Thursday, July 02, 2009

IFLA papers

There are papers about information literacy, literacy & media literacy on the IFLA conference website (which takes place in August, but many papers are posted in advance)
* Broad Horizons: The Role of Multimodal Literacy in 21st Century Library Instruction
SEAN CORDES (Western Illinois University, Macomb , USA )
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-cordes-en.pdf
* A method for the design, delivery and evaluation of an information literacy programme for development workers studying Participation, Power and Social Change
MARK HEPWORTH (Loughborough University , Loughborough, United Kingdom) and JULIE BRITTAIN (Institute of Development Studies , Brighton , United Kingdom )
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-hepworth-en.pdf
* Community Learning Centre (CLC): Developing a Learning Society in Bangladesh
SAFIQUL ISLAM (BRAC, Bangladesh)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-islam-en.pdf
* A constructivist approach to media literacy education: The role of the library
KIM E. MOODY (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-moody-en.pdf
* Effects of Online Audio-Book Resources on Library Usage and Reading Preferences and Practices of Young Learners in an Elementary School Library Setting in Hong Kong
PATRICK LO (Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Hong Kong (SAR), China) http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-lo-en.pdf
* Visual literacy: to comics or not to comics? How libraries can promote literacy using comics
LEONÉ TIEMENSMA (Midrand Graduate Institute, Kempton Park, South Africa)
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-tiemensma-en.pdf
* Promote Popular Cultural Literacy throughout the Countryside in China
HUANG QUNQING and XU YIXING (Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China) http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-qunqing-en.pdf

The whole programme is at http://www.ifla.org/annual-conference/ifla75/programme2009-en.php
Photo by Sheila Webber: Tiny tiny strawberries in my garden, July 2009

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