Epigeum Implementation Seminar & Workshops - July 16th, 2009

The LNSS project will host a seminar and workshops day on the 16th of July 2009 to discuss the implementation of 'Epigeum Online Skills' in Third Level Institutions. LIT will be hosting this event in the LIT Board Room. Further details will follow shortly.

New Course - Digitisation, June 5th 2009

U.L. will be hosting an LNSS course on Digitisation in the Kemmy Business School on the 5th of June, 2009. The course will introduce topics relevant to digital imaging such as imaging tools and technologies, strategies and best practices for digitisation, metadata etc. For further details on this course, please refer to the Programme of Events on the LNSS website (www.lit.ie/lnss)

International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference - Toronto, May 25th-28th 2009

Jerald Cavanagh and Padraig Kirby, LIT, will be giving a presentation to the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference in Toronto, Canada, on May 25th-28th on behalf of the LNSS Project. The theme of the conference will be 'Promoting Research across the Disciplines'. Details of the presentation to follow on the LNSS website (www.lit.ie/lnss)

New Course - 'Web 2.0: Building on the Basics', 28th May 2009

The next LNSS course will be held in UL Glucksman Library on Thursday 28th May. The course will explore Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, RSS feeds, tagging, searching etc. For further information, please look under the Programme of Events on the Staff Development page of the LNSS website. (www.lit.ie/lnss)

Information Literacy Presentation in Brasov, Romania - 13th to 15th May 2009

Jerald Cavanagh and Padraig Kirby, LIT, have travelled to Brasov, Romania to give a presentation on LNSS's use of Reusable Learning Resources within the Information Literacy project. Details of the presentation should be available soon on the LNSS website.

LILAC Conference Presentation (30th March - 1st April)

Jerald Cavanagh and Padraig Kirby, LIT, recently gave a presentation at the LILAC Conference in Cardiff on the Information Literacy facet of the LNSS Project. The presentation gives a comprehensive overview of the LNSS Information Literacy project with background information, current information literacy developments and future I.L. goals for LNSS.
To see the full presentation, please go to the Publications page of the LNSS website (www.lit.ie/lnss) and click on ' Jerald Cavanagh & Padraig Kirby's presentation at LILAC Librarian's Information Literacy Annual Conference Cardiff 30th of March - 1st of April 2009. '

New Course - 'Designing and Implementing Portals' - May 7th

A course on designing and implementing information portals will be held on Thursday, 7th of May, in U.L. For full details, please go to the Staff Development page on www.lnss.ie/lit , and search under the Programme of Events.

New Course - 'Train the Trainer'

The next LNSS course will be 'Train the Trainer / Teaching Skills' and will be held in the Absolute Hotel, Limerick, on Thursday 23rd of April.
U.L. manage the Regional Network for Staff Development and Lindsay Mitchell, Helena Feighan and Karen Sainsbury have organised an excellent series of training courses for this year.
For further information on available training courses, please go to the Staff Development page on the LNSS website (www.lit.ie/lnss ) and look upthe Programme of Events.

Welcome!

Welcome to the LNSS Blog! In this blog, we will keep you informed of exciting new developments in the LNSS Project, including progress on our Information Literacy modules, upcoming training events provided by the Regional Network for Staff Development, and updates to our website. Please feel free to add comments, ask questions or suggest improvements! For further information on the LNSS project, why not have a browse through the LNSS website at : www.lit.ie/lnss