Today's librarians must create an engaging setting for teaching and learning by offering a welcoming library space, a wealth of online resources, combined with librarians' expertise and collaborative instruction programs. Rapid advances in information technologies, new methods of teaching and learning, and the changing makeup of university student…

This article describes the design of a web-based environment that links teaching strategies used in different faculties with graduate attributes. Whilst graduate attributes have existed at the University of Wollongong since the 1990s, this is the first time teaching strategies that enable students to develop these attributes have been articulated…

ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…

In 2004-2005, The National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) conducted a survey for the IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS)--an alliance founded jointly by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL) and the national libraries of…

This project aimed to undertake a scoping study of existent and potential research into the relationship between education and conflict, peace building and post-conflict situations, both nationally and internationally. Within this aim, the project investigates the main research dimensions of this area, identifies gaps in the research literature,…

The rapid growth in the use of the Internet in recent years has in large part been due to the interest in and use of the World Wide Web. A reader can, in principle, locate and access information related to a specific query from servers located anywhere in the world. The ability to embed multimedia files into Web documents (in either HTML or HTF)…

This guide addresses the needs of those teachers from the literacy field who are just beginning to explore the Internet as an exciting medium to enhance learning. Chapters 1-3, "Internet Basics," offer a brief introduction to what the Internet is (e-mail, mailing lists, newsgroups, File Transfer Protocol, World Wide Web), how to get…

This proceeding of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 2000 conference contains 64 papers presented at the main conference and 12 papers presented at the fringe conference. Topics covered include: the 21st century information environment; user perspectives of the future of the Internet; the user interface; public libraries in…

This Proceedings contains 51 of the 68 papers reviewed and selected by the Organizing/Reviewing Committee for presentation at the National Online Meeting, 2000. The volume begins with the introductory presentation of the Program Chairman, Martha E. Williams, "Highlights of the Online Database Industry and the Internet 2000." The balance of the…

This workbook for a library and information skills course at the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa campus, contains the following sections: (1) syllabus; (2) tentative course outline; (3) statement of the course goal, general objectives, and objectives related to LC (Library of Congress) classification and the online catalog, dictionaries…

This serial issue contains eight articles all on the theme of "Becoming Teacher Researchers.""Becoming a Network of Teacher Researchers" (Scott Christian) discusses how portfolios of classroom work provide documentation and encourage more systematic teacher research involving established research techniques. "Identifying…

Argues that, in spite of the financial burden on local, state, and federal justice systems, prison libraries must be transformed from access-to-the-courts programs and emerge as community information and cultural centers that provide both electronic and book formats. (AEF)

Outlines 10 basic principles for managing intellectual property in a digital environment. Expands upon each principle and provides specific examples of how and where these principles might be applied. Briefly discusses the history of electronic documentation, recent changes, and how these impact on the world of scholarly communication. (MJP)

Explains EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library), a gateway to Internet resources in engineering that was developed to improve access to networked engineering information for United Kingdom users. Design and implementation of the Web site, classification of resources, evaluation, use statistics, marketing, and future possibilities are…

Provides a brief but useful introduction to resources and applications of the Internet for social studies teachers. Discusses the technical relationships among the Internet, servers, and hypertext. Describes useful sites including the "K-12 History on the Internet Resource Guide." (MJP)