Walsh and Leeds team award winners

Announced at the LILAC conference last week, the winner of the Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year award was Andrew Walsh, Academic Librarian, University of Huddersfield. The winners of the Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy award were Carol Elston, Jade Kelsall, Michelle Schneider and Lizzie Caperon (University of Leeds), for their Library Guide – an online introduction to the library.

High profile plagiarism example!

"Hungary President Schmitt quits in plagiarism scandal" as it says in the BBC story of 2nd April 2012 (he was found to have copied chunks of material in his PhD) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17586128. Thanks to my colleague Peter Willett for drawing this to my attention.

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy: presentations from 2011

19 Presentations from the 2011 Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy can be found at http://dspaceprod.georgiasouthern.edu:8080/jspui/handle/10518/4361. Mostly powerpoints, they include "Adventures in assessment: LIB100 @ Clemson University" (this includes a handout of tests/questions used), "Better beginnings: The link between a library skills class and student success rates", "Fade to black: The study of black popular culture for information literacy instruction", "Information: A literature review" (extended notes plus a powerepoint), "Planning a two-day workshop for graduate students writing theses and dissertations" (includes examples powerpoints used, sample letter etc as well as main presentation), "Turning students into ethnographers: A library discovery tour". The last named is not specifically about information literacy, but it is an interesting variation on the "induction session" as students are sent out with floor maps of the library and told to act as ethnographers, reporting on the activitiees etc. that they discover. The students also take pictures and produce quick presentations on their findings.
Photo by Sheila Webber: Parrot tulip, April 2012

PRIMO (Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online) nominations

April 25th 2012 is the next deadline for nominations for inclusion in Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO). You can nominate online information literacy tutorials, virtual tours, or other online information literacy project "for review and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online." "Site submissions for PRIMO are accepted continually, but are reviewed for possible inclusion twice per year." I have blogged about PRIMO before and it is worth bookmarking for the links and reviews, including teh "site of the month". Information at: http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/primo
Photo by Sheila Webber: my cherry blossom, April 2012

Some links from the LILAC conference #lilac12

Here are some links that I picked up from the LILAC Twitterfeed:
- Dave Pattern's graphics of library impact data: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davepattern/sets/72157629087302688 (an example is on the right)
- A video introducing "ANCIL - A New Curriculum for Information Literacy", aimed at university administration/faculty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-V2givIiE
- A LibGuide from Newcastle University Library: A guide to mobile apps and resources for study and research http://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/mobile
- A LibGuide from Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library, An Introduction to the Research Process, and this page is about forming the question: http://libguides.lmu.edu/content.php?pid=10084&sid=1965230
- Free version of the article by keynote-r Megan Oakleaf: "Are They Learning? Are We? Learning Outcomes and the Academic Library." The Library Quarterly, 81 (1), 61-82. http://www.meganoakleaf.info/aretheylearningoakleaf.pdf
- ACRL Value of Academic Libraries report: http://www.acrl.ala.org/value/?page_id=21
- A couple of powerpoints are already there including:

Libguides - LILAC 2012

Following the LILAC conference #lilac12

The UK's major information literacy conference, LILAC, is on for the next 3 days. The hashtag is #lilac12 https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23lilac12 and I have put up a widget on this blog for the Twitter feed for the duration of the conference (I am not attending it this year). LILAC also has its own Twitter account at https://twitter.com/#!/LILAC_2012. The conference website is http://lilacconference.com/WP/ and there is a facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lilacconference (there is currently a picture of last year's conference - I'm crouching in the front, 5th right)

Reflecting through a digital lens: how can Libraries support learning? 11th May

On 11 May at Leeds Trinity University College, UK, is the event Reflecting through a digital lens: how can Libraries support learning? Cost £20 (includes lunch). Organised by the Yorkshire Universities Information Skills Group To book the event email Janice Lavigueur at j.lavigueur@leedstrinity.ac.uk with: Your name; Institution name; Contact Number; Additional requirements, e.g. diet/access/parking:
Programme includes presentations on: The SCONUL 7 Pillars of Information Literacy through a Digital Literacy Lens; Using technology to enhance student learning; Delivery of library services via mobile devices; The Roving Librarian Project; and a technology showcase (three short presentations followed by an opportunity for participants to see how different institutions have used technology to support student learning as well as getting some hands on practice with the technology).
Photo by Sheila Webber (photoshopped): Plum blossom, April 2012