Useful Articles for Librarians

I'm receiving everyday e-mails with links to useful blog posts, reports. I don't have any more time to read, to bookmark them or just save. So today I just decided to post on the blog a few that of interest and I will remember at a later stage, where to find and read:

• Embedded Librarianship: new research is published by David Shumaker 
• LILAC (Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference) 2011 Presentations
• Reality-based Librarianship for Passionate Librarians
• Standards for Libraries in HE revised
• Research Supervisors and Information Literacy
• Student Induction, Libraries, Prezi, and Interactive Maps (blog post, practical examples)
• Latest Project Information Literacy Report Now Available (Oct 2011 report)
• Know Thine Audience. At Sustainable Scholarship Conference, academic librarians and publishers discuss why understanding readers is more essential than ever in the digital age.
• Marketing Academic Libraries, by Ned Potter.
• Guide to Reference Services
• Google Scholar Citation open to all
• Interview with Steven Bell — Keeping Up With the Things That Matter for Academic Libraries

Pavlinka Kovatcheva, UJ Faculty Librarian: Sciences
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Open Source Software in Education

Interesting article on Open Source Software in Education was introduced in "iLibrarian" blog (7/5/08)

Shaheen E. Lakhan and Kavita Jhunjhunwala write about open source software in online learning for the April-June 2008 issue of Educause Quarterly. They discuss the history of open source, its implementations in the educational sector including virtual universities and education portals, and its impact on learning.

The Self-Directed Student Toolbox: 100 Web Resources for Lifelong Learners

Online Education Database ( http://oedb.org/library/) published on 18/09/2007 the 100 Web Resources for Lifelong Learning. They have choosen the best resources in ten categories: Adult Education Guides, Audio and Video, Blogs, Career, Disabilities, Distance Education, Finances, Resources, Schoool tools, Travel.

Maybe be some of these resources will be of help to our users. Click on the title to view all options.