Latest articles Journal of academic librarianship

The latest issue of the Journal of academic librarianship (volume 41 no. 1)includes
- The Student Confidence/Overconfidence in the Research Process by Valeria E. Molteni, Emily K. Chan
- Promoting Academic Library Research Through the “Faculty-Member-In-Residence” Program by Brian Detlor, Vivian Lewis
- Library Instruction and Themed Composition Courses: An Investigation of Factors that Impact Student - Learning by Erin E. Rinto, Elisa I. Cogbill-Seiders
- Relationship of Library Assessment to Student Retention by Elizabeth M. Mezick
- Finding the Right Notes: An Observational Study of Score and Recording Seeking Behaviors of Music Students by Kirstin Dougan
- The Shift of Information Literacy Towards Research 2.0 by Tibor Koltay, Sonja Špiranec, László Z. Karvalics
- Interactive Training Materials Developed by Spanish University Libraries by Marta Somoza-Fernández
For the abstracts, go to http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00991333
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New articles:school librarians; Ibero-American authors; students in India

Three new or new-ish papers from different sources:
- Khan, J. (2015). Use of information sources and need of information literacy among students in Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh. IJLIS, 7(1), 10 - 13. http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/IJLIS/article-abstract/BECB80E49967 An open-access article on IL in India.
- Pinto, M., Escalona, M.I., Pulgarín, A. and Uribe-Tirado, A. (2015). The scientific production of Ibero-American authors on information literacy (1985–2013). Scientometrics, 102 (2), 1555-1576. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-014-1498-x
- Tan, S., Kiran, K. and Diljit, S. (2014). Examining School librarians’ readiness for information literacy implementation. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society (ICoLIS 2014), 4-5 November 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Can be downloaded from http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kiran_Kaur6/publications . This is a study of Malaysian school librarians.
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New issue of Liber Quarterly: one-shots, data literacies

The latest issue (volume 24 no. 3) of Liber Quarterly (the Open Access journal of the Association of European Research Libraries) has 2 articles:
- Just in case, just in time, or just don't bother? Assessment of one-shot library instruction with follow-up workshops by Hilde Terese Daland
- Developing data literacy competencies to enhance faculty collaborations by Don MacMillan
http://liber.library.uu.nl/index.php/lq/issue/view/565
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cfp joint EAHIL+ICAHIS+ICLC Workshop #eahil2015

There is a call for papers from clinical & outreach librarians, on the broad theme of ‘Supporting Research' as part of the Workshop taking place 10-12 June 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland; a collaboration between the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL), the International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS) and the International Clinical Librarian Conference (ICLC). Details are at joint EAHIL+ICAHIS+ICLC Workshop . The format will mostly be participative workshop sessions (Bill Johnston and I are running one on phenomenographic research, and I will also be running one on journal clubs with Marshall Dozier). You have to submit a 200 word abstract on your proposal by 27 February 2015. Go to http://www.keysurvey.co.uk/votingmodule/s180/f/719458/4e4c/
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SMIRK can be downloaded

SMIRK (the mobile version of the information skills training package SMILE) can now be downloaded from the repository Jorum. The author, Marion Kelt, says "SMIRK can be edited on a standard web editing package, we used Dreamweaver" and is happy to answer questions. http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/19314
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2015 Information Literacy Summit in Illinois

Registration is open for the 2015 Information Literacy Summit: Revising, Refreshing, Reframing our Practice: Information Literacy, Threshold Concepts, and the New ACRL Framework, to be held at Moraine Valley Community College campus (Palos Hills, IL, USA) on April 10 2015. The keynote is: What’s the big idea?! Incorporating Threshold Concepts into Your Teaching Practice, from Amy R. Hofer, Silvia Lu, and Lori Townsend. Cost is $40 for attendees or $20 for presenters. Go to http://informationliteracysummit.org/registration/

New ACRL framework "filed" but Standards not to be sundowned yet #acrlrevisions

There is a brief report on the outcome from the ACRL board meeting that was making a decision on the final version of the new ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Information literacy Framework. They have "filed" (which seems to mean, endorsed) this framework, but for the moment are keeping the ACRL IL Standards as well (rather than saying tha the new Framework replaces the old Standards). Given the representations towards the end of the consultation process, this does not seem surprising. Sharon Mader has been made "ACRL Visiting Program Officer for Information Literacy" and will lead an initiative to develop resources around the new Framework: this is a positive move, I think. The statement is at http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/9814
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CAPAL15: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice #CAPAL15

On May 31-June 2 2015 the CAPAL15: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice conference will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It includes sessions on critical pedagogy and critical information literacy. Registration is open and the programme is now available. Earlybird rates before March 31st. You can visit the website at http://capalibrarians.org/capal-conference-2015
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cfp critical pedagogy in library instruction #critlib

There's a call for chapters/ essays for a book (to be published by ACRL) on critical pedagogy in teaching information literacy. The editors write "We are seeking short chapters on using critical pedagogy in lesson design and other components of teaching to compile in a practical, accessible handbook for library instructors.... A criticism of critical theory and critical pedagogy is that the discourse is designed around those with the privilege to contemplate ideas at length, but not really helpful for the practitioner who might have fewer resources (e.g., financial resources, time) to adapt theory into practice. As a response, this book will provide practical tools and activities to integrate critical pedagogy into library instruction. Short chapters introducing key ideas will alternate with lesson plans and workbook activities where readers will reflect on their own practice or walk through the steps to alter an existing teaching activity." Proposals have to be submitted by 31 March 2015. See http://critlib.tumblr.com/CFP for more details
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Blog post information literacy journal club:18 February #ilread

The next blog post information literacy journal club is on 18 February 2015 at 8pm UK time, discussing the article:
MacMillan, M. 2014. Fostering the integration of information literacy and journalism practice: a long-term study of journalism students. Journal of Information Literacy, 8(2), 3-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.11645/8.2.1941

To participate you simple need to go to the following blog post and engage in discussion by posting comments on the blog entry on the journal club website (linked below). There is an introduction to this article by the author there: http://infolitjournalclub.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/next-blog-post-journal-club-18-february.html
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Welsh Information Literacy Project Closing Conference

On 26 March 2015, Catrin Finch Centre, Glyndŵr University Wrexham, Wales, the Welsh Information Literacy Project Closing Conference will take place. Places free but limited; e-mail wilp@gllm.ac.uk by Monday 23rd February if you wish to attend. It starts at 10am with a keynote from Nancy Graham, Chair, CILIP Information Literacy Group; Andrew Eynon (WILP project manager) will give Background to the Project/Community of Practice; Anne Lewis talks about Entry Level Units in Information Literacy;
There will be case Studies, to include: Working with Jobseekers in Monmouthshire Public Libraries (Natasha Harron-Edwards), Working with Groups in the Community (Sharon Lyn Jones), Working with library volunteers at Cymmer Community Library, Neath Port Talbot (Sarah Deeley), Employability: working with employees in Gwynedd Council to deliver Entry Level Information Literacy (Aled Rees), Using Family History to teach Entry Level Information Literacy to Older People (Myfanwy Jones), Working with Young People in Information Literacy (Wendy Jefferson).
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Free #lilac15 place (for those in NE of England)

ARLG ( North East) is sponsoring a free place at the LILAC Conference (to be held 8-10 April in Newcastle, England) for librarians living or working in the North East of England. It includes 3 days attendance at all LILAC sessions and social events, but not include accommodation and travel. To be eligible you must be a personal member of CILIP or ARLG, be currently living, working or studying in the North East of England (i.e. Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees valley areas) in a Further or Higher Education, or in a research library, and be a first time delegate to an LILAC conference. To apply email Helen Ashton at helen.ashton@ncl-coll.ac.uk with approximately 200 words describing how your attendance at the conference will impact on your professional development and how you plan to share your conference experience with others, including the ARLG North East community. Also include your CILIP membership number, your job title and the name of your institution. The successful applicant will have to write a short report on the conference. Application deadline is noon 27 February 2015.
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Academic integrity MOOC starting 2 February

The FutureLearn 4 week MOOC on Academic Integrity (from educators at the University of Aukland, New Zealand) is running again from next week: you can register (free) now. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/academic-integrity
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Webinar on radical information literacy

On 17 February 2915 4.30-6pm UK time, there will be an online seminar Anyone can cook: an online seminar to discuss the implications of Radical Information Literacy. It will be chaired by Stéphane Goldstein of the Research Information Network and co-ordinator of the InformAll initiative, and led by Andrew Whitworth (University of Manchester, UK). There is more information, including a link to readings from Whitworth's book, at http://www.researchinfonet.org/infolit/ridls/informall-webinars/
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Article: Information Literacy in #MOOCs

This article gives a brief introduction to MOOCs, outlines what is meant by a connectivist MOOC, maps the ACRL information literacy standards against the learning activities in cMOOCs (which are namely: aggregate, remix, repurpose, feed forward) and briefly identifies IL elements in a few specific MOOCs.
Bond, P. (2015) Information Literacy in MOOCs. Current Issues in Emerging eLearning, 2 (1). http://scholarworks.umb.edu/ciee/vol2/iss1/6
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Call for chapters: Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons

There is a call for chapters proposed by "U.S. and Canadian practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, and other professionals sharing practical know-how": Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons. The book will be published by Rowman and Little and edited by Carol Smallwood. Possible topics are: Seeking and using collaborators in the financial industry; Job hunting help; Tax preparation programs; Recognizing fraud; Workshops for Senior Citizens; Case studies on what works and what doesn't in various types of libraries and patrons; other topics on financial literacy for library patrons you've had experience. They want "Concise, how-to chapters using bullets, headings, based on experience to help colleagues; creativity, innovation highly valued. No previously published, simultaneously submitted material; One, two, or three authors per chapter; each chapter by the same author(s). Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors or if one or two chapters: author discount on more copies." "Please e-mail titles of 4 topics each described in a few sentences by February 5, 2015 with brief biography sketch on each author. Please place FIN, Your Name on subject line: smallwood@tm.net"
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ECAR 2014: academic experience of technology

The latest ECAR results were published last year. This is an annual survey about academic experience of technology, carried out by the; US organisation, EDUCAUSE. In 2014 the data was collected from 17,451 academics, from 13 countries and in 151 institutions, and from 75,306 undergraduate students in 213 institutions: they were all asked about their technology experience. The survey included questions about use/value of MOOCs, learning analytics, Virtual Learning Environments and mobile technologies. One of the findings that they highlight at the start of the powerpoint summary of results is that technology acceptance is actually pretty much the same with students and academics, so I hope this will help dispel that "huge teacher/learner IT gulf" myth. The report in various forms is at http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/2014-student-and-faculty-technology-research-studies
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Tendencias en Alfabetización Informacional

For Spanish speakers: a 25 minutes radio interview with Felicidad Campal, Biblioteca Pública de Salamanca, in which she talks about Tendencias en Alfabetización Informacional (trends in information literacy). I am afraid that my Spanish aural comprehension is too rudimentary to tell you much more than that.
http://www.universoabierto.com/17729/tendencias-en-alfabetizacion-informacional-planeta-biblioteca-20150121/

#LILAC15 - information literacy awards and bursaries

There are several awards and bursaries on offer assocaited with the UK's information literacy conference, LILAC.
- Information Literacy Award. This recognises "an outstanding individual contribution to information literacy by a practitioner or researcher. The winner will receive £500 for personal use and £500 for their nominated charity." The criteria have changed a little from previous years, I think: they are now "Nominees must demonstrate impact, innovation, initiative and originality in one or more of the following areas: Raising the profile of information literacy within an organisation; Initiating or contributing to national, regional or local projects / initiatives which enhance information literacy skills for an identified client group(s); Undertaking original research in the field of information literacy and making a significant contribution to the literature." "Nominations will be judged upon evidence of impact within the past 3 years only." This is sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group and Talis. Closing date: Friday February 27th 2015.
- Student Award. There are two sponsored places at LILAC (conference registration, travel and accommodation expenses), and students registered on a UK programme can apply. These are sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Closing date: Friday February 13th 2015
- Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy: This "rewards an innovative/high impact digital IL resource [launched in 2014] and developed by a UK-based individual or group. The winner will receive £500 for personal use and £500 for their nominated charity." This is sponsored by Credo Reference. Closing date: Friday 27th February 2015.
More info at http://www.lilacconference.com/WP/awards/

- There are also three free conference places (fees + up to £250 travel/accommodation) for librarians working in the following sectors in the UK: Schools/Further Education; Public libraries; Health (e.g. NHS). Deadline is 7 February 2015. More info at http://www.lilacconference.com/WP/bursaries/

Call for posters: CCLI 2015: Teaching and Reaching Your Students in Environments of Rapid Change

There is a call for poster proposals for CCLI (California Conference on Library Instruction) 2015: Teaching and Reaching Your Students in Environments of Rapid Change, which will be held April 17 2015 in Sonoma State University, California, USA. The deadline for proposals is 27 February 2015.
The conference will "explore new and practical ways to craft innovative experiences for learners. Think about the buzz words of today: maker, hack, design, engage, community, framework, scalable, ethical, sustainable... We’re looking for your best instruction plans, how you're adapting to new modes of learning, creative ways you're reorganizing and assessing your work, your unconventional curriculum, your quirky exercises, your strategic advocacy tactics (for these programs on your campus), and what you have learned from your failures."
Go to http://www.cclibinstruction.org/2015-poster-sessions-call-for-submissions for more information.
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