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Julien, Heidi; Latham, Don; Gross, Melissa; Moses, Lindsey; Warren, Felicia – Communications in Information Literacy, 2020
An online survey in Florida and New York of community college librarians with responsibility for information literacy instruction provides a snapshot of instructional objectives and practices, including librarians' beliefs about students' information literacy needs, strengths, and weaknesses. Survey results point to the influence of the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries, Librarians
Drake, Paul Burton, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. This 26th annual conference was held in Colonia, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, November 21-26, 2016 and celebrated the Association's Twenty-Fifth anniversary. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Catholic Schools, High Schools, Literacy Education
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Hofer, Amy R.; Brunetti, Korey; Townsend, Lori – Communications in Information Literacy, 2013
Thirteen years after being adopted, the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL's) "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education" are due for a retrofit. The current "Standards" do not account for the post-Google information landscape in which a blizzard of emerging technologies and unprecedented…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Fundamental Concepts, Review (Reexamination), Information Literacy
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2012
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a quarterly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This issue includes the following articles: (1) Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues (Peter B.…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Risk Management, Library Associations, Librarians
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Valenza, Joyce Kasman – Knowledge Quest, 2009
School library media specialists are information and communication specialists who lead and model these roles in schools and at their major professional events making use of the relevant new Web 2.0 tools available to them to network, collaborate, and share. Using these tools effectively helps them become leaders in their buildings and districts.…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Conferences (Gatherings), Exhibits
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Hamilton, Buffy J. – Knowledge Quest, 2009
In 1989 the American Library Association defined information literacy as a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. While these fundamental skills are still at the heart of information literacy instruction, the nature of that…
Descriptors: Media Specialists, Information Literacy, Library Services, Basic Skills
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Brown, Karen – Knowledge Quest, 2009
The American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" (2007), with their emphasis on multiple literacies and the social context in which information skills develop, embrace instruction that engages students' critical thinking about the changing communications environment. An inquiry-based approach to…
Descriptors: Information Skills, Librarians, Library Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Singer, Ross – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
Ever since North Carolina State University Libraries launched their Endeca-based OPAC replacement in the beginning of 2006, the library world has been completely obsessed with ditching their old, tired catalog interfaces (and with good reason) for the greener pastures of more sophisticated indexing, more accurate relevance ranking, dust jackets,…
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Access to Information, Consortia, Library Associations