Information Literacy Commons^™

Review Of The Anywhere Library: A Primer For The Mobile Web, Christine Baker

Collaborative Librarianship

A review of:

Greene, Courtney, Missy Roser, and Elizabeth Ruane. The Anywhere Library: A Primer for the Mobile Web. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010.

Reference Universe, Pete Mcdonnell, Kellian Clink

Library Services Publications

This original research described a comparison of 50 composition topics taken from my library instruction sessions with Reference Universe versus simple keyword searching of the online catalog. Pete and I concluded that twenty-three percent of the "good" hits in Reference Universe were also found in OPAC search and that the OPAC search found fewer "good" hits overall; but also found different relevant resources.

Cultivating The Librarian Within: Effectively Lntegrating Library Lnstruction Into Freshman Composition, Jesse Ulmer, Nancy E. Fawley

Library Faculty Research

It has become common practice for library instruction to be included in lower-level college composition courses. Students are typically required to visit the library once or twice a semester to receive instruction on how to find books and journal articles for an upcoming writing assignment that incorporates formal research. But does this current model of instruction truly address course outcomes that seek to produce students who are information literate, critical thinkers and life-long learners? Faculty who teach such courses are often reluctant to surrender precious class time to a librarian, but this paper argues that the merging of bibliographic instruction …

Collaboration The Open Source Way, Nicole C. Engard

Collaborative Librarianship

As you may already know, I am extremely active in the open source community. I recently was given the opportunity to work for not one, but two amazing library open source support companies at the same time. These two companies, ByWater Solutions (http://bywatersolutions.com) and BibLibre (http://biblibre.com) decided to have me work in collaboration with the two of them simply because that’s what open source is all about – collaboration.

Utilizing Technology, Lani Draper, Marthea Turnage

Librarian and Staff Publications

Technology and library instruction are viewed from every angle in this chapter. It examines the technology skills of students on, in particular, distance education students. The chapter looks at how librarians are incorporating technology into library instruction at a distance and examines the newest technology tools available for distance instruction.