- Knowing The Mind Of The User
(source: Designing Better Libraries, 29/07/08)

- Ranaweera, Prasanna (2008) Importance of Information Literacy skills for an Information Literate society. In Proceedings NACLIS 2008, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
(source: E-LIS, 19/07/08)
The purpose of this paper is to present a broader analytical insight to the information literacy concept, in order to achieve an information literate society. The concept and its practical approach towards achieving an information literate society will be discussed in detail in this paper. Information literacy is a set of skills required by a person to find, retrieve, analyze and use information. Information literacy is directly linked with lifelong learning, critical thinking, and learning to learn concepts of education. Many Sri Lankans are badly handicapped with a lack of need of the essential skills to enter the information literate society. There are many reasons for this inadequacy, and the lack of information literacy skills have been identified as one of them. Information literacy skills are achieved by students, through student centered, resource based teaching learning methods that direct them towards deep learning, thus creating an information literate society. To achieve this goal all sectors of library staff in Sri Lanka need to be educated to commence information literacy projects. Basically information literacy programmes are action oriented, while helping to solve the real life problems and making the correct decisions. In addition this paper also proposes to discuss the available information literacy models and their practical approach, information literacy standards, and available frame works. A sample information literacy programme, curriculum, and assessment methods, are also elaborated in this study; with their practical approach in relation to the Sri Lankan context.

- Une présentation vidéo de la nouvelle plateforme EBSCOhost 2.0 (en anglais)

- Students, Technology, and Learning: Strategies for Success—Proceedings
(source: Educause, 29/07/08)
Cosponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), EDUCAUSE, and the University of Central Florida (UCF), the Students, Technology and Learning: Strategies for Success Conference (formerly the Key to Competitiveness) provides AASCU institutions with an opportunity to learn more about the next generation of students—a group with much greater expectations for the use of technology in higher education than previous generations. The event allows teams of presidents and senior institutional leaders to explore new ways of using technology to meet student expectations and more effectively serve the next generation learner.

- Introduction to Information Retrieval
Un livre et un site web [+ version ].

- Adolescent Literacy
Un n° spécial de la revue Harvard Educational Review (vol. 78, n° 1, 08).

- Library services for international students
(source: SCONUL / via ILW, 01/08/08)
Un rapport qui met en évidence les questions liées aux étudiants étrangers ("internationaux"): The guidelines provide a practical and pragmatic tool for practitioners, providing them with a comprehensive overview of the issues as seen by their peers and their students, as well as a set of suggested solutions and best practice case studies.