New academic project shows that users trust librarians when it comes to evaluating information. In their opinion, librarians have better credibility then Google.
A Pew Internet survey explores how people approach the search for information. What are the implications for librarians tasked with improving digital and information literacy?
Wiki is for anyone in education including teachers, students, and parents. The teachers can create their wiki pages and assign home work to the students, create discussions to get the students opinion. Students and teachers can add and edit the pages. It is a wonderful way to create student centered collaborative learning environment.
Librarians, in case you hadn't heard, are essential members of society -- likely to expand minds wherever they go -- and, as such, are fully worthy of hero worship (whether they're among the coolest librarians alive or just pretty cool).