+sigalet.jpg" width="174" /></a></div><b>Jennifer Sigalet,</b> (pictured, right) Campus Public Services Librarian at Okanagan College, British Columbia, Canada, visited the iSchoool as part of an information literacy study tour last week. Jennifer has been involved in some interesting initiatives, and she and her colleagues at Okanagan College received the <a href="http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=11318" target="_blank">2011 Community and Technical College Libraries Innovation Achievement Award </a>for the development and implementation of the CILRI (Course Integrated Library Research Instruction) programme. This is the Libguide: <a href="http://libguides.okanagan.bc.ca/CILRI">http://libguides.okanagan.bc.ca/CILRI</a><br />Jennifer also was a contributor to the presentation <a href="http://sites.macewan.ca/wilu2012/files/2012/06/May24_0930_Brownlow_InfoLitBC.pdf" target="_blank">A Sampling of Post-Secondary Integrated Information Literacy Programs in British Colombia</a> at the WILU 2012 conference.<br /><br />Jennifer joined with <b>Dr Shahd Salha </b>(graduate of the iSchool) and<b> Bill Johnston</b> (Honorary Research Fellow, Strathclyde University) in presenting a one-hour seminar on information literacy at the iSchool on 9th December, chaired by <b>Sheila Webber</b>.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-27134322905869841762012-11-13T01:00:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.656-08:00Information Science and Information Literacy conference in Romania<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxXLRQPa36u2FYAMqamtCkne9_arybvOKFbg5NFO3Jd-dtSqBK4wDNpRFWyDOy-yLG2b890nxBpxeU5QIzNwfjCnuecUQwYP2getlkxNNJSBqCXokOQz02xRcKeQ0ursYvR0RI_JUfdnY/s1600/squirrel+nov+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxXLRQPa36u2FYAMqamtCkne9_arybvOKFbg5NFO3Jd-dtSqBK4wDNpRFWyDOy-yLG2b890nxBpxeU5QIzNwfjCnuecUQwYP2getlkxNNJSBqCXokOQz02xRcKeQ0ursYvR0RI_JUfdnY/s200/squirrel+nov+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The 4th <b>International Conference on Information Science and Information Literacy </b>will be held in Sibiu, Romania, April 17-19, 2013. There are broad themes: Information literacy; Education (e.g. Teaching information literacy; Reviewing the fundamentals of education and curriculum redesign); Digital libraries; and Information science and technologies (e.g. Information retrieval; Data mining strategies for digital libraries). There is still a call for papers open. More info at <a href="http://bcu.ulbsibiu.ro/conference/" target="_blank">http://bcu.ulbsibiu.ro/conference/</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Squirrel, Sheffield, Nov 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-5623988895138759972012-11-12T07:00:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.674-08:00London Libraries Learning Research Reading GroupThere is a blog for this group ("an informal and impromtu reading group for London librarians interested in research, learning and information literacy") just set up.The group had their first meeting on 8th November and plan a further meeting in December. <a href="http://lllrrg.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://lllrrg.wordpress.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-89812602889137359962012-11-12T03:31:00.001-08:002012-11-12T03:31:34.893-08:00monochromaticstylemonochromaticstyleUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-2961639741565562542012-11-12T01:00:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.691-08:00Manifesto for Teaching Online, 13 November <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEz3aXcMh6Ug2HnAM55qf53OKU5IR350B1NELUmK3tsiz5fOpXoKYZBr4cNvlX98Ldfvc5ld4ognTgMTJoUVMRCdWVd7tWqy_FnsQVFWA82eOO4zscSQkkGld4g4TO0IQfAycrEhLfDhv1/s1600/06-11-12+manifesto+better+places.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEz3aXcMh6Ug2HnAM55qf53OKU5IR350B1NELUmK3tsiz5fOpXoKYZBr4cNvlX98Ldfvc5ld4ognTgMTJoUVMRCdWVd7tWqy_FnsQVFWA82eOO4zscSQkkGld4g4TO0IQfAycrEhLfDhv1/s200/06-11-12+manifesto+better+places.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The authors of the <b>Manifesto for Teaching Online</b>, led by Clara O’Shea (University of Edinburgh, Scotland), will discuss the Manifesto on Tuesday 13 November, 12 noon SL time (which is 8pm UK time, see <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d3m6bzs" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/d3m6bzs</a> for times elsewhere) on Infolit iSchool in the virtual world, Second Life (SL), <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/132/239/22" target="_blank">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/132/239/22</a> ). You need a SL avatar and the SL browser on your computer, to participate.<b> All welcome</b>!<br /><br />The Manifesto for Teaching Online is a series of brief statements that attempt to capture what is generative and productive about online teaching, course design, writing, assessment and community. It was produced by Jen Ross, Clara O’Shea, Sian Bayne and Hamish Macleod members of the programme team on the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and has attracted a lot of interest and debate - see <a href="http://onlineteachingmanifesto.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://onlineteachingmanifesto.wordpress.com/</a><br /><br />A Sheffield iSchool <i>Centre for Information Literacy Research</i> event.<br /><i>Picture (with one of the Manifesto statements) by Sheila Webber, taken in Second Life. </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-70088297269358440522012-11-09T01:00:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.710-08:00Information literacy presentations from WILU conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SqKkIOHQkO0ZGW_RfSsd51KCrUMfMpSzLHSM_IBxuEZjooDjUTcLf7foLV-oe34SXCw5vt9RuZRQ5sb_U2-8lOqWZNtMZlR7A2HMEHGk7p_xM0vtWgJAMlnEicb6X6xH7ATZZnzAlAMd/s1600/trees+shadows+psychology+nov+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SqKkIOHQkO0ZGW_RfSsd51KCrUMfMpSzLHSM_IBxuEZjooDjUTcLf7foLV-oe34SXCw5vt9RuZRQ5sb_U2-8lOqWZNtMZlR7A2HMEHGk7p_xM0vtWgJAMlnEicb6X6xH7ATZZnzAlAMd/s200/trees+shadows+psychology+nov+2012.jpg" width="160" /></a></div>There are abstracts and presentations from the major Canadian conference, <b>WILU</b>, which took place in May 2012. Numerous very interesting presentations e.g. (to choose a few at random)<br />- Massive! Open! Online!: Understanding MOOCs and Their Impact on Library Instruction and Services<br />- Faculty Members’ Perceptions of Technology-Oriented Support by Liaison Librarians at the University of Alberta<br />- Reel Life, Reel Students, Reel Experiences: Videos as a Teaching and Learning Tool<br />- Best practices for Very Large Team Teaching: A Case Study of a Graduate Course in Health Librarianship<br />- A Sampling of Post-Secondary Integrated Information Literacy Programs in British Columbia<br />Abstracts and links at <a href="http://sites.macewan.ca/wilu2012/program/program-abstracts/" target="_blank">http://sites.macewan.ca/wilu2012/program/program-abstracts/</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Trees, shadow, autumn, November 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-38186885579420972112012-11-08T10:24:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.724-08:00Cfp Umbrella conference (Manchester, UK)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPoVAM-piI1EUA2b9kLwbQFJbhLszBNwWqO8zR1dD7ePr8ouxCCfCCj2NlZJpLFYAe-hxuqwCG95UZZ9z1Q90G4eKFFKm_wUD6JfkegRYYZTUwD8uLyWWD8YyD8jE40ViPWV5CPkkYmX0/s1600/psychology+bikes+nov+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPoVAM-piI1EUA2b9kLwbQFJbhLszBNwWqO8zR1dD7ePr8ouxCCfCCj2NlZJpLFYAe-hxuqwCG95UZZ9z1Q90G4eKFFKm_wUD6JfkegRYYZTUwD8uLyWWD8YyD8jE40ViPWV5CPkkYmX0/s200/psychology+bikes+nov+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>One of the themes for the library/information conference,<b> Umbrella</b>, is information literacy. <b>Umbrella</b> takes place in Manchester, UK, 2 - 3 July 2013.<br />There is a call for papers, deadline 30 November. The theme name is <i>Information to best support society: Information and digital literacy in education, work, health and leisure.</i> Suggested topics are: The positive impact of information literacy and the importance of innovation to secure its place in a learning society; The importance of maintaining information literacy development opportunities for people as they move between different settings e.g. school/FE/HE/research/ employment; How Library and Information Professionals are adapting an information literacy offer in a social media context; Developing the developers: explorations with employers and educators to ensure that information literacy practitioners are relevant and appropriate to the environment they operate in. More info at <a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/umbrella2013/pages/call-for-papers.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.cilip.org.uk/umbrella2013/pages/call-for-papers.aspx</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Bicycles, autumn, Psychology building, November 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-46658975226328745062012-11-07T06:54:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.746-08:00Call for Papers: 2012 Conference of Asian Media Literacy and Education<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUwAghrs2Za3pvvTNDoHLO4HJUXada1BrhnJ3mEQiovJ_ieErekaSWcP8fd28QNUa7IM-cvfD0fBULHOR05m7MuzDankFRQr0JvRG5OBMZo5lNGUH3KlzlhShOE2W6u_SY1oiylSnVaNm/s1600/trapped+leaf+blackheath+nov+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUwAghrs2Za3pvvTNDoHLO4HJUXada1BrhnJ3mEQiovJ_ieErekaSWcP8fd28QNUa7IM-cvfD0fBULHOR05m7MuzDankFRQr0JvRG5OBMZo5lNGUH3KlzlhShOE2W6u_SY1oiylSnVaNm/s200/trapped+leaf+blackheath+nov+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>There is a call for Papers for the 2012 <b>Conference of Asian Media Literacy and Education</b> being held December 1, 2012 in Chongqing, China.Contact is Pro. Guo Xiaoke gxiaoke@gmail.com "Tsinghua International Center for Communications (TICC) is a founding member of the <i>UNESCO-UNAOC UNITWIN on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue</i> (from now “Network”), created in May 2010. UNITWIN = University Twinning and Networking Programme of UNESCO. The main objective of the Network is to build capacity in each country and regional areas in order to further develop media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue programs and to contribute to the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals."<br /><br />They say "In light of the fact that teenagers and college students are the main users of internet media, the theme of the conference is how to effectively raise media literacy in institutions of higher learning and teenage education." Therefore their key topics are: Status-quo of media exposure of teenagers and college students; How to raise media literacy and conduct media education of teenagers; Challenges from social media to Journalism education; Study of China’s online public opinion. Papers should be 4,000- 10,000 words, with a 300 word abstract and biography of the author.The abstract should be emailed by November 15, 2012 and the full text by November 20, 2012 to nadnew@163.com<br />The following was given as the contact website, but when I just looked at the Google translation of it, I couldn't immediately see anything about this specific conference <a href="http://www.media.tsinghua.edu.cn/" target="_blank">http://www.media.tsinghua.edu.cn </a>. I found the information originally <a href="http://mil.unaoc.org/event/2012camle/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Trapped autumn leaf, Royal Standard, November 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-82903400465922979862012-11-06T15:30:00.000-08:002012-11-16T00:12:36.766-08:00Online Digital Literacy Forum , November 14th (this is my 2250th post!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPtspOE2HcSHyzt3rlt-d44JmBzsLSEaAoE4mDBUFCXkwtt4JaRrup5ehZzohTiO9Qub03c-_FOUu6SdObXqoLSRnMaP7_gGktxSouLhVDznJqd83OOPwAqZEjbPokxMjvZRWgT82bRis/s1600/06-11-12+2250+posts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPtspOE2HcSHyzt3rlt-d44JmBzsLSEaAoE4mDBUFCXkwtt4JaRrup5ehZzohTiO9Qub03c-_FOUu6SdObXqoLSRnMaP7_gGktxSouLhVDznJqd83OOPwAqZEjbPokxMjvZRWgT82bRis/s200/06-11-12+2250+posts.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>The American Library Association's Digital Literacy Task Force is running a session <b>Creating a Culture of Learning: How Librarians Keep up with Digital Media and Technology</b> on Google Hangout on November 14, at 7pm EST (which is 12 midnight in the UK).<br />"<i>Creating a Culture of Learning</i> will explore how information professions can stay ahead of or on the learning curve with our students, colleagues and patrons as new devices, software and Internet-enabled services emerge. It is part of a series that began at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference and will continue in December with a discussion on assessing digital literacy." Speakers are:<br />- Caroline Haebig, instructional technology coordinator, Adlai E. Stevenson High School.<br />- Jamie Hollier, a technology, project management, and library consultant<br />- Gwyneth Jones, aka The Daring Librarian, a middle-school teacher librarian at Murray Hill Middle School in Laurel, Maryland.<br />- Bobbi Newman, aka Librarian by Day, currently enrolled at Iowa State University pursuing her second master’s degree. <br />- Anu Vedantham, who directs the Weigle Information Commons at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. <br />"Join the conversation by watching a live-stream of the panelists on YouTube and chatting with other viewers and tweeting with the hash tag #digilit12. Questions and comments will be submitted to panelists throughout the program. The URL for the YouTube broadcast will be tweeted and posted to the District Dispatch by 6:30 p.m. EST, at the latest. Please RSVP at alawash@alawash.org." More details at: <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/11/oitp-confirms-speakers-for-culture-of-learning-in-online-digital-literacy-forum-november-14/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/11/oitp-confirms-speakers-for-culture-of-learning-in-online-digital-literacy-forum-november-14/</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber, taken in Second Life.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-5479530762652296372012-11-03T11:23:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:36.784-08:00Elsevier focus on information literacy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpmKkM4vowuOie7dDIFIj3-Jube5VXFyaRhwFrjRxz_e5DlY-d2ED8jXDXsWDt4Y4s2pjKSVSw55vw92xCll94m_LjVfD_DslxTzxZH420xo_BLXqDcQ9mZ93hsHlQ7EJlHf6HFCqzGQk/s1600/leaf+caught+in+bush+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpmKkM4vowuOie7dDIFIj3-Jube5VXFyaRhwFrjRxz_e5DlY-d2ED8jXDXsWDt4Y4s2pjKSVSw55vw92xCll94m_LjVfD_DslxTzxZH420xo_BLXqDcQ9mZ93hsHlQ7EJlHf6HFCqzGQk/s200/leaf+caught+in+bush+oct+2012.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>Short articles on information literacy by Elsevier customers feature in the latest issue of their newsletter, <i>Library Connect</i>. There are stories from various countries e.g. "Information competence development for Lithuanian academic community" and "Back to basics: Sheetal Tank [an Indian librarian] builds an information literacy program to address core skill levels." There is a blog entry listing the individual articles <a href="http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/newsletters/supporting-users-organizations/2012-11/information-literacy-november-2012" target="_blank">here</a> and the pdf of the whole issue is at <a href="http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/sites/default/files/lcn1003.pdf" target="_blank">http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/sites/default/files/lcn1003.pdf</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: autumn leaf, October 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-37374410404679163962012-11-02T11:18:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:36.822-08:00Study of American graduates and employers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSi1hIFpbRwka0rCSA1pi5K5mePNT2Jo2IqZSYOlWrMnCSWfn3MZXqb-kCUwdvsdO9WibnaRa3Y6RdWjEq95PXsvevdwUZ33DwsrGPwIHkslIxLWRxK_RvI32KFc4BSQZA3JkIqvhEibR4/s1600/red+leaves+blue+sky+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSi1hIFpbRwka0rCSA1pi5K5mePNT2Jo2IqZSYOlWrMnCSWfn3MZXqb-kCUwdvsdO9WibnaRa3Y6RdWjEq95PXsvevdwUZ33DwsrGPwIHkslIxLWRxK_RvI32KFc4BSQZA3JkIqvhEibR4/s200/red+leaves+blue+sky+oct+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The latest report of <b>Project Information Literacy </b>(PIL) is the output from interviews with 23 employers in the USA and 33 recent graduates from US universities. They were asked about the ways in which they were expected to work with information in the workplace. Similar results to some previous studies in this area emerged e.g. the need to find and present information to short deadlines and the need to work well with others to solve information problems. The graduates did feel that some of the skills the developed at university (e.g. being able to evaluate information) were valuable in the workplace and there are some interesting quotes. "This report is the first in a new research initiative at PIL called the "The Passage Studies." These studies investigate the information transitions young adults go through at critical junctures in their lives." The full report is at <a href="http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_fall2012_workplaceStudy_FullReport.pdf" target="_blank">http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_fall2012_workplaceStudy_FullReport.pdf</a><br />There is a prereview video about the new study <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOtjexhyvE&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOtjexhyvE&feature=youtu.be</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Red leaves against blue sky, October 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-84252701714563036802012-11-01T13:28:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:36.859-08:00Presentation of useful resources and apps<b>Phil Bradley</b> just gave a presentation at <b>Internet Librarian International 2012 </b>on "new resources and interesting things that I've found recently." Definitely worth flicking through.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/14952275" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><b> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Philbradley/things-phil-has-found-2012" target="_blank" title="Things Phil has found 2012">Things Phil has found 2012</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Philbradley" target="_blank">Phil Bradley</a></b> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-20076139828475175542012-10-31T08:48:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:36.896-08:00Havana declaration on IL, and the Iberoamerican wiki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nUjBFM5YqBNT0Ug0JB4ywYzbTCRh1pXAydlEo8_l75NVSGP571A33_FXBJtiHToV3DhYNeu_kLvTqBTqgRKsuKHhuFSdGuKXgJDgLzxLByuVdD6QV2yWqeU82iG7e86fT1KvJhceSicy/s1600/colourful+leaves+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nUjBFM5YqBNT0Ug0JB4ywYzbTCRh1pXAydlEo8_l75NVSGP571A33_FXBJtiHToV3DhYNeu_kLvTqBTqgRKsuKHhuFSdGuKXgJDgLzxLByuVdD6QV2yWqeU82iG7e86fT1KvJhceSicy/s200/colourful+leaves+oct+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The <b>Declaration of Havana </b> has been published in English. This declaration (already published in Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese) proposes 15 actions for information literacy. Themes include recognising contextual differences and needs, collaboration, inclusion and a life-wide perspective. <a href="http://www.ifla.org/node/6964" target="_blank">http://www.ifla.org/node/6964</a><br /><br />It is also the 3rd anniversary of the project <b>ALFIN</b> [Information Literacy]<b>/ Ibero-America,</b> with the wiki-repository containing more than 1400 entries from 22 Iberoamerican countries at <a href="http://alfiniberoamerica.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">http://alfiniberoamerica.wikispaces.com/</a><br />Thanks to Alejandro Uribe Tirado for keeping me updated with this information.<br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: fallen leaves, October 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-51794715998128133292012-10-30T18:06:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:36.934-08:00Information practices of refugees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4dvCxK8RrJK5fggVM9o1y6MUL82nhMbhjLvohEBgbHGO5lOc5gtlXZiFnz8uIktUAKzkDsZ5c5dIt_3mr6G9ZdGT53jCngH6lGhpnApMZN8vRE1DKcIcEPJN504-shBucN3NqHzIbvT7/s1600/autumn+park+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4dvCxK8RrJK5fggVM9o1y6MUL82nhMbhjLvohEBgbHGO5lOc5gtlXZiFnz8uIktUAKzkDsZ5c5dIt_3mr6G9ZdGT53jCngH6lGhpnApMZN8vRE1DKcIcEPJN504-shBucN3NqHzIbvT7/s200/autumn+park+oct+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The online pre-publication issue of the <i>Journal of documentation</i> has an article:<br />Lloyd, A., Kennan, M., Thompson,K. and Qayyum, A. (2012). Connecting with new information landscapes: Information literacy practices of refugees, <i>Journal of Documentation</i>, 69(1).<br />Information literacy practice is defined as "a coconstruction brought about by those who are co-located and participating in the everyday life of a community". Interviews and focus groups were used with refugees and service providers in an Australian town. The researchers found that there were phases of settlement (during which time the refugees had to develop new information practices), that refugees need help to cope with the new information landscape, that compliance (e.g. knowing about relevant laws) and everyday focus are the information foci to start with, and that visual and social information are important (including using storytelling). <br />The journal home page is here <a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17062806" target="_blank">http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1706280</a>6<br />There is a related article: Lloyd, A., Qayyum, A. and Thompson,K. and (2011) <a href="http://quic.queensu.ca/resources/training/files/Settling%20In;%20The%20Relationship%20between%20Informative%20and%20Social%20Inclusion.pdf" target="_blank">Settling in: the relationship between information and social inclusion.</a> <i>Australian academic and research libraries</i>, 42 (3),191-211. <br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Autumn park, October 2012</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-78952779744179349912012-10-30T16:00:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:36.970-08:00cpf LOEX postersFor the <b>LOEX</b> (US Information Literacy conference) there is a call for posters (deadline January 25, 2013). It is open to "Students currently enrolled in a graduate program in library and information sciences along with librarians in resident or intern programs". The web page is here: <a href="http://www.loexconference.org/posterproposals.html" target="_blank">http://www.loexconference.org/posterproposals.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-80551308359337857412012-10-29T11:13:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.004-08:00Research project into delivery of Information Literacy and Digital Scholarship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThTgZEGFPxRxoDJMWSyp2oyBCvukM5lUu-XO5g-R4xaQPFJI6roDo9yiRAnht2isQvO9ny5GjDfc0NWP32-kVMBGPnrGQHVmaRWN3AjQUiBon_MyGUitjm27r4r1kw6DnoyxScXqcoh5u/s1600/colourful+branches+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="164" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThTgZEGFPxRxoDJMWSyp2oyBCvukM5lUu-XO5g-R4xaQPFJI6roDo9yiRAnht2isQvO9ny5GjDfc0NWP32-kVMBGPnrGQHVmaRWN3AjQUiBon_MyGUitjm27r4r1kw6DnoyxScXqcoh5u/s200/colourful+branches+oct+2012.jpg" /></a></div>SCONUL (Society for College, National and University Libraries) and RIN (Research Information Network) are funding a year-long research project into delivery of Information Literacy and Digital Scholarship. There are two strands to the project. The first strand, co-ordinated by Research Information Network (RIN) on behalf of Research Information and Digital Literacies Coalition (RIDLs), aims to identify and promote "good practice in information handling and data management training and development across the (UK) Higher Education and research sectors."<br />The second strand, coordinated by SCONUL under the JISC Developing<br />Digital Literacies (DDL) programme, "aims to identify, harvest, and use materials to progress the development of digital professional expertise."<br />Stephane Goldstein (RIN) and Alison Mackenzie (SCONUL) are project leaders and Charlie Inskip is the project officer. More info at <a href="http://rilads.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://rilads.wordpress.com</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: autumn branches, October 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-10019516594341539302012-10-26T10:35:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.040-08:00Recent articles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyosw_wA8vzslioqcopOLbwBvm5WUfvuKOY6IPkQq-MppBqJs-BXrlVOvd-P-UG1ow529BzKtzK9xdczPkHBr8DOH9eVcd4goEXts9-UqTmgZbLd82pnGmt1ni73lDChFchmAflN9MC2kq/s1600/anemones+and+foliage+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyosw_wA8vzslioqcopOLbwBvm5WUfvuKOY6IPkQq-MppBqJs-BXrlVOvd-P-UG1ow529BzKtzK9xdczPkHBr8DOH9eVcd4goEXts9-UqTmgZbLd82pnGmt1ni73lDChFchmAflN9MC2kq/s200/anemones+and+foliage+oct+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>Journal of academic librarianship</b> (priced publication) <a href="http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-of-academic-librarianship/" target="_blank">http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-of-academic-librarianship/</a><br />- Greer, K. et al (2012) "Beyond the Web Tutorial: Development and Implementation of an Online, Self-Directed Academic Integrity Course at Oakland University." <i>Journal of academic librarianship</i>, 38 (5), 251-258<br />- Gibbs, D. et al (2012) "Assessing the Research Needs of Graduate Students at Georgetown University" <i>Journal of academic librarianship</i>, 38 (5), 268-276<br />- Weiner, S. (2012) "Institutionalizing Information Literacy" <i>Journal of academic librarianship</i>, 38 (5), 287-293. [This is a slideshare of the same name, by her <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/weiner-13631500" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/weiner-13631500</a>]<br />- Baro, E. and Keboh, T. (2012) "Teaching and Fostering Information Literacy Programmes: A Survey of Five University Libraries in Africa" <i>Journal of academic librarianship</i>, 38 (5), 311-315<br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: autumn anemones and foliage, October 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-11190926412947599152012-10-25T11:06:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.076-08:00Survey for academic librarians<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nm_ndIHvoct4ToJTYQAa52GHxxmk62o1tSMGj0Fgw1k0tlRS221t0yqD0YZo9X-PdN4ImJXoKxMI0w8wcaK-Zzo7qI6PRWuCJS5YxlaaTpvtA27zTxcr8ffewSkqTlZd-SXMu20FcyVn/s1600/prizewinning+aubergines+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nm_ndIHvoct4ToJTYQAa52GHxxmk62o1tSMGj0Fgw1k0tlRS221t0yqD0YZo9X-PdN4ImJXoKxMI0w8wcaK-Zzo7qI6PRWuCJS5YxlaaTpvtA27zTxcr8ffewSkqTlZd-SXMu20FcyVn/s200/prizewinning+aubergines+oct+2012.jpg" width="182" /></a></div>Laura Simmons (Assistant Professor, Simmons College) is conducting a survey of reference and instruction/ information literacy librarians' approach to teaching. This survey is a follow up to a study that was recently published in <i>The Journal of Academic Librarianship</i>, on academics' perspectives on information literacy. "The survey should only take about 15 minutes to complete and your participation is GREATLY appreciated" she says. The survey is at <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RPGQ8WL" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RPGQ8WL</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Prizewinning striped aubergines at Blackheath Framers' market<br /></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-55325815437719644032012-10-24T07:54:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.115-08:00Dissertations on information literacy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCrIy07_BQCKsoC_wYscudFTvYw_HgbOykw8a-GVhitR2eHmKsYcAmeVByUMGfT6PB73nWnMG7ptHS6DjhAF6PlOlP6DTUlG70cC3ehqThxx_cQ-kIiaXxIl5gOYXwlovXNotxjnTFEyC/s1600/green+and+gold+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCrIy07_BQCKsoC_wYscudFTvYw_HgbOykw8a-GVhitR2eHmKsYcAmeVByUMGfT6PB73nWnMG7ptHS6DjhAF6PlOlP6DTUlG70cC3ehqThxx_cQ-kIiaXxIl5gOYXwlovXNotxjnTFEyC/s200/green+and+gold+oct+2012.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>There are a few online PhD dissertations relevant to information literacy that can be accessed via the <a href="http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do" target="_blank">British Library's ethos service</a>. You have to register (free). If the thesis are not already digitised (the ones below <b>are</b>) then you can pay £49 to get it digitised. They include<br /><i>-- What is 'digital literacy'? : a pragmatic investigation.</i> Beshaw, Douglas A. J. Durham University, Awarded: 2012 (as a shortcut, the download is actually from <a href="http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3446/" target="_)blank">http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3446/</a>)<br />-- <i>Information literacy instruction for Kuwaiti students and the role of cultural relevance.</i> Lesher, Teresa M. Loughborough University, Awarded: 2002 <br />-- <i>Negotiating information literacy pathways : learner autonomy in higher education. </i>McDowell, Liz. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Awarded: 2004. <br />-- <i>Conceptions of effective information use and learning in a tele-health organization : a phenomenographic study of information literacy and knowledge management at work. </i>Toledano O'Farrill, Ruben. Robert Gordon University, Awarded: 2008 <br />-- <i>Developing a new blended approach to fostering information literacy. </i>Walton, Geoffrey. Loughborough University, Awarded: 2009. (Again, as a shortcut, the thesis is also availabe here <a href="https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/8148" target="_blank">https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/8148</a>) <br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Green and gold, October 2012 </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-15650494853217875582012-10-23T12:55:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.153-08:00UK major report: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBs7Pt6-vBoY4EdIF9tU0b5LEUCH79zTC_v-MrKStHH7mly6JOgXTa6Cv42AOgbAtNbHZhv85QehEgez7d6u3VpfHjDY4EB6wJc2FeGnptMQB7KSmOmJIzLKB3RLiYMf9LRtbgGOWpW8u-/s1600/chrysanthemum+blooms+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBs7Pt6-vBoY4EdIF9tU0b5LEUCH79zTC_v-MrKStHH7mly6JOgXTa6Cv42AOgbAtNbHZhv85QehEgez7d6u3VpfHjDY4EB6wJc2FeGnptMQB7KSmOmJIzLKB3RLiYMf9LRtbgGOWpW8u-/s200/chrysanthemum+blooms+2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>There are some new reports from Ofcom (the UK "watchdog" for the communications sector). The main report, published today, is a substantial 200 page document, and the other 2 reports <i>which </i>I'll mention supplement that one.<br />Ofcom (2012) <i>Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report Research Document.</i> Ofcom. <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/oct2012/main.pdf">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/oct2012/main.pdf</a><br />The report is "designed to give an accessible overview of media literacy among [British] children and young people aged 5-15 and their parents/carers, as well as an indicative view of media use by children aged 3-4." Key research was 1,717 in-home interviews.<br />The report is packed with statistics about what kinds of device children access, and where they do so. 91% of children have internet access at home (for the first time, this is not an increase compared with the last report) - some children still do not access the internet anywhere. Unsurprisingly, mobile devices feature heavily, with gender differences in how the devices are used. Also, just picking up on a personal interest, in 8-11 year olds the only "creative or civic" activity that has gone up every year is creating an avatar in an online world (this year 48% had).<br />For some of the conclusions, I will be lazy and copy from the Executive summary. <br />" Children are using a wide range of media devices, and internet access is not confined to the desktop PC, laptop or netbook. Those aged 12-15 in particular are spending more time online, are more likely to go online using their mobile phone and are more likely to say that their mobile phone is the device they would miss the most.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE-cy1nHomzTWLWFZfiP8ozL6K0tt1QO6CBIYE5SWz-4mW692_PZkvmbi1epiyWe0l0btP1B6ZA1JCToEepTW0Phy-FhFXtopX46ASG1eqJ4F4X-GxK6__dvMPMn5udW3yvwV4Sz3pfBJ/s1600/chrysanthemum+blooms+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE-cy1nHomzTWLWFZfiP8ozL6K0tt1QO6CBIYE5SWz-4mW692_PZkvmbi1epiyWe0l0btP1B6ZA1JCToEepTW0Phy-FhFXtopX46ASG1eqJ4F4X-GxK6__dvMPMn5udW3yvwV4Sz3pfBJ/s200/chrysanthemum+blooms+1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>"For the first time this report contains indicative data on the media habits of 3-4 year olds. This indicates that many in this age group are using a range of different media devices, including over a third who are going online using a desktop PC, laptop or netbook and 6% who are going online via a tablet computer.<br />"These trends have implications for how we consider children’s media literacy, as the requirement for media literacy skills begins at a young age, and the types of devices children need to be proficient on, and the opportunities for them to encounter media content, increase.<br />"Children, particularly 12-15s, are prolific social networkers with large numbers of friends – an average of 92 friends for 8-11s and 286 for 12-15s. This has implications for how children protect and share personal information, given that personal data available to “friends” on social networking sites is likely to be shared with large numbers of people."<br /><br />2. Ofcom (2012) <i>Websites visited by children: Nielsen analysis</i>. Ofcom. <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/oct2012/Annex_3.pdf">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/oct2012/Annex_3.pdf</a><br /><br />The data is "derived from Nielsen's UK panel of households, comprising 45,239 individuals". This is short, but interesting in listing top 25/50 sites for 3 age groups. As with the other reports, data was gathered in 2012.<br />- 5-7 years old: top ten (1 to 10): Google, Google Search, BBC, Facebook, MSN/WindowsLive/Bing, YouTube, BBC CBeebies, Yahoo!, eBay, Ask Search Network<br />- 8-11 years: top ten (1 to 10): Google, Google Search, YouTube, MSN/WindowsLive/Bing, Facebook, BBC, YouTube Homepage, Google Image search, Wikipedia, Windows Live Messenger<br />- 12-15 years: top ten (1 to 10): Google, Google Search, Facebook, MSN/WindowsLive/Bing ,YouTube,Google Image Search, YouTube Homepage, Yahoo!, Wikipedia<br /><br />3. Jigsaw Research (2012) <i>Parents’ views on parental controls: Findings of qualitative research.</i> Ofcom. <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/oct2012/Annex_1.pdf">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/oct2012/Annex_1.pdf</a><br /><br />The research used a purposive sample of parents (in the UK), with qualitative methods including focus groups and journaling (it gives details of the questions etc., useful for other researchers). Parents were more concerned about issues like cyberbullying and "grooming" and the impact of internet use on other parts of the child's life (e.g. exercise, writing), rather than issues to do with access to inappropriate content (partly because they didn't perceive it as a particular problem). Some quotes from the executive summary are: <br />"Overall, ensuring balanced and safe use of the internet was seen as an important parenting challenge, but one where parents were not always clear on how to get it right. This was because they could not necessarily draw on their own experiences growing up, and also because they felt that the issues and risks were constantly developing and shifting".<br />"Overall, technical controls were viewed as a supplement to, rather than replacement for, hands-on parenting. Supervision and other forms of parental mediation were felt still to be needed to prevent all of the day-to-day issues as well as risks emanating from children’s internet usage."<br /><i>Photos by Sheila Webber: Autumn chrysanthemum blooms, October 2012 </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-61426780462128694202012-10-22T01:00:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.190-08:00Open Access Week - and - How Open Is It?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk54nzePSWyDI8mV-MQoih9xPvd4vYb5w2F7o2OyAxRTzryUgORkRnYmZIXOk2_pnaCnZCR4Hx5xXpeITLI7PJpX38408gQezIBxngii0CcOdPMis2SqGXoBYyvEJL5uaKFu4oNxkDQfuH/s1600/OAlogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk54nzePSWyDI8mV-MQoih9xPvd4vYb5w2F7o2OyAxRTzryUgORkRnYmZIXOk2_pnaCnZCR4Hx5xXpeITLI7PJpX38408gQezIBxngii0CcOdPMis2SqGXoBYyvEJL5uaKFu4oNxkDQfuH/s200/OAlogo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>Open Access Week</b> is 22-28 October 2012. The main website listing events, publicity etc. is at <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openaccessweek.org/</a><br />Another resource I just saw tweeted by Lyn Parker is <b>How Open Is It </b>, a guide (in several languages) to help judge the extent to which an item is "open access". The guide is short and has a spectrum of open-ness for key elements (e.g. reader rights, re-use rights). It can be downloaded at <a href="http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/">http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/</a><br />I might as well mention Lyn's <i>Copyright Compliance</i> Scoopit, too: <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/copyright-compliance" target="_blank">http://www.scoop.it/t/copyright-compliance</a><br /><i>Logo downloaded from <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/englishhigh-resolution-1" target="_blank">http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/englishhigh-resolution-1</a></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-49752525493932430482012-10-21T09:08:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.226-08:00Digital and Information Literacies at Cardiff University<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMnGQLXWEmbLxSyKEUYce1HBqmrSFSBkwB4w0JobAPr5fG9TX5-UEcS3jDe7JiLzMFz3z30yyQ89ZS0hFp1LrVrDiWgbjuwcnPbY5-N8CqFmY5NDKYFuYM18_6CBQAw67OwrEXbcQmAvA/s1600/apples+oct+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMnGQLXWEmbLxSyKEUYce1HBqmrSFSBkwB4w0JobAPr5fG9TX5-UEcS3jDe7JiLzMFz3z30yyQ89ZS0hFp1LrVrDiWgbjuwcnPbY5-N8CqFmY5NDKYFuYM18_6CBQAw67OwrEXbcQmAvA/s200/apples+oct+2012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Earlier this month Cardiff University launched its Digital and Information Literacies Strategy:<i> Embedding learning literacies at Cardiff University: INSRV's Digital and Information Literacies Strategy 2012-2014</i>. This builds on their continued substantial developments in the area of information literacy, and also the JISC project they had on digital literacies. <br />The strategy is at <a href="http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/news/infolitstrategy.html" target="_blank">http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/news/infolitstrategy.html</a> and digital literacy project at Cardiff University has a blog here <a href="http://digidol.cf.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://digidol.cf.ac.uk/ </a> and this is the page on the JISC site, which has project documents right at the bottom of the page <a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/DigiDol.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/DigiDol.aspx</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Today is <b>Apple Day</b> in the UK. This is part of my small crop of apples this year (bad weather has affected the British apple crops generally)</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7764105467741834401.post-51486381084402615472012-10-18T01:00:00.000-07:002012-11-16T00:12:37.261-08:00The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshVlCM9AaB2JYXq3D0ebvHgVCX5cFUwqtY64Fd1xOMz-qRvzHZmghVH6ChSwG4y2oTPN_nBYHuLTNiNWsDg3R_45hItbjADH56FIzAEqjaP80AANaLdcXEthGFhSOr8n-LccG2gdQpphb/s1600/bee+and+pink+daisies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshVlCM9AaB2JYXq3D0ebvHgVCX5cFUwqtY64Fd1xOMz-qRvzHZmghVH6ChSwG4y2oTPN_nBYHuLTNiNWsDg3R_45hItbjADH56FIzAEqjaP80AANaLdcXEthGFhSOr8n-LccG2gdQpphb/s200/bee+and+pink+daisies.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The report of the 2012 study of (United States) students' use of technology was published recently. The <b>ECAR</b> (EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research) study has been carried out since 2004. This year they had responses from 106,000 students from 195 institutions and from these ECAR selected a stratified sample (using various demographics) of 10,000 students, and most of the results are based on that subset of responses. Obviously the main focus is on use and preferences in using technology, but it is also worth noting that the communication mode that students wanted more of, most, was face-to-face communication. More communication via Learning Management Systems (or Virtual Learning Environments as we say in the UK), email and text messaging came next after that. Communication modes where the number of people wanting less of it outnumbered the number wanting more included Facebook and Twitter. Nearly 60% preferred keeping academic and social lives separate.<br /><br />The top 4 things that students wished that teachers used more were: Open Educational Resources; Simulations or educational games; Learning Management Systems and e-books. It seemed to me unlikely that everyone would know what OERs were, but when I checked the questionnaire, in fact that item was phrased as "Freely available course content beyond your campus (OpenCourseWare, Khan Academy, etc.)".<br /><br />There was a majority agreeing that technology was important to achieve success in their studies and their future jobs. The top technology valued was the Learning management System, followed by the Library Website. A larger number of students (than in the last study) felt that their teachers were using technology effectively.<br /><br />There is more on this and other questions in the full report, available at <a href="http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/ecar-study-undergraduate-students-and-information-technology-2012" target="_blank">http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/ecar-study-undergraduate-students-and-information-technology-2012</a><br /><i>Photo by Sheila Webber: Autumn colour, October 2012</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0