Literacy Information

A thorough and and readable post which summarises and links to the highlights and lowlights of the law suits brought against J.K. Rowling and the ones she herself has pursued. There is a tenous link with information literacy, since obviously part of being information literate involves knowing how to avoid copyright infringement...
Kluft, D. (2015, 27 August). Harry Potter Lawsuits And Where To Find Them. Trademark and Copyright Law. http://www.trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com/2015/07/harry-potter-lawsuits-and-where-to-find-them/
Photo by Sheila Webber: Dahlia and cosmos, Farmers Market, August 2015

The latest issue of the Journal of academic librarianship (volume 41 no. 4; this is a priced publication) includes
- “It's in the Syllabus”: Identifying Information Literacy and Data Information Literacy Opportunities Using a Grounded Theory Approach by Clarence Maybee, Jake Carlson, Maribeth Slebodnik, Bert Chapman
- Beyond Embedded: Creating an Online-Learning Community Integrating Information Literacy and Composition Courses by Mary Beth Burgoyne, Kim Chuppa-Cornell
- Creation and Use of Intellectual Works in the Academic Environment: Students' Knowledge About Copyright and Copyleft by Enrique Muriel-Torrado, Juan-Carlos Fernández-Molina
- Student, Librarian, and Instructor Perceptions of Information Literacy Instruction and Skills in a First Year Experience Program: A Case Study by Sung Un Kim, David Shumaker
- Demographic Differences in International Students' Information Source Uses and Everyday Information Seeking Challenges by Sei-Ching Joanna Sin
- Establishing a Participatory Library Model: A Grounded Theory Study by Linh Cuong Nguyen
- Foregrounding the Research Log in Information Literacy Instruction by Louise R. Fluk
The issue page is at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00991333/41/4
Photo by Sheila Webber: bee, July 2015

A card game to help teach (UK) copyright was developed by Chris Morrison, Naomi Korn and Jane Secker for a SCONUL seminar and the material to create the card game is available on the repository JORUM under a creative commons (CC-BY-NC-SA) licence. There are instructions for tutors, a file of the cards to print and explanation for the learners. Go to http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/19369
Photo by Sheila Webber: "Lost item" series: lost plush big cat, April 2015 (fyi the last lost item was rescued, cleaned and adopted)