Information Literacy; E-readers

A couple of March EDUCAUSE items. First, a short article in the latest Educause quarterly:

Weiner, S. (2010) "Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency." Educause quarterly. 33 (1) http://www.educause.edu/
EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/
EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/
InformationLiteracyANeglectedC/199382

Secondly, the latest in the "7" series: 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers http://www.educause.edu/Resources/
7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutERead/200539

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CFP: ACRL conference 2011: A Declaration of Interdependence

There is a call for papers for the Association of College and Research Libraries conference that takes place in Philadelphia, USA, March 30 - April 2 2011, with the title A Declaration of Interdependence. Themes are: Diversify our Interdependence: Building Relationships; Evolutions in Higher Education; Harness Lightning: Technology in the Service of Libraries; Inventing Your Library’s Future; The Shape of Tomorrow: Liberating Collection Development; Unite with Users: Reinventing the User Experience; You Say You Want a Revolution: Next Generation Librarianship.

Contributed Paper, Panel Session, Preconference, and Workshop proposals are due by May 10, 2010; and Zed Shed presentation, Poster Session, Roundtable Discussion, and Virtual Conference Webcast proposals are due November 1, 2010. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/2011/index.cfm

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Tipping the scales: tackling information obesity

On 29 June 2010, at the British Dental Association, London, UK, there is a joint UKeiG/ BDA Knowledge Management meeting: Tipping the scales: tackling information obesity to ensure productive and sustainable information resources. Sessions will include: Identifying information obesity: structural, individual and community-level explanations; How information literacy helps: and how it is limited; Cognitive biases, and why they matter; How organisations affect the way we think; The holistic approach to IL: subjective, objective and inter-subjective value; Problem-based learning; student- and community-led research projects. More information at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/index.html
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