Information Literacy and Web 2.0 Technologies

ACRL Event: Information Literacy and Web 2.0 Technologies

When: Friday, November 13th, Noon - 1p.m. SLT (Pacific Time)
Where: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/56/191/28

The ACRL (Association for College and Research Libraries) has defined
Information Literacy as “a set of abilities requiring individuals to
‘recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate,
evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.’” Has the
emergence of interactive Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, blogs,
Flickr, or even Second Life complicated or enhanced the world of
Information Literacy? As the serving of information becomes more and
more immediate, how are we able to determine authenticity, accuracy,
or reliability?

Please join us as we host a panel discussing these and other important
issues regarding Information Literacy and Web 2.0, featuring our
panelists:

Sheila Yoshikawa (Sheila Webber in RL--Sheffield University, UK)
Buk Binder (Marsha Schnirring in RL--Occidental College, California)
Alice Burgess (Beth Kraemer in RL--University of Kentucky)
Robin Mochi (Robin Ashford in RL--George Fox University, Portland, Oregon)

Panel Moderated by: Alexandria Knight (Esther Grassian in RL)

Questions? E-mail Jerrold Shiroma (jbshirom@hawaii.edu) or Rebecca
Macomber (rmacombe@hawaii.edu) or IM Jerrold Wikifoo and/or Reba
Hammand in Second Life.

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Get a Second Life Account:
1.) Registering for a free SL account requires name and email. Go to
https://join.secondlife.com or use the convenient procedure set up for
academics through this Web site: http://virtualability.org/signup.aspx
(You may skip the Assistive Technology and Information Request pages)

2.) Think carefully about choosing your avatar name, it cannot be
changed; although you can create multiple avatars.

3.) You get your account and avatar immediately upon registering. You
can then download the free Second Life client software.

After downloading the SL client you can login for the first time. You
will land at the Orientation area on Virtual Ability Island.

4.) Teleport to ACRL on ALA Island by clicking, or pasting this link
into a Web browser. It opens a Web page with a Teleport button that
takes you directly to ACRL on ALA Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/56/191/28

Professional Development Day

Professional Development Day
Friday, November 20, 2009 / 9:30am-3pm
CSU Channel Islands

The Gold Coast Library Network
Presents:
Marketing and Training on the Cheap

PROGRAM:

• Professional Networking & Marketing: Chat Service, Text Messaging, Twitter and Facebook for Libraries
  -- Kenley Neufeld, SBCC Library, Director

• Using WebJunction as Your Training Tool
  -- Michael Shapiro, WebJunction, Partner Development Manager

• The Mindful Librarian: Assessing Your Organization’s Empathic Qualities
  -- Brian Mathews, UCSB Library, AUL for Outreach & Academic Services

• Using Google Forms: Marketing Research, Assessment, and Other Types of Measurement
  -- Will Breitbach, CSU Fullerton, Pollak Library, Reference Librarian

Location:
CSU Channel Islands
Broome Library
One University Drive
Camarillo, CA 93012

Cost: $30.00 – includes lunch and program materials. Scholarship for partial funding may be available to students – please request: martoran@library.ucsb.edu

Laptops will be available for our use in this workshop, courtesy of CSUCI Library

Registration & more information at: http://www.goldcoastlibraries.org

Reminder: Science Information Literacy Program 12/4/09

Don't forget to register for the ACRL California Chapter, SEAL/LILi Winter Program, Getting to the Root of STEM Education, Friday, December 4, 2009, at California State University - Northridge (CSUN) http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/seals/STEM_reg%20form.doc ! Looking forward to seeing all of you!

Program:

* 9:30am Check in with continental breakfast
* 10:00am STEM education: why is it important to librarians?
Mitchell Brown, Research Librarian for Chemistry and Earth System Sciences, UC Irvine
* 10:30am Local, State and National STEM Education Policy, Dr. James L. Gentilucci, School of Education, Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
* 11:20am Break
* 11:30am Information Literacy for Science Educators, Karin Griffin, Education Librarian and Hema Ramachandran, Engineering Librarian, CSU Long Beach
* 12:00pm Lunch
* 1:00pm Science Education in Action: Learn by Doing Lab, Dr. Ed Himelblau, Biological Sciences, Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
* 1:30pm Scientist and Librarian STEM Education Collaborations, Melanie Sellar, Education Services and Reference Librarian. Marymount College

Cost: $20/SEAL Member, $30/Non-SEAL Member, $15/Student

Return the registration form with payment to by November 20th.

You can also join us for free via Second Life (3D virtual world). The virtual registration form is at http://tinyurl.com/yg7nzov

Verify your real life registration and view a list of registrants at the SEALS website: http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/seals/registration09.html

Real life questions? Contact Jeanine Scaramozzino, Program Chair, at jscaramo@calpoly.edu Second life questions? Contact Esther Grassian, LILi Chair, at estherg@library.ucla.edu

Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino
College of Science and Mathematics Librarian Robert E. Kennedy Library, Room 216E California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

Phone 805.756.5677
Fax 805.756.2346
jscaramo@calpoly.edu

Feedback by 12/18/09: California School Library Standards

In a rather detailed article, School Library Journal reports that California has proposed its first school library standards and is requesting feedback on the draft. The California Department of Education site states: "Please return your comments and suggestions on the feedback form by mail, fax, or e-mailing as an attachment. Contact information provided on the form."

Deadline to send feedback: 18 December 2009

Mimi Dudley's Workbooks

Mimi Dudley's self-paced workbooks have been mounted in the Internet Archive for public access and downloading: http://www.archive.org/details/dudleylibraryworkbooks Scroll down under the brief description and click on *Chicano Library Program workbook* or * Library Instruction Workbook.* After clicking on one of these links, downloading options appear on the left, along with a small format slide show that scrolls quickly through each page.

Note: The ACRL Instruction Section's Dudley Instruction Librarian Award is named for Miriam Sue Dudley, in recognition of her "pioneering efforts in the field of bibliographic instruction [that] led to the formation of the ACRL Instruction Section (formerly ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section)."

STEM Information Literacy Program 12/4/09

SEAL-South & LILi (Lifelong Information Literacy) present our Fall Program:

"Getting to the Root of STEM Education"

Friday, 4 December 2009
CSU Northridge, Oviatt Library & Second Life

“STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educational goals are being focused on in universities and librarians need to be prepared. Come for an overview of the related policies and issues affecting libraries.

Program:
• 9:30am Check in with continental breakfast
• 10:00am STEM education: why is it important to librarians? Mitchell
Brown, Research Librarian for Chemistry & Earth System
Sciences, UC Irvine
• 10:30am Local, State and National STEM Education Policy, Dr. James
L. Gentilucci, School of Education, Cal Poly SLO
• 11:20am Break
• 11:30am Information Literacy for Science Educators, Karin Griffin,
Education Librarian and Hema Ramachandran, Engineering
Librarian, CSU Long Beach
• 12:00pm Lunch
• 1:00pm Science Education in Action: Learn by Doing Lab, Dr. Ed
Himelblau, Biological Sciences, Cal Poly SLO
• 1:30pm Scientist and Librarian STEM education collaborations,
Melanie Sellar, Education Services & Reference Librarian.
Marymount College

SEAL Member: $20 Non-SEAL Member: $30 Student: $15

Return this form with payment to address below by November 20th. No refunds given for cancellations after November 20th. The registration fee covers lunch but parking is not included. Information on parking is available at:
http://www-admn.csun.edu/parking/.

You can also join us at no cost virtually via Second Life. The virtual registration form is at http://tinyurl.com/yg7nzov

Name: __________________________________________________ Institution: _________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Email: __________________________________________________ Work phone: _________________________________

Please mail check payable to CARL and registration form to:
Danielle Skaggs, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8327 ph. 818-677-6808 danielle.skaggs@csun.edu

Verify your real life registration and view a list of registrants at the SEALS website: http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/seals/registration09.html

Real life questions? Contact Jeanine Scaramozzino, Program Chair, at jscaramo@calpoly.edu

Second Life questions? Contact Esther Grassian at estherg@library.ucla.edu.

Feedback by 12/18/09: Draft Model School Library Standards (California)

This request for feedback was forwarded from the SCIL (Southern California Instruction Librarians) list. It seems that the new title for Library Media Teachers (LMTs) is "Teacher Librarians." Page 35 of this document describes the qualifications required for this position as "both a classroom teaching credential and a teacher librarian credential." After reviewing the draft, use this feedback form by 12/18/09.

Esther Grassian
UCLA College Library

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The Draft Model School Library Standards for California Public Schools (School Library Standards) are now available for field review on the California Department of Education Web page (http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/).

In March 2009 the State Board of Education authorized Jack O'Connell, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, to develop the standards based on Education Code Section 18101 which states:
The State Board of Education shall adopt standards, rules and regulations for school library services.

The draft School Library Standards include:
• Model School Library Standards for Students that delineate what students should know and be able to do at each grade level, K-6, or grade span, 7-8 and 9-12, and;
• Model School Library Program Standards that describe the staffing, collections and resources, including technology, expected in an effective school library that will enable students to achieve the School Library Standards for Students.

The field review period will continue through Friday, December 18, 2009. Your comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome. A form is available on the Web page and comments may be submitted via email (librarystandards@cde.ca.gov), fax (916-319-0172) or mail. The School Library Standards are expected to go to the State Board of Education for approval at its meeting on March 10-11, 2010.

If you have questions about the School Library Standards, please contact either Barbara Jeffus, School Library Consultant, 916-319-0445, bjeffus@cde.ca.gov, or Susan Martimo, Administrator, 916-319-0446, smartimo@cde.ca.gov.


Susan Martimo
Administrator, Curriculum Frameworks
Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Materials Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 3207
Sacramento, CA 95814
PH: (916) 319-0446
FAX: (916) 319-0172
smartimo@cde.ca.gov