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[the zeds : library science] Zeds Library News, August 8, 2010 « the zeds : library science: Transliteracy is “the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, .Peter Godwin links us to the Research Information Network (RIN) report on academic researchers and Web 2.0, which studies in part how information professionals should mediate research and researchers in a Web 2.0 landscape.

[Blue Skunk Blog] See Sally Research: An Environmental Scan - Home - Doug Johnson's ...:  The learning emphasis at her high school is on “information literacy.” The Big6TM information literacy process and similar state designed models provide Sally’s library media specialist the framework for assignments, as does the second edition of AASL’s and AECT’s Information Power, with its information literacy standards, and new emphasis on technology and partnerships for learning, published in 1998.

[NeverEndingSearch] See Sally Research: An Environmental Scan « NeverEndingSearch: Sally Spears is a high school junior very interested in environmental issues.  The learning emphasis at her high school is on “information literacy.” The Big6TM information literacy process and similar state designed models provide Sally’s library media specialist the framework for assignments, as does the second edition of AASL’s and AECT’s Information Power, with its information literacy standards, and new emphasis on technology and partnerships for learning, published in 1998.

[Digital Culture & Education] Special themed issue: Beyond 'new' literacies - Digital Culture ...: Overall, these papers begin a conversation which we anticipate will augment the field of new literacies, but also research into digital culture, technology, and society and understanding the ways in which new media, tools, and information are shaping our lives. This issue presents innovative perspectives on new literacies through fine-grained examinations of specific literacy practices through the frames of spatial theory, visual and critical literacy, and examinations of the tensions between new and traditional literacies in a variety of spaces and contexts.  New literacies emerge quickly and diverse users adopt them accordingly.  These realities offer researchers new opportunities for understanding and exploring their affordances.

[Education] Web Savvy links for teachers | Courier Mail Education Blog: Iformation Cycles http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/literacy/infocycle.pdf. Information Literacy http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/1over/infolit1.html. information Literacy - Building Blocks of Research ...

[Transliteracy Research Group] Transliteracy Research Group: New Media Narratives: Master's ...: As noted by Thomas, Joseph, Laccetti et al., transliteracy may be seen as a unifying perspective for literacy today: it is the “ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.”

[The Unquiet Librarian] Libraries and Librarians As Sponsors of Literacy « The Unquiet ...:  This talk is being delivered today, April 13,  at the Alabama Library Association YASRT/CSLD Preconference.  This presentation is rooted in my previous studies (you can see my papers and readings from 2005 on my Slideshare page under “documents”) in the work of Dr.

[The Open Siddur Project] The Open Siddur Project / Why, davka, an Open Siddur Project: Furthermore, by digitizing the traditional text of the siddur and making it available under a copyright permissive license, the Open Siddur and the Jewish Liturgy project liberates the cultural works of our ancestors for use by our children and our children’s children without requiring them to ask for copyright permission. By encoding the siddur and its commentaries, instructional text, and translations using open text encoding standards, the Open Siddur enables other open cultural projects to build on our achievement without having to reinvent the wheel.

[The Unquiet Librarian] Supporting Transliteracy with Evernote: Evernote for Every Literacy: _qoptions={qacct:'p-18-mFEk4J448M',labels:'language.en,posttag.media-21,posttag.evernote,posttag.transliteracy'};

[Agnostic, Maybe] Why Closing More Public Libraries Might Be The Best Thing (”¦Right Now): I do not believe that the status quo of these aspects create a stable future continuity. This is the right time to get our proverbial house in order so as to secure the future of the institution in ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred years from now.

[News from THE] Times Higher Education - Grappling with the digital divide: Thomas believes that as transliteracy shoots up the higher education agenda, academics will be forced to adopt new forms of communication in their teaching. As an indication of how seriously the issue is being taken, the National Union of Students has confirmed that it is carefully monitoring attitudes towards communication and technology.

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