On April 27 2012, Concordia University Libraries hosted its 10th annual Librarian’s Forum. I like to think of this venue as an opportunity for colleagues to expose their ongoing research projects to get feedback or pointers before the completion of their research cycle. At least, that is how I approach this event with regards to […] Lire la suite

This post from The Guardian Higher Ed presents a recent study: This week saw the first publication of a new ranking of national HE systems, based on research at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (University of Melbourne) into data from 48 countries with a developed HE offering. The ranking is organised […] Lire la suite

Concordia’s Centre for Teaching and Learning Services has a great article on using PowerPoint in the classroom (and many other topics dealing with technology in Education for that matter). Of note are the “additional readings” at the bottom, including 2 posts from Wired with David Byrne, a musician, speaking for and Edward Tufte, a design […] Lire la suite

This post from Diane Goldenberg-Hart on the Coalition for Networked Information’s (CNI) mailing list (CNI-ANNOUNCE: cni-announce-subscribe@cni.org) caught my eye It features James J. Duderstadt, who is (from the email): is President Emeritus at the University of Michigan, he chaired the National Academies committee that published the key 2002 report Preparing for the Revolution: Information Technology […] Lire la suite

MIT and Harvard announce the launch of a new online education platform called EdX : [From the press release] Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced edX, a transformational new partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community […] Lire la suite

Here are a few Fair Use guides setup by institutions. Fair Use is a general exception to copyright applies in the USA – in Canada, we have fair dealings, which applies to private study, research, news reporting, criticism and review. These guides may be useful in devising our own fair dealings guides. “Best practices” from […] Lire la suite

An interesting attempt to rething journal rankings, with open access publishing in mind: March 2012 College & Research Libraries vol. 73 no. 2 134-145 Positioning Open Access Journals in a LIS Journal RankingJingfeng Xia Lire la suite

See these guidelines about tenure for librarians in universities: Standards for faculty status for academic librarians: Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, June 2007, revised October 2011 March 2012 College & Research Libraries News vol. 73 no. 3 160-161 Lire la suite

The Modern Languages Association just issued an updated “Guidelines for Evaluating Work in Digital Humanities and Digital Media” – see also a blog post from InsideHigherEd. See also this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education: Scholars Seek Better Ways to Track Impact Online (Jan 12 2012). Lire la suite

A recent blog post from Inside Higher Ed pointed me in the direction of this open course or MOOC: Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success / http://events.blackboard.com/open I could not resist the temptation to enroll despite the fact that I have a pretty full plate for the next few weeks. By the way, […] Lire la suite