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In this issue:
Events & News
Features
Search Tips & Tools
Cool Zone
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May – June 2010
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| Events & News |
Quick snapshot of NLBA courses and programmes since the start of 2010
What a ride it has been for 2010 for the NLB Academy. Since the start of the year, we have been busy running courses for school students and teachers, and this has not abated until today.
The students and teachers picked up skills in a number of courses provided by the NLB Academy (NLBA), ranging from promoting their libraries, to fast internet searching, and also valuable project work skills.
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21st Century Literacies: Project Work, Information and Media Literacy
For the “Netgeners”, computers and other technology–enhanced gadgets are their daily essential tools. The level of sophistication in the way they communicate using modern technology is, arguably, enviable. However, to be IT-savvy does not necessarily mean they are smart users of information and technology. The “cut and paste” is fast becoming a habit without guilt among the young people. That leaves us to wonder whether such skill does have its ethical values of originality and sincerity.
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Creative Commons for Users
IMAGINE this: you have to create a Powerpoint slideshow for work (or a school project). You download an image from the Internet and use it in your slides. You take weeks to prepare for your work. Your colleagues (or teachers) congratulate you for your efforts. You post your work on the Internet. One day, you receive an email saying that you have infringed on someone’s Copyright.
This is a hypothetical example, yet it could be true. It could happen to you.
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The Invisible Web (or Deep Web): The Quickest Ways to Getting to Scholarly Articles
As illustrated in our last article, searching for information published on the Internet can be easy. By using a combination of the right keywords and certain commands, your retrieved lists are drastically reduced and become manageable.
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NLB's e-Resources
Our electronic resources extend the physical boundaries of our library space virtually offering library users 24-7 access to information and knowledge, anytime and anywhere they would like to have it. Whether it’d be games for kids or the latest business news - all this and more is online just waiting to be discovered.
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