Posted by communitycollegelibraries on February 23, 2009
Information Literacy
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What level of info. literacy? Palo Alto has: Information Resources Certificate, 7 classes, free Continuing Ed. Credit, introduction to Library, Databases, MLA, APA, Web search, Info. evaluation. Instructors can schedule a BI class, also available online (students take a quiz). No quiz in face-to-face. Palo Alto enrollment 8,000. Faculty offer extra credit for certificate completion. Some discussion of problem of babysitting for absent faculty. Palo Alto requires professor presence. They offer desktop instruction for faculty, face-to-face, one-on-one with librarian.
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Posted by communitycollegelibraries on January 20, 2009
Notes from ALA Annual Community College Hot Topics Discussion about IT Issues
Thanks to David Wright for this summary!
IT Issues
7 people sat at the table to discuss IT issues facing community college libraries. Sub topics ranged from providing services to online and/or hybrid courses; services for brick and mortar campuses versus the virtual campus; getting IT to allow the libraries to offer new services using technology to students and staff; etc.
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