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The Without Frontiers Digital Literacy Project
No full textGood practices for the accessibility of people with Special Needs, through assistive and adaptive technologies. The Biblioteca Municipal Aquilino Ribeiro, of Vila Nova de Paiva, develops an integrated system of services, in public and private partnership which associates: inclusive conversion of computer posts at a Documentation Centre, Itinerant Library and School Library (with technologies of augmentative communication, voice synthesis, optical character recognition and universal interface design); acquisition and edition of Digital Talking Book and website accessibility content under DAISY specifications; an official training and certification program in ICT basic skills. We draw the outline
Ruling Relations and the School Librarian An Institutional Ethnography: An Institutional Ethnography
No full textThe work of a school librarian is shaped by relations seen and unseen. Problematizing the effects of these relations on the institutions of education, librarianship, and school librarianship can lead to a greater understanding of the work of the librarian. I will use institutional ethnography methods to investigate relations of education, librarianship, and school librarianship Institutional ethnography has been used to investigate the coordination of activities in other human services, but institutional ethnography has not yet been applied intensively in educational settings (Smith, 2005). Institutional ethnography can be used as a method of inquiry into the work of people in educational settings
An Examination of the Correlation of Research Information Literacy Competence and Social-Emotional Behavior Among High School Students
No full textThe purpose of this research was to investigate the degree of correlation of information literacy competency and social-emotional behavior of high school students. Specifically, three assessment instruments were administered to a sample of ninth and eleventh grade students in Orange County. Respondents indicated the relative degree of their information literacy competency and socialemotional behavior. Sample research reports of those students were rated by their teachers. Correlation statistics tested hypotheses linking literacy and behavior. Persistence and “getting along” were the best predictors of information literacy and research success
Information Policy and Intellectual Freedom In American Libraries Before and After September 11, 2001: A Global Perspective
No full textThis paper examines information policy in libraries before and after the tragic destruction of the Twin Towers in New York, New York, on September 11, 2001. It carefully considers libraries’ role in the history of intellectual freedom in the United States and on an international scale. It investigates the rocky road that citizens from almost all countries have traveled in attempting to gain open access to information throughout modern history. It appraises some of the advances certain areas of the world have made in regard to intellectual freedom. The paper also investigates some areas of the world that are still confronting various degrees of censorship today. The paper then discusses the effect September 11, 2001 had on intellectual freedom and libraries. It scrutinizes the USA Patriot Act that was quickly passed in the United States in response to the terrorist attack. In addition, the paper explores other legislation from around the world that was enacted in direct reply to September 11, 2001
Problem-Based Learning in the Field for Schools in Hong Kong: PBL Programs in Kowloon Technical School
No full textThe future development of Hong Kong owes a radical change in our current education curriculum. Modern views of learning argue that the conventional instruction mode of science curriculum should shift from a transmission approach to a constructivist approach through Problem-based learning (PBL). This is a radically different pedagogical strategy of posing significant, real world situations and providing resources, instruction to learners. The field is an ideal setting for conducting Problem-based learning because field problems are those authentic but often referred to as ill-structured. They are innately challenging in part because of no definitive or simple answers, thus require a full integration of knowledge across disciplines in the problem solving process. It is believed that students working collaboratively as a PBL group will benefit through repeated goal setting, planning, acting, sharing, reflecting, rethinking and refining. Kowloon Technical School has put into practice two PBL programs for S.6 and S.2 students with the support of the Department of Earth Sciences, the University of Hong Kong through her pioneering project, the “Problem-Based Learning in the Field”
Trends in Children\u27s Book Publishing, 1975-2000: Corporate Influences on Children\u27s Reading
No full textData gathered from selected supplements (1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000) to the Children\u27s Catalog (H.W. Wilson), are analyzed to describe the corporate ownership of children\u27s book imprints and assess trends and changes, including the decline of independent publishing entities in the early 1980s, the relative stability in the percentage of corporations that produce both large and small proportions of children\u27s books, and the accelerated changes across the children\u27s publishing industry during the past ten years. Conclusions address the influence of corporate ownership on the development, contents, accessibility, and marketing of books for children
What\u27s Harry Potter Doing in the Library: Depictions of Young Adult Information Seeking Behaviour in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction
No full textThis paper uses qualitative, textual analysis of selected prominent contemporary young adult fantasy stories. These books--Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u27s Stone, Artemis Fowl, and Garth Nix\u27s Lirael--in addition to creating captivating magical worlds, also depict a part of our every day world in their use of libraries as settings (in the case of Harry Potter and Lirael) and the use of computers for information seeking (as seen in Artemis Fowl). These images are examined for their portrayal of library use and other information seeking behaviors
Participants\u27 Perceptions of the Impact of the Wonder of Reading Programme
No full textBy spring, 2003, The Wonder of Reading, a non-profit organisation, had partnered with 100 Los Angeles area elementary schools to implement their 3R Programme: Renovate, Restock, and Read. The study examined the impact of The Wonder of Reading Programme in selected schools as perceived by administrators, teachers, library staff, and parent. Further, the study examined variations in perception by role and by school characteristics. Participants perceived that the project led to a cascade of changes in practices, policies, and attitudes impacting student access to print, engagement in reading, and student achievement
Year 7 English at ELTHAM College of Education: Students Creating E-Books - Text and Images, Themes and Templates
No full textThe paper details the inspiration for a project in which year seven students would create e-books, the development process, and the end result. The e-book project was conceived by Marie O\u27Brien, Teacher-Librarian, managed by Melinda Scash, English teacher, and produced by year 7 students. Ana Tuckerman, a Multi-media expert, designed the template and installed it, ready for every student to use
Building Knowledge-rich Environments for Youth: A World-wide Challenge for Schools and School Librarians
No full textThis paper outlines the development of a digital school library intranet as an information-rich and technology-rich environment designed to provide a nurturing and safe environment for both students and teachers throughout the school and extending into the home. Emphasis is given to the creation of individualized views of the intranet by both students and teachers complete with academic, career/professional, and personal information spaces. Built upon this environment, the author proposes strategies designed to stimulate the rise of a knowledge-rich environment or learning community using concepts of collaboration, information literacy, user control, and the phenomenon of small world networks