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National ACRL Instruction Section Update: Share & Promote Programs

Have you recently discovered a new continuing education opportunity that you wish to share with other instruction librarians?

Is your organization or library offering instruction related continuing education opportunities?

Visit and contribute to the ACRL Instruction Section Professional Education Committee wiki.

This national group maintains a list of continuing education programs related to library instruction [...]

NELIG Annual Program: Meeting Digital Natives Where They Are: New Standards for the New Student

The New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG) is pleased to announce its annual program, which will be held Friday, June 4th, 2010 at Yale University’s West Campus in Orange, CT.  This year’s program, “Meeting Digital Natives Where They Are: New Standards for the New Student,” will explore the ways that librarians are rethinking information literacy [...]

Smart Text Searching in EBSCO

Whatever your feelings are on EBSCO’s exclusive licensing agreements (http://www.gale.cengage.com/fairaccess/), it is undeniable that EBSCO provides an easy to use search interface. A few years ago they introduced an additional search feature (under the “Search Options” Toolbar) called “SmartText searching.” SmartText searching is a natural language search strategy that allows the user to [...]

NELIG Leadership Opportunities 2010-2011

We are seeking enthusiastic and energetic librarians to take on leadership roles within the New England Library Instruction Group. Sara Marks of Fitchburg State College is currently Vice-Chair/Co-Chair Elect and will assume the role of NELIG Chair on June 4th. Incoming Chair or Co-Chair-elects will work with Sara next year then take on the Chair/Co-Chair [...]