Found through an infolit blog, the Research Information Network proposes Criteria for describing and assessing interventions – provisional version last September. The same group came up with the Finch Report, which looks open access policies in UK universities. I also stumbled on these above guidelines and thought of sharing… Lire la suite

I brainstormed this a while ago about the Concordia University Libraries when tkinking about presenting the library. Maybe it is useful? ** Top 10 awsome things your library does for you ** 1. We buy all your textbooks and required readings (Reserve Room) 2. Computers, laptops, tablets, print, scan and internet 3. Open 24hrs, 7 […] Lire la suite

See: “Étude de jeu 2012 : L’industrie du jeu électronique poursuit sa croissance en 2013 | TECHNOCompétences” http://www.technocompetences.qc.ca/actualite/etude_jeu_2012 Lire la suite

Just read the “Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians” from the American Association of University Professors. Lire la suite

The American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy launched last January a report called “Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy” – the 27 page PDF report can be downloaded here. Here is what the document has to say about Academic Libraries (p. 14-16) Academic Libraries The role of the academic library in the higher […] Lire la suite

I stumbled on this “virtual” games “museum” (i.e. just a bunch of – althought highly cureated – webpages on the subject) at the University of Waterloo. Also of interest, this company started to publish videogames created by students in a university games program : The company, Utah Game Forge, opened in May and just released its first […] Lire la suite

Check out this video from the Rochester Institute of Technology’s “Just Press Play” project : [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0byon8PMa78&w=560&h=315] Lire la suite

A random RSS item sent me to Allan Carrington’s interesting blog post on applying Bloom’s taxonomy to Apps, called the Padagogy Wheel (as in using iPads in pedagogy). See a high-resolution version of this image on a poster padwheelposter[1] Also, here is a short video that explains how the Padagogy Wheel works: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAYVQlUVpK4&w=560&h=315] As […] Lire la suite

Stumbled on this flowchart from Jenny Mueller-Alexander at Arizona State University Libraries about researching a single company or an industry. I like how the company process splits into private company and public company – which has a huge impact on the amount of information available. Remember that anything a company tells you is either to […] Lire la suite

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) invites application for its Research in Librarianship Grant – due by August 13th 2013, the grant can be worth up to 2000$. Lire la suite