Another quick suggestion for a Friday. If somebody wants to collect case histories about using information literacy skills for intelligence purposes I am keen to share reflections and evidences.
While visiting the Licensing in Europe Exhibition and the IP Expo this week, I learnt that 'Lazy Town' has been acquired by Turner and that 'cryptoprocessors' are the true innovation in netbooks / tablet computers (with Google Chromebooks).
Having anticipated both the 'newness' of Lazy Town values and communication and the emergence of new authentication and computer security solutions (the former with my interview for a post of information literacy specialist at the Open University in January 2009 and the second in the final notes of my volunteering experience for the Citizen Advice Bureau's Knowledge Management Project at the Royal Court of Justice), I had another of many opportunities to consider that information literacy often seem a secret and misterious weapon to those who have never been very familiar with it. How did you get there? How did you know this? Who do you work with? they ask...
I am an independent information adviser, I work mostly by myself in libraries, archives and with datasets I have to create myself. I often ask people embarrassing questions with a smile and just decide what 'information' I want to keep because it may be useful, one day.
Brunella Longo
Information Management Adviser, Prince2 Practitioner, Independent Scholar
brunellalongo.co.uk
7 New College Court
London NW3 5EX
T +44 (0)2077229184
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http://www.brunellalongo.co.uk
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