Websites relevant to skills training for Oxford University
Training requirements for research students from the Research Councils
Oxford University. Educational Policy and Standards Committee
Aspire and the Skills Portal linked via the OU Careers Service
Useful websites for information literacy
Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching (Cardiff University)
The Information Literacy Website
LILAC Conference 2008 (presentations available)
SCONUL Hot topic: information literacy
UKEIG Group (UK e-Information Group) Website
UKEIG Group (UK e-Information Group) WIKI
Making Your Teaching Inclusive (Open University website)
LearnHigher : Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Unesco Information Literacy Resources Directory www.infolitglobal.info/
Webjunction (American website organised by OCLC which includes useful online resources)
Information literacy tutorials
Engage in Research (tutorial from Reading University)
Newsletters and journals
Communications in Information Literacy
Elucidate (online newsletter for members of the CILIP UKEIG)
ESCalate bulletin (HE Academy)
Freepint (online newsletter which usually includes interesting articles about web developments)
Journal of Information Literacy
JISC Collections (the newsletter covers news about new resources, ongoing negotiations and other information and reports.)
Interesting papers:
Hull D, Pettifer SR, Kell DB (2008) Defrosting the Digital Library: Bibliographic Tools for the Next Generation Web. PLoS Comput Biol 4(10): e1000204. http://tinyurl.com/692uh3
Key reports
Horizon report 2009 [describing relevant emerging technologies] - New Media Consortium and EDUCAUSE
Researchers and discovery services - RIN
Ensuring a bright future for research libraries - RIN
Learning outcomes and information literacy - SCONUL
Information behaviour of the researcher of the future - UCL
Sharing, privacy and trust in our networked world - OCLC
Studying students: the Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester - ALA
Understanding information literacy: A primer - UNESCO
Websites of relevance to specific resources
Intute: Virtual training suite for effective internet searching
Writings about e-book publishing (compiled by Chris Armstrong)
Examples of Library blogs:
Worcester
University College, Dublin
University College, London - Politics and Art blogs
General librarianship websites
ACRLog : Association of College and Research Libraries: blogging by and for academic librarians
ALISS: Social Science Librarians Group [good section on links for induction and information skills]
Library Related Conferences (compiled by Marian Dworaczek)
The Skills Exchange (a place for librarians and information workers to meet and exchange ideas)
Useful academic websites
Useful tools
Meetomatic (allows easy arrangement of meeting dates)
MWSnap (useful free download which allows you to do screen captures)
