A short video that explains the development of this blog and its purpose. This brief tour of the blog is designed to orient potential blog contributors to its features and to encourage librarians interested in information literacy in West Virginia to join the conversation!
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Features in a library catalog; look and feel of the user interface; advanced searching; federated searching; information in catalog records; search tips. NOTE: Program notes are available at: http://tinyurl.com/I LNotes.
Provides information about three large literature databases: Literature Online (ProQuest), Literature Resource Center (Gale), & Literary Reference Center (EBSCO). Program notes are available at: http://tinyurl.com/I Lnotes. An evaluation survey is available at: http://tinyurl.com/t utorialevaluation
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Accessing content in periodicals. Identifying the defining characteristics and features of periodical databases including scope and dates of coverage and subject-specific databases. Illustrating features in one database each from EBSCO and ProQuest . NOTE: program notes are available at http://tinyurl.com/I LNotes.
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John Hope Brant, founder of Project HOPE, answers The Davos Question, remiding that we are all entrepreuners and that the world's leading entrepreuners were once poor. Bryant ties issues of financial illiteracy not only to the poor, but to the middle classes as well, as evident in the subprime crisis.
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Everywoman talks to Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani, about the importance of education and literacy and looks at how teenage boys in Denmark cope with growing up.
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Clarifying the assignment; identifying a subject & brainstorming a topic; gathering background information in general and specialized encyclopedias; defining a manageable topic; forming a research question; forming a thesis statement; time management. NOTE: Program notes are available at: http://tinyurl.com/I LNotes.
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Video blog by ScienCentral's Brad Kloza, after attending a conference on public scientific literacy in Shanghai. Also: don't miss the "Science Literacy Olympics" at sciencentral dot com!
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Video of Free Computer Literacy Camp conducted at NTM school Mysore on 1st Dec 07 and few old snaps of mys comp lit camp and gokak CLC. Do rate and show people what eBIZ is all about
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Identifying common characteristics of libraries and library web sites; providing guidance to how to orient yourself to a library's resources and services, in-person and online. NOTE: Program notes are available at: http://tinyurl.com/I LNotes
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Using visuals for intentional communication with others -Visual Literacy- involves the ability to construct and create meaning from visual images. Several controversial elements are described including- competencies and measurement lack of common theory verbal visual divide acquired a priori skill instrumental and substantive and critical theory.
