Can we consider poetry as an act of recovery and the simultaneous 'unbinding' of a tale? For the American poet, Michael Palmer, these two apparently conflicting possibilities become mutually dependent strategies.
How does a language die? What is the premonitory that leads to that death and who is culpable? Forget momentarily the well-intentioned optimism of draft legislatures and bilingual mandates. Gwyneth Lewis gives the reader ...
In considering Hejinian’s poetry, I will attempt to examine how this transformative approach to theory and practice is orchestrated within the structure of the poetry book. Furthermore, this essay ...
This article discusses how the trend towards
new approaches in teaching and learning such as
problem-based learning are radically impacting
on librarians.
Research was conducted on the impact of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) on the information seeking and literacy of veterinary students at University College Dublin. Data was collected using both quantitative and qualitative ...
The article highlights the Veterinary Library of the University College Dublin (UCD) in Dublin, Ireland. It relates that the library is an integrated and central element in the veterinary medicine programme at the UCD and ...
Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to generate discussion on the necessity for document
delivery services to re-position themselves, thus “adding value” within the information chain.
Approach: Empirical, based ...
Purpose: To report on the 10th ILDS conference held in Singapore
Approach – Descriptive
Findings – That the conference was very successful and that contrary to rumours interlending and document supply is alive and well ...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper it to outline current resource-sharing initiatives in Irish academic libraries that support increased research activity
in line with national policy. This paper aims to point to the ...
A shift in tertiary education is acknowledged and this article discusses the implications for librarians engaged in information literacy support. The article demonstrates why liaison librarians need to scan and tailor new ...
This article outlines the development of a school information resources development policy and illustrates how these policies can be used to further liaison among
academic libraries, to market library resources to our ...
Most of us use internet-sourced information in order to live in this global, electronic age. We communicate, share information, apply for jobs, do research, book holidays and listen to music and the ability to handle ...
Patterson, Avril(Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, 2009-06)
The purpose of this research was to establish the baseline information literacy of incoming
postgraduate research students, which in turn could inform the development of information literacy provision to support research. ...