The National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region (NN/LM PSR) Computer Training Lab is available free of charge to UCLA Library staff for classes and demonstrations utilizing computers. The training lab contains 13 Dell Optiplex GX620 workstations (including the instructor’s workstation) with 2 GB RAM and Windows XP. There are 24 chairs available for students, a projector screen, and a dry-erase board.

Software available on the computers include Microsoft Office XP, Firefox, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and other multimedia software including plugins such as Acrobat Reader, Shockwave/Flash, Media Players, etc. We may be able to accommodate the installation of specific software.

The training lab is located at 12-077 Center for the Health Sciences, on the 12th level of the Biomedical Library. It is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Other UCLA departments are welcome to use the training lab but will be charged the following fees:

Room Charges (for UCLA Affiliates):

• 4-hour event (or less) = $75 (includes up to 1 hour of labor for setup prior to event)
• 8-hour event = $100 (includes up to 1 hour of labor for setup prior to event)
• Each additional day for same event = $50
• Additional software setup fee (beyond included hour) = $50/hour

For more information or to make a reservation, please contact Jessica Lake at (310) 825-3280 or jelake@library.ucla.edu.

Get Your Ideas Published - Call for Papers from Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) www.comminfolit.org

CIL, a new, independent, professional, refereed electronic journal dedicated to advancing knowledge, theory, and research in the area of information literacy, is soliciting papers for their Fall 2007 issue. Submission deadline is August 1, 2007. The journal is committed to the principles of information literacy as set forth by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Additionally, CIL is committed to the principles of open access for academic research.

The editors of CIL continually accept manuscripts for review. CIL seeks manuscripts on subject matter of interest to professionals in the area of higher education who are committed to advancing information literacy. Manuscripts may be theoretical, research-based, or of a practical nature. Some suggested topics include, but are by no means limited to:

• Definitions and standards for IL
• Pedagogies and learning theories
• Assessment
• Developing an IL strategy within your institution
• Designing an IL program
• Lesson planning
• Classroom instruction
• Online instruction
• Instructional competencies

It is recommended that prospective authors query the CIL editors before submitting their works, but it is not necessary. Prospective authors may query the Editors-in-Chief at: editors@comminfolit.org.

CIL is published twice annually, with Spring and Fall issues, and with some articles being published in advance of the journal as they complete the review process. This ensures timely publication of all new material.

For more information contact Chris Hollister at cvh2@buffalo.edu.

PRIMO Sites of the Month

Beyond the Walls of Your Library: How to Find Books and More
www.niagara.edu/library/tutorial/tutorial.html

Interview with Emily Hart, Project Manager Western New York Library Resources Council
Interviewer: Sharon Elteto Description: "Beyond the Walls of Your Library: How to Find Books and More," was created by the Western New York Library Resources Council, Storyboard Team. The team received grant funding through the Western New York Library Resources Council. The objective was to create a tutorial that would serve various types of libraries across Western New York, helping them to explore different methods of instruction and to reach out to users in exciting new ways. The objective of the tutorial is to teach Western New York library users to locate and obtain materials beyond their local libraries. The services described include:

• WNYLibraries (previously referred to as the Western New York Virtual Union Catalog)
• WorldCat, Infopass
• InterLibrary Loan.

Although these services vary in use across libraries in Western New York, the concept of libraries sharing materials is a central theme for all libraries; therefore the tutorial was designed to be adaptable to meet the needs of individual libraries. The tutorial depicts the story of a library user who is going through the process of locating information. In order to engage the user in the story, the tutorial includes audio, video, and gaming or assessment components, ultimately moving away from tutorials that are highly textual.

Searching the Pharmacology Literature mmiweb.mmi.mcgill.ca/dev/LorieKLODA/HealthLib-Instruction.htm

Description: The goal of the online tutorial, "Searching the Pharmacology Literature," is to provide the student with the information and resources necessary to support self-directed learning. The content is designed to assist the student in locating, retrieving, evaluating, and using pharmacology information.

To read the full interviews for both projects and to browse the archive of previous profiles, please see www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/emergingtech/site/index.htm.

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