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

LILAC 2009: student award

There will be a sponsored place at LILAC (Librarians' Information
Literacy Annual Conference) 2009 open to applicants on a librarianship
course in the UK.

The conference is being held at Cardiff
University from the 30th March - 1st April 2009. Conference
registration, travel expenses (from the UK) and accommodation are
included in the award.

LILAC 2009 Student Award sponsored by The LearnHigher Information
Literacy Learning Area at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Applicants need to write a (maximum 500 words) statement about the
importance of information literacy and how attendance at the LILAC
conference will be of benefit to them in their future career. Further
details about the award are on the LILAC website:
http://www.lilacconference.com/dw/2009/award_student.htm

The closing date for applications is 30th January 2009.

LILAC 2009 call for papers

From: Jane Secker
Date: 12 November 2008 10:34:52 GMT
Subject: LILAC 2009: call for papers closes on 20th November
Reply-To: J.Secker@LSE.AC.UK


There is still time to submit a paper for LILAC (Librarians' Information
Literacy Annual Conference) 2009 which is being held at Cardiff
University from the 30th March - 1st April 2009. We welcome submissions
from practitioners and researchers in a variety of formats including:

* short and long papers, posters, workshops, demonstrations and
symposiums.

For further details please click on the title of this entry

The 2009 conference themes are:
* Inquiry based learning and IL
* Emerging technologies
* Information literacy for life
* Supporting research

The deadline is midnight, 20th November 2008.

Jane
LILAC Committee
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Dr Jane Secker
Learning Technology Librarian
Centre for Learning Technology, LSE
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

EAHIL Workshop 2009 - Call for Papers

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: EAHIL Workshop 2009 - Call for Papers

EAHIL - The European Association for Health Information and Libraries

EAHIL Workshop 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2 - 5
"Working with others: explore, engage, extend"

CALL FOR POSTERS AND PAPERS

The International Programme Committee invites you to submit papers and posters for the Workshop entitled "Working with others: explore, engage, extend" to be held in Dublin, Ireland , 2nd to 5th June 2009.

We seek to develop the Workshop programme within a framework of interactivity and debate and we invite research papers, reports of innovative practice and cases which discuss these and related topics:

* Collaborations and partnerships with specific groups and communities
In education, learning and curriculum support
In clinical and allied health practice
In research
In healthcare, patient education and outreach
In special interest groups or networks

* Cooperation in services & resource sharing
Issues in liaison, partnerships and outreach programmes
Coordination in information and knowledge management
Regional, national, international co-operation

* Collaboration and communication in virtual and emerging spaces
Facilitating online collaboration and interaction
E-science and distributed collaboration networks
Tools, techniques, technologies including Web 2.0

* Information gathering, analysis, evidence and response
Assessing needs and evidence
Healthcare informatics
Customization and localization of information services


Abstract submission is online only and further information and upload details are available from the EAHIL Workshop website at http://www.eahil2009.ie/


Abstract submission will be open from Friday 15 August 2008 to Friday 17 October 2008.

Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0

Hi all,
Just seen this recently advertised publication which ties in nicely with what we've been into over the past few months. See the Facet Publishing website for more details:

http://www.facetshop.co.uk/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1&Product_Code=637-4

Definitely worth a look (I think we'll order it for our Resource Centre).

Richard

SHANEIL Workshop

I found the workshop very valuable and I think it has given the project a real boost. Best things about the workshop:
- Excellent presentation/facilitation - your enthusiasm is very infectious Susie.
- The training has a very clear aim/outcome and we definitely need to create something as a result of it!

Things to improve - only one really and this one was already recognised during the session. The section on qualitative evaluation was a little rushed. It would have been nice to be able to absorb this at a more leisurely pace but you can't have everything.

Thanks very much

Joanne

As promised - your answers to the Search 2.0 exercise from April 2nd

Hi all,

As promised, below are each group's answers to the hands-on exercise you did as part of my IL activity last week. I've recorded your answers in blue, and haven't added any comments of my own, but I can do if you think it would be helpful - let me know.

Cheers, best of luck with C5...

Ruth


Group 1 – Thesaurus searching

In Medline, run a thesaurus search on ‘bereavement’.

View the scope note, then hide it. Please comment about any difficulties or issues with doing this, or any other relevant observations.

Scope note cannot be hidden once it is displayed. Clicking Cancel removes the original search query. The possibility of using the browser’s Back button was suggested but the group did not actually try this out.

Select the term Bereavement, exploding it and choosing Major descriptor.
Now repeat the above search, but this time also select the term Aged, then deselect it BEFORE clicking Search. What happens? Can you find a solution to this?

Although the second term is deselected, the search engine still includes it, combining it with the first term using OR. No satisfactory solution was found other than re-running the first search and ensuring no mistakes are made when selecting thesaurus terms.

Group 2 – Thesaurus searching

In Medline, run a search on ‘eczema or atopic dermatitis’, mapping to thesaurus. What happens?

A message is returned saying ‘Unable to retrieve thesaurus’.

Can you suggest a way of getting round this problem?

Do each part of the search separately and combine steps using OR.

Any other comments?

Surprisingly little overlap between terms – surprised there weren’t more records in common. Not many thesaurus headings returned. Scope notes not good.

Group 3 – Using limits

In Medline, run a search on ‘eczema or atopic dermatitis’ in title and abstract.

Run a search on ‘corticosteroid*’ in title and abstract.

Combine the two searches with AND. Is it obvious how to do this?

Quite straightforward and intuitive. The only unexpected behaviour was the title and abstract field selection in the first search reverting to title only every time a new search was started.

Now apply the following limits: Preschool child (2-5 years); Publication type: Clinical Trials, all

Is it obvious how to do this? Please list any difficulties or unexpected behaviour you found and any solutions you came up with.

Seemed quite obvious.

Switch off the limits.
Again, please list any difficulties or unexpected behaviour you found. How did you solve these?

It wasn’t really apparent how to turn the limits off as opposed to just hiding them.

Blog headers for free

Hi all,

Blog Headers Downloaded for free: is an article in Smashing Magazine which might be of interest

Susie

In the Know

Hi all

Wow what a day yesterday, i learnt more in 5 minutes than a lifetime of training would have taught me, scary, but a good way of learning about yourself.

The title at the top is from a new paper you might be interested in its from the Audit commission:

http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/NATIONAL-REPORT/77C7B4DB-0C48-4038-A93F-DFE3E645A26E/In%20the%20know_report.pdf

Audit Commission : In the know. using information to make better decisions. 2008
For public services but may link to comments in the Hill Review? [I haven't read it yet!]

If you are getting good feedback from the hill review, this also goes along way to helping too.

have a Happy Easter, thanks sue jennings,

Tag clouds

Hi all,

Thanks for the post Andy, looks really interesting. I read most of that book a couple of years back for my course and found it quite thought-provoking. Sadly at the time I was on the most intensely techy course I've ever been on and what I needed was a way of learning html, JavaScript, PHP and MySql in a month so I had to give up on Morville and Rosenfeld...

Anyway, what I logged in to post was the details of the tag cloud site I mentioned -http://tagcrowd.com/ It's a very cool site that will let you create a 'cloud' of tags like this http://del.icio.us/tag/ - only for whatever document you like! I've just done it for the results of the CLIST survey and it picks out the key points really quite nicely, but I can't paste it in here.

The main things to think about are the 'stopwords' (removing the 'noise' - eg does the fact that the word 'user' was mentioned 4 times add anything to the data compared to say 'workload') and the context - there's a big difference between 'user-friendly' and 'it would help if it was more user-friendly' and that may need picking out manually. Looks really very cool in a report etc though and a handy little analytical tool to save you doing all the counting yourself.

Anyway, I've just realised how sad it is that I'm posting this at 9.45 on a Friday night (it gets worse, I've just applied for an ISA online - how rock'n'roll are my Friday nights?!) so I'm going to go now, but hope you're all having a nice weekend.
Louisa

My Library Hero!!!

Afternoon everyone

Just thought I'd share some links with you all on a Library/Info Science hero of mine.
Peter Morville.

Two links worth visiting are:
http://www.findability.org/
and
http://semanticstudios.com/

Additionally, you may want to check out his partner in crime and
other 'Library hero': Louis Rosenfeld (also see his homesite).

Both worked on the highly influential book 'Information Architecture for the World Wide Web'.

Lou now runs a publishing business producing books on all aspects of information which is well worth an ocassional visit.

Cheers all

Andy ;-)

New competition from HEA-ICS

Hi all,

this might be of interest (NB click on the title of this entry to access the site containing the full details of this competition)

Susie

"What makes a good lecturer?"
Win £250 and have your work published

Are you a Computing or Library and Information Science student? Would you like the chance to win £250 and have your work published? If so, then take this opportunity to express your views on what makes a good lecturer.

To enter this competition all you need to do is write 900-1,100 words on what makes a good lecturer?

Prize Available

The finalist will have their essay published on the Information and Computer Sciences Subject Centre website and be invited to attend the Higher Education Academy 2008 Annual Conference in Harrogate in July 2008, all expenses paid. There, you have a chance to become the overall winner of all the Subject Centres attracting a top prize of a Toshiba laptop.

How to enter

Submit your entry to Hazel White (email: h.white1@ulster.ac.uk) by 28th March 2008. The email should have the subject line "Student Award 2008", and must include your name, place of study, Course title, Year of Study, Term address and Home address, Contact telephone number and Contact email address.

HLG Conference Bursaries for Students

Hi all,

2 bursaries available to fund attendance tot he CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference in Cardiff on 21-22 July. For further information see the HLG website

Susie

Useful google tutorial

Dear all,
This is the url for the google health tutorial I mention last week



Mandy

Additional References re Google

Hi all,
As promised here are several papers which refer to Google, relevant I thought in the context of our recent discussion:

Googling for a diagnosis—use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study BMJ 2006;333:1143-1145 (2 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.39003.640567.AE (published 10 November 2006)
PubMed citation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17098763?dopt=Abstract

"I'll Google that" in AORN Journal, vol. 86, Iss. 6, 2007, p. 933-5 written by Lois Hamlin, Senior Lecturer, Facility of nursing, Midwifery & Health, at University of Technology, Sydney.

And more recently, a report I came across today:

Information behaviour of the researcher of the future
A CIBER Briefing Paper [11 January 2008]
http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdf

Richard

Hi to all on the new course

Hi just to say it was nice to meet you all on wednesday.

Here is the address of my blog at lancashirecare

http://lancashirecare.wordpress.com/

If you are interested in keeping up to date with mental health information this is a good port of call.

thanks sue