One newspaper’s digital literacy campaign
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One UK newspaper is teaching digital literacy online and live, boosting a critical aspect of young students’ information literacy.
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The Truth About Carbohydrates: a free lecture at the Health Library
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Free lecture on “the truth about carbohydrates” at the Hope Fox Eccles Health Library this month.
Read ArticlePoor health literacy knows no boundaries
Low health literacy knows no boundary — just watch this video.
Read ArticleUsing mobile phones to strengthen diagnostic services
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A recent study (Tuijn, Hoefman et al. 2011) sought to “determine the feasibility of using mobile phones for capturing microscopy images and transferring these to a central database for assessment, […]
Read ArticleUpcoming webinar for librarians
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News of upcoming webinar to help librarians refresh and extend health literature searching skills to better support patrons. It is free and open to all interested librarians and library staff.
Read ArticleEccles Library Holiday Hours
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Eccles Library will be on reduced hours beginning Sunday, December 18, 2011 through Sunday, January 8, 2012.
Read ArticleTeaching information literacy with a focus on news
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As reported on PBS’s News Hour, a four-year-old program known as the News Literacy Project is being taught “to middle and high school students in 21 inner-city and suburban schools […]
Read ArticleRemotely checking newborns in intensive care: expensive but worth it
As reported in iMedicalApps, a number of neonatal intensive care units (NICU for short) in hospitals around the country have implemented Nicview, a system that allows parents to check-in on […]
Read ArticleResearch log: learning from experience
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In a recent blog post, Meredith Farkas, author of Social Software in Libraries, points out that students doing research often do not take the time to reflect on their experience […]
Read ArticleConstruction notice: HSEB parking garage closure
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The HSEB parking garage will be closed Sun., 12/8-11/11 so a construction crane can be assembled.
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