Information Literacy Weblog - The focus of their Information Literacy Weblog as always is to facilitate the dissemination and sharing of relevant items and information relating to information literacy worldwide. This will be the place to visit if you want to find out about what’s going on in the world of information literacy, including upcoming events, recent publications, or new websites on the topic. As well, there will be news about their own information literacy project (see the link on the weblog home page), including reports and commentary from the three authors listed below, and from other people who have something interesting to say about information literacy. They will be involving people from different parts of the world, and with different perspectives–librarians, educators, administrators, and policy makers–with an aim to building a constructive community of interest. Authors include:

Sheila Webber is a lecturer in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Her key areas for teaching and research include information literacy and business information, and she has written and spoken on these areas nationally and internationally.

Bill Johnston is a lecturer in the Centre for Academic Practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has spoken, researched and published in the areas of critical thinking, educational perspectives on the student experience, curriculum design, and information literacy.

Stuart Boon joined the project in November of 2002 as a research associate in information literacy. He is based out of the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, from which he will be carrying out interviews across the UK. Prior to the current research in Sheffield, Stuart lectured at Dalhousie University’s School of Library and Information Studies and worked as research assistant on a three-year information literacy project in Canada with Dr. Heidi Julien.

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