[EBLIP] New Issue Published

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice has just published its
latest issue at http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP. We
invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site
to review articles and items of interest.

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Vol 4, No 4 (2009)
Table of Contents


Editorial
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Learning Opportunities (1-2) Denise Koufogiannakis

Editorial Responsibilities (3)

Acknowledgement of Editorial Advisors (4-5)



Articles
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It’s All Fun and Games until Someone Learns Something: Assessing the
Learning Outcomes of Two Educational Games (6-23) Jennifer McCabe, Steven Wise

Testing an Academic Library Website for Usability with Faculty and Graduate
Students (24-36) Judith Z. Emde, Sara E. Morris, Monica Claassen-Wilson

The Perception and Practice of Evidence Based Library and Information
Practice Among Iranian Medical Librarians (37-57) Vahideh Zarea Gavgani

Evidence Summaries
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Canadian Public Library Users are Unaware of Their Information Literacy
Deficiencies as Related to Internet Use and Public Libraries are Challenged
to Address These Needs (58-62) Martha Ingrid Preddie

Undergraduate Students with Strong Tendencies Towards Critical Thinking
Experience Less Library Anxiety (63-66) Cari Merkley

Web Usability Policies/Standards/Guidelines (PSGs) do not Influence
Practices at ARL Academic Libraries (67-70) Shandra Protzko

Library and Informatics Training May Improve Question Formulation among
Public Health Practitioners (71-73) Heather Ganshorn

More Research Needed on Librarian Teaching Anxiety (74-77) Stephanie J. Schulte

Rejuvenation and Networking Motivates Librarians to Attend Conferences(78-80) Yvonne Hultman Ozek

A List of Best Practices That May Improve the Use of Telephone Interviews During the Recruitment Process (81-83) David Herron, Lotta Haglund


Using Evidence in Practice
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Services in a Changing Academic Library: Patron Feedback and Library
Response (84-87) Bruce Stoffel

Reorganizing a Technical Services Division Using Collaborative Evidence
Based Information Practice at Auraria Library (88-94) Denise Pan, Zaana Howard


EBL 101
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Conducting Your Own Research: Something to Consider (95-98) Virginia Wilson


News/Announcements
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Call for Papers: Becoming Evidence Based: A Research in Practice Mini-Conference (99)


Salford, UK to Host 6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference in 2011 (100-101)


CLA/ACB Library Research and Development Grants (102)


Call for Juried Proposals: Integrating Practice and Research Library Research Seminar V (103-104)


ISIC 2010 Call for Papers (105-106)


Two Upcoming Seminars from the Library & Information Research Group (107-108)


Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre 8th Annual Symposium (109)

LILAC 2010: Sponsored student place award

Details on how to apply for this are available at:

http://www.lilacconference.com/dw/awards/student_award.html

Susie

The new issue of JIL (vol3, no2, 2009) is out

We are pleased to announce that the Winter issue 2009 of the Journal of Information Literacy has been published. Please see the Table of Contents below, the articles  are available in full text at:http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index.

Editorial team



Table of Contents
Editorial:
Susie Andretta   The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle. (1-5)

Articles:
K. Stuart Ferguson Information literacy and its relationship to knowledge management: A theoretical study (6-24)
Andrew Whitworth  Teaching information literacy within a relational frame: the Media and Information Literacy course at Manchester (25-38)

Articles from LILAC:
Audrey Marshall, Flis Henwood, Leslie Carlin, Elizabeth S. Guy, Tanja Sinozic, Helen Smith   Information to fight the flab: findings from the Net.Weight Study (39-52)
Christopher Guy Walker Seeking Information: A study of the use and understanding of information by parents of young children (53-63)
Jenny Foreman,  Lesley Thomson Government Information Literacy in the "century of information" (Brown 2007) (64-72)
Nora Hegarty,  Alan Carbery,  Tina Hurley Learning by Doing - Reactivating the Learning Support Programme at WIT Libraries (73-90)

Conference corner:
Peter Godwin  Information Literacy gets mobile in Vancouver (91-95)

Book reviews:
Nick Frost  Book review of Andrew Whitworth. 2009. Information Obesity. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. (96-97)

Summer issue of the Journal of Information Literacy

We are pleased to announce that the Summer issue 2009 of the Journal of Information Literacy has been published and is available at: http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index.

This is the first issue of JIL that hosts a collection of articles drawn entirely from the papers presented at the LILAC conference this year. The journal has also been restructured as explained in the editorial "Bridging the gap between theory, research and practice of information literacy" and includes two new features the IL projects and the Conference corner. The new structure is in line with JIL's aim of investigating the multifaceted nature of information literacy to address the interests of diverse IL communities of practice.

the Editorial team

Sharing good practice in Evidence-Based Information Literacy (EBIL)

The NHS England Library Staff Development Group, London Health Libraries and the Consortium of Independent Health Information Libraries in London (CHILL) are pleased to announce the conference on ‘Sharing good practice in Evidence-Based Information Literacy (EBIL)’ which will take place on 17 September 2009 at the Wellcome Conference Centre. (http://www.wellcomecollection.org/visitus/index.htm)

EBIL is a one-day conference organised 'by practitioners for practitioners' and its aim is to bring together the IL educators who have completed the courses and projects that were sponsored by the National Library for Health. The event is free of charge and will offer the opportunity to discuss and share good practice with conference attendees drawn from NHS, university-related libraries and independent health libraries. The full programme can be found at: http://www.ilit.org/file/files/ebilprogramme.pdf

Please note that registration will start at 10.30 am.

Places are limited to one member per organization. As demand for this type of event is likely to be high, places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, non attendance to the event without appropriate extenuation will incur a charge of £25.00

To apply please follow the following link to the online booking form:

http://londondeanery.intrabench.com/?showBookEvent1&EVENTID=5071&TID=35

LILAC discounted student places

The CSG Information Literacy group are offering 10 places to students to attend the LILAC conference at the substantially reduced rate of £250. This will include attendance at the conference Monday 30th March - Wednesday 1st April and a place at the conference dinner. It will not include a place at the networking evening.

The places will be allotted to the first 10 students who contact Debbi Boden. d.boden@worc.ac.uk

Best wishes
Debbi

Debbi Boden
Deputy Director Information & Learning Services
Peirson Library
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester WR2 6AJ
Tel: 01905 542160

LIRG Research Award 2009

Deadline for submissions 28th February 2009

The LIRG research award is designed to promote research in library and information science. The aim of the award is to encourage and facilitate research by practitioners in the field.

The Library & Information Research Group (LIRG) welcomes proposals from all sectors of the profession, and particularly invites practitioners to apply, either as sole applicants, or in collaboration with academic or independent researchers.

Applications from academics in library and information science departments are also welcomed and proposals which are submitted in partnership with practitioners are particularly welcomed.

The award is worth £1000, and designed to support small scale research projects for which it may otherwise be difficult to find funding. The Award may be used to defray research expenses (e.g. travel, postage costs), to fund attendance at high level meetings or to fund a study tour. However, a clear overall aim for the research must be stated.

Guidelines for submission and evaluation criteria are on the LIRG web pages at:

http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/research/activities/awards

The closing date for submissions: 28th February 2009

Interested in applying for the award but are unsure about writing a proposal?
Juilet Eve's article in the latest issue of Library & Information Research (freely available online) can help: http://www.lirg.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir

Applications and enquiries should be sent, preferably by email, to:

Frankie Wilson
LIRG Awards and Prizes Officer
Learning Resources
Middlesex University
Trent Park
Bramley Road
London
N14 4YZ
f.wilson@mdx.ac.uk