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Facet Publishing, along with the co-publishers (the American Library Association and the Canadian Library Association) are delighted to announce that the RDA Toolkit is now live. Institutions or individuals can sign up for free open access until 31st August 2010.
'So you thought delivering Information Literacy(IL) skills within a course was the ultimate in the library’s responsibility for students. Well think again. After you have got through the hurdles of embedding IL into a course and collaborating with faculty staff to create meaningful activities, how do you discover if your strategies are successful? Read the book Collaborative Information Literacy Assessments to find out.
If you are involved in information literacy at university or college level, then this book is a must read, if only to see what colleagues are achieving elsewhere.' - Brenda Strachan, AARL
Essential book for the library and information studies student Information Science in Transition Alan Gilchrist, editor Price: £49.95 Are we at a turning point in digital information? The expansion of the internet was unprecedented; search engines dealt with it in the only way possible . . . read more >>>
Essential book for the school librarian Innovative School Librarian Sharon Markless (editor), Elizabeth Bentley, Sarah Pavey, Sue Shaper, Sally Todd and Carol Webb Price: £44.95 This book takes a strategic look at some of the issues currently of concern to school librarians. It is not a "how to run a school library" guide. . . . read more >>>