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Gazing the Diversity Stance in North America: Bringing Practitioner Inquiry into the LIS Classroom
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Irvin, Vanessa – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
This article is an exploration of ways in which LIS educators can consider culture, heritage, and identity as a framework for becoming participatory agents of their teaching practices in the LIS classroom. To support this framework, this discussion introduces the research methodology, practitioner inquiry, as a meaningful approach to studying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Teaching Methods
Developing a Sense of Community and the Online Student Experience
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Oliphant, Tami; Branch-Mueller, Jennifer – Education for Information, 2016
This research explores the intersections among learners, online learning, and the development of a sense of community by critically evaluating Canada's first fully-online Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) program at the University of Alberta. A survey with open and closed questions was distributed to all students in the inaugural…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Sense of Community, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes
The Use of a Wiki as an Instructional Tool: A Qualitative Investigation
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Aharony, Noa – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
The current research aims to explore and analyze the application and use of a wiki in a knowledge management academic course. The research will focus on the level of collaboration among students and on the kind of interaction that takes place during the learning process. The population of this study was composed of wiki pages gathered from a…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
Does a Border Make a Difference? Library Instruction in the United States and Canada
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Willingham, Patricia; Carder, Linda; Millson-Martula, Christopher – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006
A brief historical overview of the library instruction scene in the United States and Canada, an analysis of library instruction conference themes, and the identification of perceptions of librarians attending the LOEX, WILU, and LOEX of the West conferences in 2000 and 2001 reveal that the border may be responsible for significant differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Instruction, Information Literacy, Comparative Analysis
Education for Instructional Librarians: Development and Overview.
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Brundin, Robert E. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1985
Explores reasons for lack of attention in library school curricula to education for bibliographic instruction in libraries and presents brief overview of instructional program at Faculty of Library Science, University of Alberta, Canada. Developments in education for bibliographic instruction and possible solutions to problem areas are covered.…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Library Development: Australia. IATUL Proceedings Vol. 15, 1983.
Fjallbrant, Nancy, Ed. – IATUL Proceedings, 1983
This issue of the IATUL (International Association of Technological University Libraries) Proceedings focuses on developments in Australian libraries. The first article, "University Librarianship in Australia" (D. H. Borchardt), reviews the growth of librarianship in Australia and examines some current issues. "Information Retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
IFLA General Conference, 1992. Division of Education and Research: Editors of Library Journals (RT); Section on Research in Reading; Section on Women's Interest in Librarianship; Section on Education and Training; Continuing Professional Education (RT); Section on Library Theory and Research. Papers.
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, London (England). – 1992
The following 19 papers were delivered at the 1992 annual meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions for the Division of Education and Research: (1) "Across the Frontiers: Impact of Foreign Journals in Library Science in India: A Citation Analysis" (M. A. Gopinath); (2) "Children and Reading in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Children, Continuing Education, Developing Nations