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Presentations from Professor Sheila Corrall and Sheila Webber

Professor Corrall and Sheila Webber have given a number of presentations recently.

Professor Corrall:
  • Information Literacy: The Case for Strategic Engagement: Invited presentation to Rector, Chairmen of Scientific and Pedagogic Councils and other professors, Universidade Nova Lisboa, Lisbon, 16 June 2009
  • Hybrid Roles and Blended Professionals: What competencies are needed and how can they be acquired? Plenary address to SCONUL Annual Conference, Bournemouth, 10 June 2009
  • Exploring the Development of Information Literacy Strategies Plenary address to Network of Government Library and Information Specialists (NGLIS) Annual Conference, London, 3 June 2009

Sheila Webber:

  • Exploring information behaviour in Second Life. Paper presented at the i3 (Information Interactions and Impact) conference held at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 25 June 2009
  • Information Literacy in Second Life: Co-presented with Vicki Cormie and Denny Colledge. Workshop session at the 2009 CoFHE (Colleges of Further and Higher Education group of CILIP) conference, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 19 June 2009. This is on Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/sheilawebber/information-literacy-in-second-life
Sheila Webber has also put two presentations she gave in May 2009 onto Slideshare.

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