NILRC News & Thoughts to Share

21st-Century Skills Movement Grows

21st-century skills movement grows
Illinois, Louisiana, and Nevada became the latest states to join the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), a national effort to integrate 21st-century skills into teaching and learning to prepare students for a global, information-based economy. P21 made the announcement at the end of a recent Cyber Summit, which ran online June 1–9. The summit featured a series of nine webinars that gave educators a chance to collaborate and learn from colleagues who have implemented 21st-century skills programs....
eSchool News, June 22

Students say using tech to cheat isn't cheating New poll reveals students use cell phones, internet to cheat; parents are unaware

A new poll conducted by the nonprofit organization Common Sense Media suggests that students are using cell phones and the internet to cheat on school exams. What's surprising, however, is not just the alarming number of students who say they cheat, but also the number of students who think it's OK to do so.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/news-by-subject/research/index.cfm?i=59295

The Library Web Site of the Future by Steven Bell

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/02/17/bell

Academic librarians want their Web sites to attract faculty and students the way flowers invite insects for a visit. The urge to plunge into the cornucopia of electronic riches that lies waiting in the library’s highly organized portal should be irresistible. Exclusive research databases, costly electronic journals and digital books and treasures lay in wait for those who need and are willing to seek them out.

ALA Screencast on Stimulus Money for Libraries

ALA's Washington Office has shared the first of a few screencasts on libraries and Recovery Act

of 2009.  See the first screencast at:

http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2660

JWB

Oakton's Pamela Hegg Wins ITC's Outstanding Distance Learning Faculty Award

Robin Nash (left) and Pamela Hegg, Oakton Community College, posed after

Pam won the ITC's Outstanding Distance Learning Faculty Award presented at 

e-Learning 2009 Conference in Portland, OR in February.

Intentional Upheaval: ACRL Report Says Libraries Must Turn Crisis into Opportunity

Originally designed as an “environmental scan” to generate discussion at the ACRL 14^th National Conference, held March 12-15, in Seattle, WA, the report was instead released after the show, and reworked as a strategy guide "in the wake of dramatic economic developments."

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Reference Trends Survey Results

Download Reference trends survey summary 090302

Congrats Moraine Valley

NILRC member, Moraine Valley Community College has been recognized by ACRL with the 2009 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award.   Congrats to MVCC!  Way to go!

Moraine Valley Information Literacy Web site

We wanted to share one effort at Moraine Valley to encourage information literacy skills and share resources with faculty members: Moraine Valley Information Literacy Web site.

10 Web Sites That Will Matter in 2009

For sure, 2008 was the year of Twitter, Facebook and Hulu. Here are 10 new or up-and-coming sites that have a good shot at emerging as the fastest growing and most buzz-worthy of 2009.

Complete article online:
http://www.cio.com/article/477597/_Web_Sites_That_Will_Matter_in_