NJLA Conference Program - Information Literacy Progression Standards

Are you interested in information literacy?

Are you planning to attend the NJLA Conference on Wednesday April 29?

If so, please arrive early so that you can come to the 9:00 a.m. Discussion Forum in Atlantic IV.

Over recent months, a Task Force of NJ librarians has been working on a set of progression standards for students in two and four year colleges. We would very much like to receive your feedback on the document, which can be found (until May 1) at: http://senduit.com/f16062

If you cannot attend the session, but would still like to contribute feedback, please email me with your comments by May 8.

Hope to see you at the NJLA Conference.

Jacqui DaCosta
Eleonora Dubicki
Gary Schmidt

Crowd Forms Against an Algorithm

This weekend, the New York Times published a small article by Motoko Rich on another of amazon.com's algorithmic blunders.

I've always been interested in how our indexing and cataloging practices censor information--unintentional or not. What's really interesting in this example, however, is the extent to which the twittersphere allowed for the digital panic police to let this story burn like wild fire across the wooded plains of the interwebs.

Check it out: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/weekinreview/19rich.html

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