Thursday 30 October 2008

Latest issue of Communications in Information Literacy published

Source: Communications in Information Literacy
Year of publication: 2008
Publication type: Journal Description

In a nutshell: Vol. 2, Issue 1 of Communications in Information Literacy is now available at
http://www.comminfolit.org/index.php/cil/issue/view/Spring2008.
Articles include:
*Teaching Matters: Developing as a Teacher/Librarian: Web 2.0: Opportunities for Information Literacy Instruction
*First-Year Writing Teachers, Perceptions of Students' Information Literacy Competencies, and a Call for a Collaborative Approach
*Teaching Near The Edge of Chaos: Dynamic Systems, Student Choices and Library Research
*Information Literacy Education in the UK: Reflections on Perspectives andPractical Approaches of Curricular Integration
*Development and Evolution of an Information Literacy Course for a Doctor of Chiropractic Program

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Friday 24 October 2008

News item: Librarians set to be NHS cure

An article in Information World Review discusses how libraries have been put at the heart of an evidence-based NHS.
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Tuesday 14 October 2008

Clinical librarian programs may lead to information behaviour change

Study on the benefits of a clinical librarian service in North Wales.
The full text of this paper is available, together with an evidence summary.

The objective of the paper was to assess whether the North Wales Clinical Librarian service changed the information behaviour of team clinicians. Researchers worked with doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and clinical librarians based in North Wales to identify:
*which services were usedeffects of training on search behaviour
*the benefits for clinical governance
*whether confidence levels increased

Although not conclusive, the study did find that working with a clinical librarian did improve searching behaviour of clinicians.
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Source: National Library for Health Document of the Week