OBJECTIVE Family caregivers play a significant role in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of individuals with cancer. This position paper reviews and links the research on family caregiving and health information with the importance of cancer literacy. METHOD Review of literature obtained through searching in Academic Search Premier, EBSCO, Communication and Mass Media Complete, PsychArti...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest a framework for workplace information literacy based on a case study at the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State (South Africa). Design/methodology/approach – The framework is based on a literature survey covering case studies from the private, public and academic sector and a case study conducted at the CUT, Free State (South Afri...

BACKGROUND Although the effects of nutrition on health and school performance are often cited, few research studies have examined the effect of diet quality on the academic performance of children. This study examines the association between overall diet quality and academic performance. METHODS In 2003, 5200 grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada, and their parents were surveyed as part of ...

Competency-based education is growing in popularity as a flexible and responsive way to certify and credential the skills students acquire during their educational path. In a traditional coursebased degree program common in higher education, students typically take a variety of courses for which they receive a simple letter grade, and, having successfully completed a collection of courses at a ...

As information literacy is a key competence of the information society, information literacy instruction in public as well as academic libraries is crucial. Today, librarians do not only act as providers of information but also as educators of the information society’s citizens. The rapid development of information and communications technologies is constantly changing the way we interact with ...

Academic librarians seeking to assess information literacy skills often focus on testing as a primary means of evaluation. Educators have long recognized the limitations of tests, and these limitations cause many educators to prefer rubric assessment to test-based approaches to evaluation. In contrast, many academic librarians are unfamiliar with the benefits of rubrics. Those librarians who ha...