The Shallows

Thanks for that, Peter, it's very interesting.
I was reading a book over the weekend that I thought might interest some of you as it's relevant to information literacy and students nowadays. The book is:

Carr, Nicholas (2010) The Shallows: How the internet is changing the way we think, read and remember. London: Atlantic Books.

Value of becoming a committed sardine

I just wanted to bring to your attention a blog from Canada called committed sardine which is about the 21st Century Fluency Project, focusing on the use and integration of technology in High School education. It has some useful tips which can be applied to our own context.

Information Literacy-related resources

Enclosed are links to a couple of interesting articles related to Information Literacy. They explore the latest Information Literacy developments in US libraries with particular reference to the questions of integrating Library-led IL sessions within the broader University curriculum and the use of modern-day media and visual culture-related resources to better “market” Information Literacy concepts.

Micheal.

UL Library

http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/534.full.pdf+html

http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/9/468.full.pdf+html

http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/2/66.full.pdf+html?sid=0a5862c2-3bf4-4e6a-988b-e88f7385a9bd

http://crln.acrl.org/content/65/5/254.full.pdf+html?sid=84710b8b-6847-449b-bb87-92ca06a8a160

Full Bibliographic details for Peacock's paper

Just in case anyone was trying to source the Peacock paper mentioned by Padraig Kirby in his presentation at the inaugural Teach Meet, here are the full bibliographic details.

"Teaching skills for teaching librarians: postcards from the edge of the educational paradigm" contained in the book " Proven Strategies for Building an Information Literacy Program."
Ed. by Susan Carol Curzon and Lynn D.Lampert.
2007. 335p. illus. Neal-Schuman,
( ISBN:9781555706081)

Interesting Article

Here's an interesting article highlighting the need for information literacy education:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/college-students-fail-to-_n_847640.html

May 31st TeachMeet a great success - looking forward to the next one in September

The TeachMeet held at the University of Limerick on May 31st was a great success.

Librarians from the Shannon Consortium member libraries (UL, LIT, ITTralee and Mary I College) were well represented, and the librarian from St Patrick's College Thurles was a welcome addition to a group used to meeting under the Library Network Support Services banner (2008-2010).

Two of the librarians attending gave brief formal presentations - Donna O'Doibhlin (UL) presented on Peer Observation, and Pádraig Kirby (LIT) presented on Judith Peacock's strategies for building an IL programme.

Discussion was lively, and covered:

• Blended Learning
• Teaching methodologies
• Pedagogical skills
• Teaching qualifications
• Embedded IL
• One-person libraries
• Teaching students of varying technical and IL levels
• The new CONUL Information Literacy guide (to be posted here soon ...)

Agreement that the TeachMeet had been beneficial was unanimous, and the librarian from the Limerick College of Art & Design kindly agreed to host the next TeachMeet towards the end of September.

It was also agreed that each future meeting would focus on a particular theme. The theme for September will be Mobile Technologies.