| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
Information Today
April 17, 2008 |
ALA Releases `The State of America's Libraries' Report Libraries of all kinds continue to be "engines of learning, literacy, and economic development in communities nationwide."   |
Information Today
January 30, 2014 |
Credo Facilitates Information Literacy Instruction Credo launched a cloud-based Information Literacy Course Module designed to help libraries and academic institutions teach formalized, standards-driven information literacy courses. |
Information Today
March 28, 2013 |
EveryoneOn Launches to Promote Digital Literacy March 21, 2013 marked the launch of Everyone On -- a national campaign to promote the importance of digital literacy skills and increase access to computer and internet training. |
Information Today
July 22, 2014 |
OCLC Gets Grant to Promote Early Literacy in Public Libraries OCLC's project will increase libraries' awareness of the new service model and help library staff members and administrators support their early literacy services. |
Information Today
October 21, 2014
Barbie E. Keiser |
Gale Wants to Know How Libraries Positively Impact Communities Career Online High School delivers accredited education to public libraries. Gale's customer care and training teams partner with libraries as they encourage students to join and as they enroll them in the program. |
Information Today
March 3, 2015 |
e-Libro Facilitates Information Literacy Instruction in Spanish Spanish-language ebooks solution e-Libro will offer free information literacy tools in Spanish and English for libraries of all types. |
Information Today
May 14, 2015 |
Gale Helps Middle School Students With Information Literacy Gale launched Research In Context, an online, multimedia (images, audio, video, and primary sources, etc.) research tool for middle school students. |
Information Today
April 9, 2015 |
Gale and EveryLibrary Raise Awareness of Library Resources Gale and EveryLibrary partnered for a media campaign designed to increase awareness of libraries' importance in economic development and their role in the discovery of information. |
Information Today
January 27, 2015 |
Gale Introduces New Apps for Analytics on Demand Gale, part of Cengage Learning, added three apps to Analytics on Demand, its Big Data analytics solution for public libraries. |
Information Today
April 19, 2012 |
New Multimedia Tools Help Museums, Libraries Support 21st Century Skills The Institute of Museum and Library Services revamped the webpage for its Museums, Libraries, and 21 st Century Skills initiative. Museums and libraries visiting the page will now be able organize 21 st-century skills workshops in their communities. |
Information Today
January 16, 2014 |
Gale Brings High School Diploma Program to Public Libraries Gale, part of Cengage Learning, teamed up with Career Online High School to create an accredited high school diploma program that is now available to Gale's public library partners across the country. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2004 |
PLATO Advanced Writing Process and Practice PLATO Learning has two new products designed to improve students' literacy skills. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
Linking to Literacy Lessons A new free Web service from Follett Software Company, www.pathwaysmodel.com, provides teachers and librarians with direct links to an annotated list of Web sites that a group of educators discovered to aid in the teaching of literacy skills... |
D-Lib
Bob Bolick |
Ebook Literacy The real excitement will begin when ebooks are fully embedded in the Web or in pre-configured digital libraries, because the literacy of browsing, choosing, and searching will bring that other literacy -- the literacy of the book -- under the pressure of immediate contextuality... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2004
Maurizio & Wilson |
Policymakers and 21st Century Skills Our nation's well-being throughout this century will be determined by how well we prepare our students today. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, a unique public-private collaboration of leading business, education and government groups offer five key recommendations. |
Information Today
January 30, 2012 |
Credo Reference Introduces Literati by Credo Literati by Credo is a collaborative research platform that promotes research effectiveness and information literacy by combining Credo's content with innovative library-centric technology. |
Information Today
June 21, 2012 |
Gale Brings Online Education Program to Public Libraries Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced a new program, ed2go for public libraries that brings turnkey online training and education solutions to the public library market. |
Information Today
February 3, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Update on Gale -- Mobile, Global, and In Context At the recent ALA Midwinter meeting, I caught up with Nader Qaimari, senior vice president, marketing, Cengage Learning, to talk about recent developments at Gale and get a peek at some forthcoming products. |
Information Today
October 20, 2011 |
Pew Research Center Unveils New Initiative on Libraries in Digital Age The Pew Research Center announced plans to study how the role of public libraries is changing in the digital age and how library patrons' needs and expectations are shifting. |
Information Today
May 20, 2014
Barbie E. Keiser |
Give Your Library the Edge The Edge Initiative is a toolkit designed to help public libraries "demonstrate how their work adds value and supports strong outcomes" in the communities they serve. |
Information Today
September 10, 2012 |
OCLC's WebJunction Receives Operating Grant From The Gates Foundation OCLC received a $4.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support 5 years of ongoing operations of WebJunction, the learning place for libraries. |
Information Today
May 7, 2007 |
Thomson Gale Launches New Social Issues Site Thomson Gale has introduced a new reference Web site called WiseTo Social Issues, a site dedicated to comprehensively exploring today's hottest and most divisive topics. |
Information Today
July 29, 2014 |
ALA Survey Reveals Statistics on Technology in Libraries The survey found that almost 100% of U.S. public libraries provide workforce development training programs, online resources for finding jobs, and other technology skills training. |
Information Today
January 14, 2016 |
Gale Offers Libraries Interactive Science Products for Students Gale launched three new science products for academic and school libraries that are designed to help students understand science beyond simply reading their textbooks. |
Information Today
March 19, 2012 |
Gale Aims to Transform the Online Library Experience With Gateways Designed to represent the unique way in which a community interacts with its public library, Gale Gateways bring together thematic products and services to provide an organized approach to help patrons find and use information. |
Information Today
July 1, 2010 |
Gale Announces Next Generation of Online Resources Designed as an online learning environment, the resources will deliver accurate, authoritative content that builds collaboration from the library to the classroom. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2005 |
Two New Releases from Plato Learning Completing their Writing Process and Practice series, Plato Learning has released two new products designed to improve students' literacy and writing skills. |
Information Today
December 17, 2009 |
Gale Announces New iPhone Application for Library Research AccessMyLibrary, an advocacy program, is a portal from the internet to libraries, allowing web searchers to find what they need by connecting them to their local libraries. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 14, 2009
David Nagel |
Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting. |
Information Today
October 20, 2015 |
Boopsie Caters to Small and Rural Libraries Boopsie for Libraries released Express, a feature set for its mobile app specifically for small and rural public libraries serving less than 25,000 patrons. |
Information Today
February 5, 2015 |
Gale Increases Its Primary Sources Content Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced that several Gale Digital Collections for academic and special libraries are now available on the Gale Artemis: Primary Sources platform. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2002
Nancy Csapo |
Certification of Computer Literacy The International Computer Driving License provides standards that let individuals participate in a global digital society. |
Nursing Management
November 2011
Mary Ann Remshardt |
The Impact of Patient Literacy on Healthcare Practices With regard to patient teaching, how can healthcare personnel be certain that patients understand concepts basic to informed consent, hospital safety, dietary restrictions, and prescription information? |
D-Lib
April 2006
Bonita Wilson |
Change and the Need for Innovation Numerous challenges face libraries and other information organizations in this time of rapid change in both technology and culture. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000 |
PC Software for Beginners For newcomers to computers and the Internet, Teknimedia Corp. offers a series of interactive CD-ROM tutorials to build computer literacy.... |
Information Today
June 18, 2012 |
Credo Reference Launches Literati Public Literati Public, developed in close partnership with public librarians, is a highly customizable solution that promotes the mission of public libraries by combining Credo's content with newly developed platform technology. |
Information Today
June 21, 2010 |
IMLS Launches National Campaign to Promote Community Engagement The national campaign, Making the Learning Connection, is intended to help communities assess their needs and contribute to a shared vision for 21st century learning. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Hans Roes |
Digital Libraries and Education: Trends and Opportunities This article attempts to identify strategic issues for libraries wishing to pursue a more active policy with regard to the changes affecting higher education due to the increased use of information and communication technologies... |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2008 |
Mia Reading: The Bugaboo Bugs by Kutoka Interactive This new line of educational software focuses on enhancing literacy skills of children ages 5 to 9. |
Information Today
July 16, 2009 |
Gale and K12, Inc. to Develop New Language Learning Products Power-Glide Language Courses, Inc. (known as powerspeaK 12), a subsidiary of K 12, Inc., will develop web-based language courses, which Gale will distribute exclusively to the library market. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2006 |
District-Vendor Partnerships Grant awards technology-based learning project to denver academy. |
Entrepreneur
February 2007 |
Leading Edge Running a company takes more than just business skills. |
ONLINE
Nov./Dec. 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective. |
D-Lib
June 2008 |
A New Website Devoted to Envisioning the Future of Libraries In an information world in which Google apparently offers us everything, what place is there for the traditional, and even the digital, library? |
Information Today
May 17, 2012 |
Wolper to Distribute Gale Products to Special Library Market Wolper, the first subscription agency to sell Gale products, will expand distribution of key resources by offering them to libraries and individuals within corporations, medical and healthcare facilities, government agencies, and nonprofit institutions. |
Information Today
March 25, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
Gale Announces New Initiatives Gale VP and general manager Jim Draper notes, "Our new products and services ... have broadened our scope beyond traditional library resources to help libraries solve real and emerging problems and create tangible outcomes for their users." |
Information Today
September 29, 2011 |
Gale Introduces Gale Business Insights: Global The resource is designed for undergraduate and graduate business school students, as well as academic faculty, librarians, and professional researchers. |
Information Today
July 23, 2015 |
Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2006 |
Read All About It! Here's a list of Reading First vendors are supplying educators with tools to advance student literacy. |
Information Today
December 10, 2015 |
NLM Rolls Out Health Literacy Instrument Resource Researchers can use it to select a health literacy research instrument and learn background information, as well as compare various instruments. |
