Library 2.013 Recordings

Source: Library 2.013

Library 2.013 virtual conference recordings on the following strands are available here.

• STRAND 1: Digital Services, Preservation, and Access 
• STRAND 2: Emerging Technologies and Trends
• STRAND 3: Learning Commons (for school libraries and/or academic libraries)
• STRAND 4: Management of Libraries and Information Centers in the 21st Century
• STRAND 5: User Centered Services and Models
• STRAND 6: Library and Information Professionals – Evolving Roles and Opportunities
• STRAND 7: Doctoral Student Research 
• STRAND 8: Library and Information Center “Tours”

UNESCO launched Assessment Framework for Media and Information Literacy

UNESCO has launched its Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Assessment Framework for the evaluation of countries’ readiness to create an enabling environment for MIL. The publication also aims to assess citizens’ competencies on MIL, particularly targeting teachers in service and training.

Source: UNESCO

"MIL is defined as a set of competencies that empowers citizens to access, retrieve, understand, evaluate and use, create, as well as share information and media content in all formats, using various tools, in a critical, ethical and effective way, in order to participate and engage in personal, professional and societal activities". 


UNESCO advocates that MIL be one of the preconditions of sustainable development and that literate use of information, media and ICT tools, including the Internet, will help to ensure that everyone enjoys the full benefits of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly freedom of expression and access to information.

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MOOCs & Librarians - Slides - ACRL Virtual World Interest Group - February 17 2013

The Association of College and Research Librarians Virtual World Interest Group held a panel discussion on MOOCs and the impact on libraries, higher education, and information literacy.

MOOCs and Librarians from Valibrarian Hill

PanelistsValerie Hill, PhD - (Valibrarian Gregg in SL) LISD Library Media Specialist, Adjunct Instructor, TWU School of Library and Information Studies
Ilene- Frank, MLS (Ilene Pratt in SL) Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland University College
Michelle Keba, MS in Information Science- (librarianatadistance in SL) Distance and Instructional Services Librarian, Nova Southeastern University
George Djorgovski, (Curious George in SL) Professor of Astonomy, Caltech

Understanding Open Licensing – Free online workshop - 19th to 22nd February, 2013

Understanding Open Licensing workshop (organized by the Institute of Development Studies Knowledge Services) will equip participants to use open licensing with confidence when they make knowledge available on the Internet, and to understand the key issues for reusing open licensed materials published by others. 

It will provide a simple “how-to” guide to the Creative Commons licensing framework, the international standard which sets out allowable uses of knowledge published free on the web.  Participants will learn how to publish using open licences, what to consider when re-using open licensed materials, and how to advise other knowledge producers. 

The workshop will include the facility for participants to post questions and to receive facilitator replies via the website and / or by email.

Who should attend?

This event will be important for researchers, communications specialists, publishers, librarians, website editors, and information service managers. Individuals with a range of levels of knowledge of intellectual property law are welcome.

Please note - Participants are not expected to actively engage for the duration of each day of the event. You are welcome to join in at specific points when it is most interesting / convenient for you.

Facilitator

Shihaam Shaikh is an Intellectual Property Lawyer, OpenUCT Project Manager, and PhD Law Student, and is based in South Africa

She is interested in the promotion of Creative Commons as an alternative management solution for copyright holders and the advocacy of using Creative Commons licensed materials by educators in the creation of teaching and learning materials.

Register here...