Las tareas que los niños mbyà realizan en el monte y en el campo para la reproducción familiar doméstica, son escasamente reconocidas como experiencias formativas tanto desde el sentido común como desde la producción académica. Más frecuentemente se las define…

Three years ago we started the project "Information Management for Knowledge Creation". The project was initiated to create online information literacy modules for PhD students. The result of our endeavours, PhD on Track, will be launched in May 2013. The…

This special issue of the Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education summarizes the conference Creating Knowledge VII held in Lund, Sweden, August 14-16, 2013. The conference was hosted by Lund University Libraries in cooperation with NordINFOLIT. The title…

Shibli Nu’mani, a late 19th century scholar, advocated a balanced educational philosophy for the Muslims in India. While most of his contemporaries wanted to teach traditional education to make Muslims retain their religious identity in the changed political situation, others…

Assessment of students in the learning process may have several reasons (knowledge assessment, ranking etc.). One reason presented in this article would be to use the assessment as a way to enhance learning. At Stockholm University Library, PhD-students in Chemistry…

Scientific writing is an important aspect of the student's education. Writing requires the student to give reference sources in a proper manner in accordance with a certain style. Experience has found that the process to deal with different styles requires…

This paper presents a PhD-course called "Kick start to academic life - Information Management and Publication Process for Social Scientists", a collaboration between the Social Sciences Faculty Library at Lund University and professors at the Faculty. The objective of the…

Previous experience, literature reviews, as well as continuous contacts with the Schools of Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) have led us to assume the following statements for the Information literacy (IL) education at BTH: Information literacy is a generic skill…

Our aim is to highlight and exemplify the value of collaboration across professional borders concerning information literacy and academic writing. We believe that by supporting our students in their development of information literacy, we also contribute to a deeper subject…

At Hulebäck's Upper Secondary School, one fundamental goal is 'learning to learn'. An essential prerequisite for this is information literacy. We show how teachers and school librarians by cooperating in developing assignments can improve student's information literacy based on Carol…