The scientific literature represents a rich source for retrieval of knowledge on associations between biomedical concepts such as genes, diseases and cellular processes. A commonly used method to establish relationships between biomedical concepts from literature is co-occurrence. Apart from its use …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance for libraries to address the issue of media literacy in the internet age. The library must claim its key expert role in the field of literacy. The library can function as a platform and playground for consuming and producing media content. …

Het doel van dit is boek is om de lezer te wijzen op de gevarieerde en innovatieve methodes om de 'lessen' informatievaardigheden, die reeds geïntegreerd zijn in het curriculum, te beoordelen en na die beoordeling (eventueel) te verbeteren.

The main purpose of the research was the development and testing of an assessment tool for the grading of Dutch students' performance in information problem solving during their study tasks. Scholarly literature suggests that an analytical scoring rubric would be a good tool for this.Described in this …

This paper focuses on the changes in education and their implication for the university library. The impact of Avans's strategic educational vision on the design and lay-out of the buildings. Especially Xplora, the Learning Centre of Avans, will be described. The three locations of the Avans Learning …

Een eigen Library Dashboard met grafisch schitterend vormgegeven interactieve kerncijfers over de bibliotheek. Het kán een sterk marketinginstrument zijn waarmee je tot in detail de sterke punten kunt etaleren. Dus… verzamel de statistieken en ga aan de slag!

Het artikel gaat over het betrekken van leerlingen bij het onderwijs en over het belang van het 'geven van een stem' aan kinderen. Het artikel beschrijft een methodiek om kinderen een stem te geven aan de hand van praktijkvoorbeelden

Twitterende bibliotheken zijn op 1 oktober wereldwijd in het zonnetje gezet. Zes Nederlandse informatieprofessionals hadden die dag uitgeroepen tot de follow a library-dag om positieve aandacht te vragen.

This paper is a report of a review conducted to provide an overview of the evidence in the literature on task-oriented training of stroke survivors and its relevance in daily nursing practice. Background: Stroke is the second leading cause of death and one of the leading causes of adult disability in …

In The Guardian, Alan Rushbridger compared the future of newspapers to climate change. Five years ago, many climatologists were sceptical whether climate change was a real and serious issue. Today, most scientists agree that global warm ing is a fact of life. In the world of newspapers, at present, almost …