If you are interested in Information Literacy (however you define
it!) we hope you will like the Information Literacy Weblog, run
by Sheila Webber, Stuart Boon (both Sheffield University) and
Bill Johnston (University of Strathclyde) at
http://ciquest.shef.ac.uk/infolit/
There are about 3-5 entries added per week, which:
- Report on information literacy events (what happened, any
useful links etc.)
- Alert you to new or changed information literacy resources
(websites, books, journal articles etc.)
- Tell you about forthcoming events
- Provide commentary or opinion
- Tell you what’s happening in our own information literacy
project
As you will see from the blog, the emphasis is on the first three
categories at the moment – we are aiming to provide *useful*
information from around the world as well as give some food for
thought. The latest entries include
- several reports on information literacy happenings at the IFLA
conference in Berlin;
- announcements of a teleconference on health information
literacy and a conference in Georgia;
- details of a new online literature review on the topic.
Previous items include “The pedagogy of Harry Potter 5” ;-)
The blog started four months ago and was officially launched by
Dr Alan Bundy (information literacy pioneer from the University
of South Australia), at the eLit conference in Glasgow. There is
a basic search function and also (if you scroll down the page) a
list of categories to browse.
There is a “Comment” feature and we also welcome guest
contributions (we’ve had three so far and hope for more – just
email me ([log in to unmask]) or Stuart
([log in to unmask])
Sheila
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Sheila Webber, Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Email [log in to unmask]
Tel. (0044) 0114 222 2641
Fax 0114 278 0300
The Information Literacy Place: http://dis.shef.ac.uk/literacy/
... and now the Weblog! http://ciquest.shef.ac.uk/infolit/
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