Archive for May, 2008
The education vs. indoctrination debate
I’m the RSS reader type who subscribes to a little bit of everything and then doesn’t really pay attention to which is which when skimming through the feeds (let’s just say “detail oriented” doesn’t go on my resume). Yet somehow in the melee of my reader, the Digital Reference blog keeps getting my attention. It’s [...]
Posted by Kim Leeder on May 15th, 2008 under Higher Education, Information Ethics, Open Access.
Comments: 6
What Matters In An Academic Librarianship Course
A few weeks ago I questioned the value of a semester-long course on trend technologies along the lines of web 2.0 applications. I appreciated the comments to this post. ACRLog readers shared the value they received from LIS technology courses. More than a few people acknowledged the importance of technology courses for LIS students but [...]
Posted by StevenB on May 12th, 2008 under LIS Education, Professional Development.
Comments: 4
The Art of Questioning …
Well, I can now add “conference attendance” to my professional resume: I just got back from attending the LOEX Conference in Oak Brook, IL. Not that this is my first conference; I did attend the 2006 ALA Annual in New Orleans and the Louisiana Library Association Conference while in grad school. But as some of [...]
Posted by Melissa Mallon on May 8th, 2008 under Conference Blogging, Student Issues.
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The Song of the Open Access Road
Great news from ACRL (via LJ’s Academic Newswire)! The members-only preview of forthcoming articles in CR&L will now be available to everyone, not just members. This means you can not only read them yourself, you can blog about them, link to them, send them to people who you think may be interested - in short, [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on May 7th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 3
The Chronicles of Academia
I had the great honor recently to be invited to speak to a class at my alma mater (the LEEP Program at the University of Illinois). The Instruction class, taught by Melissa Wong, was finishing up their work and had myself and Chad Kahl of Illinois State University dialed in for a little Q [...]
Posted by Josh Petrusa on May 7th, 2008 under Faculty, Information Literacy, LIS Education.
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