Librarians are key players and stakeholders in the My Learning Essentials skills support program, the University of Manchester's vehicle for supporting collaborative efforts between library staff, trainers, academics and others across the University. MLE is a blended program that combines an "open" strand of self-directed instruction through online resources and drop-in skills clinics with a "curriculum-linked" strand of class sessions and embedded instruction. Strong ties between those who create, deliver and support the MLE allow for continuous development of the program and support for students. Collaboration at the University of Manchester's Library is well thought-out and extensive, and takes place at every stage, from the design of the calendar of support for the year, to the end-of-term assessment of each strand.

The Skills Hub is an open access resource containing videos, guides, interactive tutorials and blog posts covering core academic skills areas at an array of levels. It is for use by students, schools, researchers and the community. The creator of the resource just won a national award for the project.

The Skills Hub is an open access resource containing videos, guides, interactive tutorials and blog posts covering core academic skills areas at an array of levels. It is for use by students, schools, researchers and the community. The creator of the resource just won a national award for the project.

Talking Ed's is a new electronic resource made by students for students. The resource is a friendly welcoming gateway for new students and their expectations of studying at Edinburgh.  

Useful resource on copyright, regularly updated

The free Creative Commons licenses can encourage the sharing of teaching and learning resources. 

JISC Digital Media exists to help the UK's FE and HE communities embrace and maximise the use of digital media - and to achieve solutions that are innovative, practical and cost effective. 

A nice interactive tool explaining the key copyright issues around using particular resource types.

Basic introductory information from the government Intellectual Property Office

This is a good advice paper on copyright and digital images. It's part of a growing collection of useful material on the JISC Digital Media web site.

A new, general overview of copyright from JISC Digital Media

This calculator is designed to help users and organisations understand the level of copyright risk when publishing Open Educational Resources

A briefing paper from the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), detailing the steps you need to take to license a piece of content using Creative Commons

This animation explains the basic intellectual property rights issues associated with using content you've found on the Web for teaching.

The first in a series of little guides from JISC Digital Media. Also includes topics such as screencasting and finding digital resources.

Summary presentation of a recent Cambridge research project aiming to development an Information Literacy curriculum for undergraduate students. There is also a comprehensive Wiki of resources. The sixth slide is interesting: placing digital literacy as part of the wider information literacy landscape.

Learn how to identify, locate, evaluate, organise and effectively use information. This is an excellent set of information literacy materials, paid for by the Scottish Government.