Information Literacy in WV - Blog
A short video that explains the development of this blog and its purpose. This brief tour of the blog is designed to orient potential blog contributors to its features and to encourage librarians interested in information literacy in West Virginia t

Info Literacy 5. Using a Library Catalog
Features in a library catalog; look and feel of the user interface; advanced searching; federated searching; information in catalog records; search tips. NOTE: Program notes are available at: http://tinyurl.com/ILNotes.

American Civic Literacy Test 2008
In Spring 2008, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute [ISI] administered a 33-question, basic civic literacy test. On average, 2,508 randomly selected Americans failed. On Election Day 2008 ISI posed the following questions to voters. www.Am

World Literacy of Canada's Adult Literacy Program
In South Asia, and particularly in Uttar Pradesh, the Indian state in which WLC is focused, literacy rates are extremely low. In UP, according to census 2001 survey, the literacy rate for males was 68.8% and among adult women, the literacy rate was

Financial Literacy 101: UWSP Pilot Episode
This is the very first show that launched the UWSP on local cable stations in NYC Sept 2006. Since airing online in Feb. 2007, nearly 20,000 viewers have tuned in via the Internet! This premiere show addresses the basic fundamentals of financial l

Info Literacy 8. Online Periodical Databases
Accessing content in periodicals. Identifying the defining characteristics and features of periodical databases including scope and dates of coverage and subject-specific databases. Illustrating features in one database each from EBSCO and ProQuest .

John Hope Bryant on financial literacy and fighting poverty
John Hope Brant, founder of Project HOPE, answers The Davos Question, remiding that we are all entrepreuners and that the world's leading entrepreuners were once poor. Bryant ties issues of financial illiteracy not only to the poor, but to the middle

Lifelong Literacy, Camelot PSA
*edit* I DO NOT KNOW WHO DID THE MUSIC!! Instead of constantly asking here why not WRITE the nice folk at http://www.loc.gov/literacy/ and ask THEM, I wager you'll find out a lot faster then asking here. In an effort to inspire young people to b

The Grinch And The Quest For Literacy
Merry Christmas!! In case anyone is wondering what the future holds for N.S. Films, this was just something I did completely spur of the moment. As far as new material is concerned, this account is still essentially dead. There may be other videos

World Literacy of Canada's Social Entreprise Program
The term 'Social Enterprise' implies a linking of business ventures to achieving social good. In the case of WLC, our 'social enterprise' program consists of assisting poor women in developing new methods of income generation, especially through sma