More online papers from IFLA: health, agriculture

A second batch of papers online from the World Library and Information Conference (or IFLA conference) which takes place 10-15 August..
- Shamin Renwick (University of the West Indies, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago) Current trends in agricultural information services for farmers in Trinidad and Tobago/Caribbean
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/85-renwick-en.pdf
- Liangzhi Yu (Nankai University, Department of Information Resource Management Tianjin, China) Information worlds of Chinese farmers and their implications for agricultural information services: a fresh look at ways to deliver effective services
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/85-yu-en.pdf
- Lynn Woolfrey (DataFirst Resource Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa) Skills development to assist data usage for policymaking in Africa
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/86-woolfrey-en.pdf

There is a session on health information, including:
- Sue Thomas (Health Promotion Library, Department for Public Health and Health Professions, Welsh Assembly Government, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) Small steps to a healthier nation: providing and delivering health information across Wales
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/100-thomas-en.pdf
- Jagtar Singh (Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, India) and Dilara Begum (East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh) Student awareness of health information initiatives of the Governments of India and Bangladesh: a study of Punjabi University, Patiala and East West University, Dhaka
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/100-singh-en.pdf
Photo by Sheila Webber: Dahlia, Southover Gardens, July 2010

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Information Literate Radio

A UNESCO Press Release announces that "The first Caribbean community library radio Infolight FM 108.0: The Power of the Information Literacy through Young Voices was officially launched by Carl Bethel, Minister of Education of the Bahamas, on 16 October 2008, at the Bahamas Library Service." The first broadcast is November 3rd.
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News snippets from the USA and Jamaica

Kane, T. (2008) "School districts urge 'information literacy'." Northwest Herald, 22 August.
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/
2008/08/22/news/local/
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UNESCO. (2008) Youth speaking to youths. UNESCO press release, 21 August. "UNESCO has partnered with Caribbean Vizion, Violence Prevention Alliance, Ministry of Education of Jamaica and other stakeholders to pilot a programme to promote a culture of peace and inspire positive behaviour change in youths using music, drama and multimedia." (information literacy is mentioned at one of the things that is being developed through this schools campaign) http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/
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Caribbean workshop

In June I published a photo from the workshop (30 May-1st June) organised by the University of the West Indies Department of Library and Information Studies and the University Library, Mona, in collaboration with UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP) aimed at introducing librarians from the Caribbean region to techniques for developing information literacy skills and programmes. It was part of the UNESCO Information Literacy Training the Trainers (TTT) Workshop Series - see http://www.albertkb.nl/pageID_5366125.html and the following was reported after the session.

There were 25 participants - library professionals from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and the USA. They represented public library networks, school libraries, teachers colleges, university libraries, special libraries and other institutions such as the Jamaican Ministry of Education and the Office of the Utility Regulation. The training sessions were delivered by Professor Fay Durrant, and Dr Cherrell Shelley Robinson of the UWI Dept of Library and Information Studies, Mrs Norma Amenu Kpodo, Mrs Verna George and Mrs Karlene Robinson of the UWI Main Library, Mona, Professor Forest Woody Horton, Project Leader, Mrs Barbie Keiser, Information Consultant and Mrs Vanessa Middleton of the American University, United Arab Emirates.

A key output of the Workshop was the action plans developed by working groups and individuals, to implement Information Literacy Programmes in their organizations. Participants identified the scope and content of their programmes in relation to the needs of the members of their organizations, the relevant standards and models, partnership with specialist organizations, expected outcomes, and evaluation of impact. Prizes for the best presentations were awarded to, Jessica Lewis (Jamaica) and Gemma Lashley (Trinidad and Tobago) and Erica Davis and Cheryl Farquharson (Jamaica). This workshop was a satellite activity of the XXXVIII Annual ACURIL Conference and is expected to result in the development of Information Literacy programmes in the participating institutions, and the establishment of Information Literacy Clubs.
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