Archive for December, 2009

Dec 08 2009

Scottish Further Education Colleges Service Development and Self-Evaluation Framework

Published by under Case Study,Exemplar of Good Practice,Lifelong Learning,National Information Literacy Framework (Scotland)

The Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) launched on 3 December 2009 a new service development and self-evaluation framework for library and information services in Scottish Further Education (FE) colleges, to replace the previously published toolkit Resources and Services to Support Learners.  The framework includes a message of thanks to John and I from Charles [...]

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Dec 08 2009

Information Literacy in Public Libraries – the lifelong learning agenda

Published by under Case Study,Exemplar of Good Practice,Information Literacy,Lifelong Learning,National Information Literacy Framework (Scotland)

At a recent event at the Mitchel Library, Glasgow I was asked about examples of public libraries offering information literacy courses. Although there is some activity in this area we tend not to hear about it so whilst the following is not taking place in Scotland but Wales (one of our Celtic cousins) I thought it was worth a [...]

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Dec 08 2009

Literacy across learning in East Lothian

Published by under Case Study,Curriculum for Excellence,Exemplar of Good Practice,Information Literacy,Lifelong Learning,Literacies,National Information Literacy Framework (Scotland)

In East Lothian Anne Johnston, School Librarian / Field Officer at Dunbar Grammar School has been working with the Senior Librarian Young People’s Services, Agnes Guyon, from the public library service to look at information literacy for young people in East Lothian. They are hoping to establish a consistent approach across all libraries – public branch [...]

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