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Emerson, Lisa, Ed.; Kilpin, Ken, Ed.; Lamond, Heather, Ed. – NZCER Press, 2021
This book examines significant questions related to information literacy learning and student transition to higher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. It investigates important questions for student transition: what does it mean to be information literate in Aotearoa today? What could be the role of the library in our senior secondary schools and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Student Adjustment, Secondary Education, Higher Education
Orey, Michael, Ed.; Jones, Stephanie A., Ed.; Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2012
The "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" is dedicated to theoretical, empirical, and practical approaches to educational media development. All chapters are invited and selected based on a variety of strategies to determine current trends and issues in the field. The 2011 edition highlights innovative Trends and Issues in Learning…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Story Telling
Orey, Michael, Ed.; Jones, Stephanie A., Ed.; Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2010
The evolution of educational technology has seen a shift from hardware and software to tactics and techniques, as the 2010 edition of the "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" makes abundantly clear. As in previous years, it offers the reader a snapshot of the moment and a look ahead to issues most likely to shape the immediate…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Leadership Responsibility, Technology Integration

Hernon, Peter, Ed.; McClure, Charles R., Ed. – Government Information Quarterly, 1996
These six articles related to government information policies in New Zealand cover topics including policy reform, legislation, the office of privacy commissioner, organizing statistics, the restructuring of the National Archives of New Zealand, and the policy role of the national library. (BEW)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Archives, Foreign Countries, Information Policy

Hughes, Graeme C.; And Others – Information Development, 1991
This theme issue includes eight articles that discuss the information age, the impact of information technology, and the role of libraries. Highlights include libraries in Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria; the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP) program; community literacy; database development in Malawi; and the Regional Energy Resources…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 2001
This book, in French and English, addresses how the school library of the future will be designed and what role it will play as a school facility within the educational system and in society as a whole. The following papers are included: (1) "Issues" (John Mayfield); (2) "Designing Schools for the Information Society: Libraries and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Technology

Nauta, Paul, Comp. – 1991
This biennial report describes International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) events and activities in the during 1989-90. They are treated under the following headings: (1) Managerial Aspects, including membership and organization, fund raising, regional offices, publications, and conferences; (2) Divisions, Sections, Round Tables,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Developing Nations, Expenditures, Financial Support
Lancaster, Frederick Wilfrid, Ed. – 1993
The essays collected in this volume present the personal visions of several individuals, mostly librarians and other information professionals, on what the library might look like 25 or 30 years from now. The contributors represent a wide variety of libraries and related institutions on four continents. The essays collected are:…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Artificial Intelligence, Change, Electronic Publishing
Higgs, Bettie, Ed.; McCarthy, Marian, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2008
This book presents a wide selection of issues currently of interest and concern in higher education institutions in Ireland. The chapters are snapshots of the intersection between theory, practice and research in particular settings; they are not meant to be comprehensive. Nevertheless, they present practice approaches, new theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Curriculum Design
Seidelin, Susanne, Ed.; Jensen, Thomas Skov, Ed. – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2006
"Libraries and the fight against HIV/AIDS, poverty and corruption" takes up some of the big issues and major challenges facing the world: the HIV/AIDS pandemic, poverty and the reduction of it, and corruption and its counterpart transparency. The articles explore the role and responsibilities of libraries and information services, and…
Descriptors: Library Role, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Poverty, Access to Information
Craig, Robert, Ed.; Gerver, Elisabeth, Ed. – 1985
This collection is intended to show what public libraries can and would like to do to support adult learning, encourage understanding and cooperation among libraries and adult and community educators, and publicize the work already being done by libraries. The following papers are included: "The State of the Art in 1985," by Robert…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Education, Cooperative Planning
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
This collection of nine essays is an outgrowth of a study which was conducted by the Office of Library Programs to identify researchable issues that could help librarians fill a position of leadership in the information society. An introduction to the collection describes the study and includes a list of the 10 major issues identified by…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Educational Policy, Essays
Seidelin, Susanne, Ed.; Hamilton, Stuart, Ed.; Sturges, Paul, Ed. – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2004
The IFLA/FAIFE (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions/Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) Theme Report 2004 presents visions of how libraries can promote literacy and lifelong learning. The literacy process has to be recognised as inclusive of all ranges of communication, and it occurs at…
Descriptors: Literacy, Access to Information, Lifelong Learning, Empowerment
Helal, Ahmed H., Ed. – 1995
This collection of 12 papers commemorates the retirement of Bernhard Adams. Adams had a 30-year career at the Bochum University Library (Germany) and advocated innovation and automation in libraries. The papers are: (1) "Gemeinsame Wegstrecken: Bernhard Adams zur Ehre" ("Common Milestones: In Honor of Bernhard Adams") (Harro…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Card Catalogs, Cataloging, Conferences
Donnan, Peter, Ed. – 1996
Five papers examine the adoption of resource based learning at Charles Sturt University (Australia). "Literature Searches and Distance Education: Whose Problem?" (Stephen Parnell) discusses the question of who should accept responsibility for the intellectual content of literature searches; the library is at the center of a resource…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
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