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Roving Reference with iPads: a study of the use of iPads as technological support and service assessment [presentation slides]
Download2011
Presentation slides for paper presented at World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 13-18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Conference Session 197:Innovative information services in the digital environment. Hosted by Reference and Information Services...
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Social Technology - Using Theories of Psychosocial Development to Better Offer Technology Services to Children
Download2018-02-02
The exponential growth of technology, and our society’s subsequent reliance on this technology, has left many concerned about the negative repercussions on the social development of children raised in a society so engrossed with technology. Yet computer literacy continues to be an important skill...
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The Censorship Phenomenon in College and Research Libraries: An Investigation of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1980‑1985
Download1989
Schrader, A.M., Herring, M., de Scossa, C.
Although college and research libraries in North America are generally thought to be immune to censorship pressures, no impartial research has been undertaken to date to verify this perception. A five-page questionnaire was mailed to the libraries of 68 postsecondary educational institutions in...
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The Shoemaker’s Son: A Substantive Theory of Social Media Use for Knowledge Sharing in Academic Libraries
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In the last decade social media have become integrated in the knowledge sharing practices of libraries. While an entire genre of literature is devoted to the use of social media for promotion (i.e., ‘Library 2.0’), little research has been done on the use of social media for organizational...
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2015-09-09
Within our field, and more widely, there is a way of thinking that equates effective teaching with effective entertaining. This way of thinking can be referred to as a “discourse of edutainment.” It underpins some of the publications and conversations that encourage librarians to make their...
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Using a Professional Continuing Medical Education Simulation to Engage Undergraduate Medical Students in Information Literacy
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Campbell, Sandy, Johnson, Brettany, Storie, Dale, Hayward, Robert
Objective: 1. To engage students by delivering an Evidence Based Medicine assignment in a system that simulates a professional medical continuing education system that many participants will use in residency and practice. 2. To convert a paper-based “searching for and evaluating evidence”...