Making games for libraries, 10 December

Andrew Walsh is running an event Making games for libraries, including information literacy games. "We will play one or two games to start the day, followed by a short talk on games and play to help give context for the day. The bulk of the day will then consist of group work - creating and prototyping games for use within your libraries." This means games using all kinds of media, including cards, boards etc. The venue is Leeds Metropolitan Libraries, UK, on 10 December 2012 and the cost is £50 "Everyone will also take away a copy of SEEK!, an information literacy game" (see http://www.indiegogo.com/infolit-games where Andrew is raising money for design costs). Book at http://infolit-games.eventbrite.co.uk/
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Updated SMILE

SMILE was developed as a module which "develops study skills and employability skills, integrated with students academic work." There is now an updated version: SMILE 2.0 (SMILE= Study Methods and Information Literacy Exemplars). It is available as a set of zipped files in the JORUM open respository, advertised as a "Web based information literacy training package. Includes study skills and new modules on ethics, research design, group work. Version 2 of package, August 2012" http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17355
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New Book: Handbuch Informationskompetenz

For German speakers, an e-book published in May looks like essential reading: Handbuch Informationskompetenz (Information Literacy handbook). It has many chapters (in 583 pages), with excellent authors, and covers issues to do with information literacy in different sectors, information and digital literacy, information literacy in school and in Higher Education, teaching information literacy, changes to the "teaching library" and reports on information literacy in the different German-speaking countries. The only drawback is that is is really too expensive for an individual to buy, though the e-book format may make it convenient for a library.
Sühl-Strohmenger, W. (Ed). (2012) Handbuch Informationskompetenz. De Gruyter Saur. ISBN 978-3-11-025518-8. Price 128,95 € / $181.00 (or you can buy individual chapters for about 30 Euros each) http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/129277
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