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Reasons to use a CMS for library website, with supporting arguments for IT, Admin, and Staff concerns

People want to collect and analyze data about what they do to help them reach their goals. Now that this is so easy we must consider how we can help them.

"The goal of this article is to build on the assessment links Jarson provided. Her stated goal was to "guide readers to important resources for understanding information literacy and to provide tools for readers to advocate for information literacy's place in higher education curricula." In addition to the information on resources and tools, Jarson provided links to universities whose assessment tools were available for review on their Web sites. For this article, selected Web sites have been accessed and evaluated further. A handful of additional information resources have been profiled, including new Web sites that offer a variety of assessment tool formats."

Information Literacy and the First-Year Experience ... big collection of links to reports, articles, and books about this big topic.

Future U is a multipart series on the university of the 21st century. We will be investigating the possible future of the textbook, the technological development of libraries, how tech may change the role of the professor, and the future role of technology in museums, research parks and university-allied institutions of all kinds.

And now for your daily dose of scary...

Free access to 65,000 19th century books for HE users [maybe only in the UK]

A draft version of an ACRL Document. It speaks of characteristics of successful information literacy programs.

Would I subscribe to my books instead of outright purchasing them? We subscribe to Pandora, but we consume that music in a wholly different, almost mindless way. Books require a much more deliberate investment of time, no matter how easy it might be to get them. I'm not sure it's really the same model as the author here implies.

Bookmarking this so I can check back later to see if any presentation materials are added afterward.  Several presentations sound like they'd be awesome. 

And now for something different.... In one of the strongest memories from my childhood I am an altar boy in the local Catholic church, serving at a special solemn Mass. My job is to hold the large red-leather-bound Missal, or book of prayers, in my hands while resting its top edge against my forehead.

Google's search engine is a powerful and impressive tool for locating information online. Unfortunately for many students, the simplicity of the default search interface can lead to some pretty poor search habits and results.

Great examples of classroom furniture, set-ups. 

In May 2010, Appalachian State University's Hubbard Center for Faculty Development sponsored a weeklong writing retreat designed to help faculty become more productive writers in any academic genre. The retreat began with a two-day workshop conducted by Tara Gray, author of Publish and Flourish: Become a Productive Scholar