Apr 9, 2012 | Day 4 (7 Jun), Keynote, Learning & Users
Dr. Susan Gibbons is the University Librarian of Yale University. Prior to her appointment in July 2011, she was Vice Provost and Neilly Dean of the River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester. Dr. Gibbons holds an MLS and an MA in History from Indiana University,...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Learning & Users
Teaching Mendeley achieves the impossible – it gets users excited to learn about organizing and citing their research articles. However, introducing Mendeley to students and faculty goes well beyond assisting them with organizing their references. Students are...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Learning & Users
The practice of active learning in library instructions can be traced back to the 90s and is seen to have exponentially expanded with the rapid advancement of technology. As opposed to the traditional lecture-based bibliographic instructions, engaging students in the...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Learning & Users
This paper will introduce our strategy to reach out to user groups other than students, the motivation behind, marketing, feedback and findings so far and our next steps. Usually, information literacy programmes focus primarily on students and their information needs....
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Technology & New Media
“A Nation/Organisation‘s inclusive growth and sustainable development is based on the world-class Continuing Education, Life-Long Learning, Research, Innovation, Competitive Intelligence & Core-Competency of its People”. The empires of the future are...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Technology & New Media
Nowadays, audio guides are a common companion for visitors of museums, exhibitions and even on city tours worldwide. Newer technologies and devices, like Apple‘s iPod Touch, call for further developments. So, multimedia guides start to capture the field and to...
