Is Library Database Searching a Language Learning Activity?

A qualitative research study that asked international students how they thought of words to enter into a library database to see if language learning was also involved.

Statistiques 2004-2005 et 2005-2006 des bibliothèques universitaires et de recherche au Canada

Commentaire de M. Timothy Mark Executive Director / Directeur général Canadian Association of Research Libraries / Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada. Room / Pièce 239. 65 University Private / 65 université privé. Ottawa ON K1N 9A5 Tel / tél : 613.562.5385 Fax / téléc : 613.562.5195 www.carl-abrc.ca «J'ai lu avec beaucoup d'intêret et d'enthousiasme l'article Statistiques 2004-2005 et 2005 des bibliothèques universitaires et de recherche au Canada qui vient de paraître dans la revue Documentation et bibliothèques. Permettez-moi de vous féliciter, madame, sur un article qui démontre un haut niveau de recherche et d'analyse. A titre d'intérêt, l'article sera mentionné dans notre publication hebdomadaire "Cyberavis" demain. ( Prière de consulter le site web de l'ABRC). Recevez, madame, mes salutations less meilleures. Tim Mark. (Courriel daté du 14 février 2008) ==========================================

Appropriation du questionnaire d’auto-évaluation des connaissances informationnelles par les bibliothécaires : le cas des sciences de l’éducation et de l’anthropologie à l’Université de Montréal

Conférence présentée lors de : WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 74TH IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL - 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada. Section : 134. Les sections Maîtrise de l'information et Bibliothèques universitaires et autres bibliothèques de recherche

TEALS (Tool for Evaluation of Academic Library Spaces) project : evaluating physical library spaces

The aim of TEALS project was to establish a setting for evaluation of academic library spaces. The outcomes of such evaluation were anticipated to provide insights into the impacts of library spaces on students’ learning experiences, faculty’s teaching and research and lead to identifying the area of weakness and strength, developing improvement plans and defining specific goals and means for project decision-makers.

Brave New World, 2050: The Implications of Shifting to Electronic Collections

This futuristic article discusses the shift in academic and research libraries to electronic collections in the context of information access, costs, publication models, and preservation of content. Certain factors currently complicate the shift to electronic formats and challenge their widespread acceptance. Future scenarios spanning skill ecosystems, technologies and workflows, and societal implications are explored as logical outgrowths of present circumstances.

A competência informacional de graduandos de biblioteconomia da região sudeste: um enfoque nos processos de busca e uso ético da informação

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Análise de instrumentos de avaliação da competência informacional voltados para a educação superior

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Competência informacional e a busca de informações científicas: um estudo com pós-graduandos da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas da UNESP campus de Botucatu

Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação - FFC

Habilidades informacionais abordadas em instrumentos de avaliação de Competência Informacional

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Habilidades informacionais abordadas em instrumentos de avaliação de CI

Internationally there are validated instruments that are used on a large scale to verify the information literacy of individuals in different contexts. Their results serve as a diagnostic for the planning and implementation of information literacy activities. In Brazil there is no validated assessment tools of information literacy. An analysis of contents of four international instruments attached to the upper level educational institutions duly recognized in the literature of the field and validated. The results will be presented related to information literacy addressed in these instruments. It was found that the instruments analyzed the skills focused on the identification of terms of the informational needs, the preparation and construction of search strategies available in parameter two of the Association of College and Research Libraries; differentiation of information sources (parameter one); evaluation and selection of informational sources and selection of the theme searched information (parameter three); and, finally, the abilities of the ethical issue related to use of the information (parameter five). The parameter four, which is facing the communication of information, was not addressed by the instruments. It was concluded that there is a concern of those responsible for preparing the instruments covered with more traditional technical aspects of training users and aspects of information literacy at the expense of ethical and aesthetic aspects.

Geografie in rete e in biblioteca: la ricerca bibliografica in ambito geografico, turistico e ambientale

The purpose of this work is to provide a methodological tool for literature searching in geography, tourism and environmental conservation. Knowledge of bibliographic and documentary resources and learning research strategies form an essential part of training for students and researchers. Literature searching is also a critical element of communication and scientific output. This work aims to analyze the characteristics, and critical issues in geography literature searching in order to provide a critical mass of useful information to correctly prepare a search. Having addressed the issue of information literacy for the study of geography and related disciplines, including a comparison of various approaches, this work describes the physical locations of the research: libraries and archives. It outlines the issues related to the cataloging and digitization of cartographic materials. The particular characteristics of scientific communication and its primary means of dissemination, the scientific journal, are then outlined. This is followed by a description of information sources and types of documents used within the realm of geography. Tools, strategies and resources are then illustrated for conducting an effective literature search both on the web and in the library.

A manifesto for an e-lending limitation in copyright

In the European Union, lending is an exclusive right for copyright and related rights, but Member States can transform public lending to a right of remuneration and even exempt some establishments from any payment. The making available of works online is not covered by the public lending right regime of the Rental and Lending Directive but is considered as an act of making available governed by the InfoSoc Directive. As a consequence, libraries are currently not allowed to digitally transmit works to their patrons as lending, but have entered into licenses with publishers to develop an offer of lending of e-books, also called e-lending, with the intermediation of dedicated platforms operated by commercial actors. Compared to physical lending, e-lending is not based on ownership of the book by libraries but on its provision by this intermediary. This paper discusses how the objective of enabling libraries to engage in e-lending should be achieved, and what is the proper dividing line between a market-based solution, as developing today, and a limitation to exclusive rights. The impact of an extension of the public lending right to e-lending should be assessed, but not based on a criterion of direct substitution of a book on loan at the library to a book bought at a retailer. By definition, libraries are substitutes to normal trade. Instead, the overall effect of lending to the commercialisation of books and other works should be verified. Particular conditions for a limitation in favour of lending are also addressed, and notably the modalities of lending (a limited duration, one simultaneous user per title, …), not to make e-lending through libraries easier and preferable to the normal acquisition of an e-book. This paper argues in favour of some and controlled extension of the public lending right to cover the lending of e-books and other digital content. For the role of libraries is essential in providing access to works and culture to readers who would or could not rely only on normal acquisition of books or other items on the market, to works that are not provided by the market, and to material for research. Libraries are a third sector providing access to works, aside the market and non-market exchanges between individuals. This role should not lose its relevance in the digital context, or it would culturally impoverish future generations of readers.