introduction: information literacy is increasingly important in the era of rapid technological change and explosion of information. librarians can guide users through the vast array of information available in today's libraries. the continuing demand for accurate and computer delivered information has increased the need for librarians with information literacy skills. methods and materials: it ...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present the Information Literacy Instruction Assessment Cycle (ILIAC), to describe the seven stages of the ILIAC, and to offer an extended example that demonstrates how the ILIAC increases librarian instructional abilities and improves student information literacy skills. Design/methodology/approach – Employing survey design methodology, the researcher and ...

The highly technological environment of 21st-century schools has significantly redefined the role of school librarians by presenting the opportunity to assume leadership through technology integration. Despite the abundance of literature that has suggested the need for and the importance of school librarians to be a proactive leaders in technology integration, this role is one that has been ign...

introduction: with the advent of new technology and creating virtual training centers, e-learning and training have achieved a specific place in training centers. this article has been studied the feasibility of distance learning via internet for librarians working in central libraries of the ministry of health and medical education in tehran, iran. methods: in this descriptive survey data from...

BACKGROUND Information literacy has evolved with changes in lifelong learning. Can Brazilian health researchers search for and use updated scientific information? OBJECTIVES To describe researchers' information literacy based on their perceptions of their abilities to search for and use scientific information and on their interactions with libraries. METHODS Semi-structured interviews and f...

Jacqui Weetman DaCosta is Information Literacy Librarian at The College of New Jersey Library; e-mail: [email protected]. © Jacqui Weetman DaCosta Surveys of faculty were conducted at two higher education institutions in England and the United States to ascertain their perceptions of information literacy. Faculty were also asked about the extent to which they incorporated information literacy sk...

introduction nurse-patient communication is highly important especially when the patient is a child. one thing that has been overlooked in the nursing profession or less discussed is how to communicate with children. design and training courses for the development of communication skills is considered as an important step in this direction. this study investigated the effect of training communi...

Health sciences librarians function in environments that are constantly undergoing rapid and drastic changes in a range of divergent arenas, including scientific, technological, social, political, and financial changes. To keep up with these changes, health sciences librarians require lifelong learning opportunities. The Medical Library Association (MLA) recommends that library educators provid...

Objective This scoping review investigates how knowledge and skills are assessed in the information literacy (IL) instruction for students in physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech-language pathology, regardless of whether the instruction was given by a librarian. The objectives were to discover what assessment measures were used, determine whether these assessment methods were teste...