- Fostering Lifelong Learning through Information Literacy education: Exploring conceptions in different disciplines and framing pedagogies for lifelong learning (présentation)
(source: Sheila Webber, Lifelong Conference, Australie, 18/06/08)

- Non-use of Library Services by Students in a UK Academic Library
(source: EBLIP, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, vol. 3, N° 2, 2008)
Results – The findings showed that students in part-time and distance learning courses were the largest group of non-users. Other factors influencing non-use included the purchase of books, use of the Internet, and a lack of awareness of services available.
Conclusions – The library service needs to target non-traditional student groups, particularly those taught off-campus, with innovative induction techniques. This survey highlighted the need to embed information skills teaching into the curriculum and a recent restructure of the department has enabled this to happen with a more focused approach to academic liaisonship.

- Building a More Net-Savvy Campus Culture
(source: Educause)
What does it mean for students, faculty, and staff to be “net savvy”? Many are facile with music downloads, word processing, text messaging, or Web 2.0 tools, but are they really technology literate? What does it take to build a more net-savvy campus culture for students, faculty, and staff? Share your ideas, experiences, and questions in this dialogue on a topic of critical importance to the development of a community of responsible, self-directed, lifelong learners.

- Papachristopoulos, Leonidas and Tsakonas, Giannis and Papatheodorou, Christos (2008) Enforcement of information seeking behavior through digital library services. In Selthofer, Josipa and Aparac-Jelusic, Tatjana and Krtalic, Maja, Eds. Proceedings Libraries In the Digital Age 2008, pp. 97-105, Dubrovnik and Mljet (HR).
(déposé sur E-LIS, 24/06/08)
Digital library are complex information systems, comprised by core and value added services. The current study attempts to collect through a qualitative approach users’ opinions about the usage, usefulness and usability of DL value added services. Selected value added services from four DLs are related to the main stages of information life-cycle in order to identify crucial areas of DL interaction. The results show a major concentration of services in stages that address information searching needs and that the most significant factors affecting acceptance reside on three levels of factors, namely system, services and individual’s factors.

- Mitrelis, Angelos and Tsakonas, Giannis and Papatheodorou, Christos (2008) Using qualitative research methods for the improvement of collaborative information searching tools design. In Selthofer, Josipa and Aparac-Jelusic, Tatjana and Krtalic, Maja, Eds. Proceedings Libraries In the Digital Age 2008, pp. 111-117, Dubrovnik and Mljet (HR).
(déposé sur E-LIS, 24/06/08)
Regarding the change of information seeking to a collaborative activity, DLs as dynamic information systems, have to adopt collaboration searching tools. This study investigates the degree of collaboration in information retrieval and the extent of collaboration tools usage in DLs. The collaborative tools of a prototype digital library are assessed through a qualitative study by the aspects of usefulness, usability and usage. Results show that information search transforms to a collective form, while they prove that usefulness and usability have a significant effect on usage and on user satisfaction. The results also show that collaboration tools evolve into indispensable design parameters for modern digital libraries.

- The development of information literacy skills to support a changing postgraduate research environment: an Irish experience (pdf)
(source: SCONUL Focus, n° 42)