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Presidential Proclamation

By Ken on October 9, 2009

Did you know that President Barack Obama signed a proclamation on October 1st declaring the month to be “National Information Literacy Awareness Month“?  I have to confess that I didn’t hear about this until reading Steven Bell’s blog entry on the ACRLog today.  Must have got lost in the buzz leading up to Homecoming.
I say, “it’s [...]

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Let’s get ready to rumble

By Ken on March 14, 2009

Here’s my second vlog (2 1/2 minutes) from the ACRL meeting in Seattle. If there are some audio/video synching issues (like some old Speed Racer episodes) that is ok because it is the message that is important, not my mug. Can Hanover beat Franklin on the web as well as on the field? [...]

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Ready, willing, and able

By Ken on March 10, 2009

Information Literacy is a term thrown around a lot by campus administrators, faculty, librarians, etc., but what exactly what is information literacy?  You can visit the ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) site to get a detailed description of Information Literacy standards and competencies. 
In a nutshell, it involves five overarching concepts: First is determining what [...]

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