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LAK11 - is an open course that will be offered from January 10 - February 20, 2011. LAK11 serves as an introduction to the growing field of analytics in teaching, learning, training, development, and organizational knowledge. LAK11 will address the following topics: Week 1 (Jan 10-16): Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics Week 2 (Jan 17-23): Rise of "Big Data" and Data Scientists Week 3 (Jan 24-30): Semantic Web, Linked Data, & Intelligent Curriculum Week 4 (Jan 31-Feb 6): Visualization: Tools for, and examples of, Analytics Week 5 (Feb 7-13): Organizational implementation Week 6 (Feb 14-20): What's next for Learning & Knowledge Analytics?

If librarians truly wish to be where the user is and to be user-centric, they need to be present in those spaces that users are. Embedded librarianship is a major focus for the future for the profession. The physical library will continue to provide  a place for research, for study, and for group work. But, with the dramatic increase in electronic resources and technological capabilities, bringing the library and the librarian to the user, wherever they are-office, laboratory, home, or even on their mobile device-is at the forefront of what it means to be embedded. 

"school librarians are in a position to lead their colleagues throughout education into a new world. "We can model a shift to a paperless, social, ubiquitous learning environment where doing stuff takes precedence over learning how to do stuff," Johnson said. "If we don't, who will?""

Finding books that kids will like can be a difficult task. Literature Map is a tool that might make that process easier. Literature Map provides a web of authors you might like based on authors that you already enjoy reading. To use Literature Map just type an author's name into the search box and webbed list of authors will be displayed. The authors' names closest to the author whose name you entered are the authors whose work you're most likely to enjoy.

A book or a screen - which of these two offers more reading comfort? There are no disadvantages to reading from electronic reading devices compared with reading printed texts.

"These aren't podcasts done by local libraries, for their local customers. Instead, these podcasts are all focused on us librarians. And I'm using "podcast" loosely in my list - it includes audio-only podcasts, call-in live shows (that then turn into downloadable audio podcasts after the fact), and video shows."

Students in a two-year ethnographic study referred to Google more than any database when discussing their research habits. But ironically, say the study's authors, they weren't very good at using it.