Acquiring Literacy: A Library Exhibit

Health Information Literacy: A Library Case Study

Concern about health literacy is one factor driving an international movement to develop and disseminate health information that is easy to understand and appropriate for people who have difficulty reading or whose first language is not English. Libraries can work with organizations in their communities to improve the accessibility of materials. Strategies for effective collaboration will be ou...

Literacy and Library Development in Guatemala

Building Library 2.0 into lnformation Literacy: A Case Study

IThis chapter describes a pilot program at W a k e Forest University's 2. Smith Reynolds Library that was designed to revitalize our information literacy instruction through the introduction of Library 2.0 concepts. B e pilot explored new methods and technologies that can be used to engage students in a collaborative environment. 'The goal was to produce a class that is more relevant to how stu...

A Malawian school library: culture, literacy and reader development

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the success and suitability of a Western-donated school library in furthering the aims of literacy and reader development in Malawi. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative, case study approach was taken using extensive interviews with school teachers and a library assistant at a primary school in Malawi. Findings – Contrary to a common discourse tha...

Digital Information Literacy: A Case Study in Oslo Public Library

This paper examines the digital information literacy (DIL) of public library professionals in Norway and explores the ways to improve their skills as well as identify barriers to improvement. The case study method was used and semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with twenty public library professionals. The knowledge sharing approach was visible among the staff, but the slow ...