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    Issues in equivalence: Information literacy and the distance student
    (Distance Education Association of New Zealand, 2008) Lamond, Heather; White, Bruce
    Information Literacy is a recognised lifelong learning skill, and an expected graduate attribute. With the growth in distance provision of tertiary education it is important to acknowledge the barriers faced by distance students and the difficulties libraries face in delivering equivalent learning opportunities to students who are physically isolated from their institution. This paper outlines the importance of information literacy, the major barriers faced by distance students and makes suggestions as to how institutions and their libraries can better meet their learning needs.
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    Barriers to the use of digital information by university researchers
    (2005) White, Bruce; Gendall, Rae
    The transition of academic libraries from print to electronic resources is well underway and for most scholars non-engagement with the digital environment has ceased to be an option. The demands placed on the computing skills and understanding of the main features of this environment are considerable, however, and a significant proportion of researchers either fail to take advantage of it or are in fact impeded in their work by their minimal skill sets. We examine the barriers to use of the technology and describe our own experience in training university academics to become more fluent users of electronic information resources. A higher level of engagement by both library and computing staff in training and advocacy is suggested.
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    Minding our ps and qs: Issues of property, provenance, quantity and quality in institutional repositories
    (International Association of Technological University Libraries, 2008) White, Bruce
    The development of institutional repositories has opened the path to the mass availability of peer-reviewed scholarly information and the extension of information democracy to the academic domain. A secondary space of free-to-all documents has begun to parallel the hitherto-closed world of journal publishing and many publishers have consented to the inclusion of copyrighted documents in digital repositories, although frequently specifying that a version other than the formally-published one be used. This paper will conceptually examine the complex interplay of rights, permissions and versions between publishers and repositories, focussing on the New Zealand situation and the challenges faced by university repositories in recruiting high-quality peer-reviewed documents for the open access domain. A brief statistical snapshot of the appearance of material from significant publishers in repositories will be used to gauge the progress that has been made towards broadening information availability. The paper will also look at the importance of harvesting and dissemination, in particular the role of Google Scholar in bringing research information within reach of ordinary internet users. The importance of accuracy, authority, provenance and transparency in the presentation of research-based information and the important role that librarians can and should play in optimising the open research discovery experience will be emphasised.
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    Reflections on professional training: A post-Auroran view
    (2008-01-30T22:44:38Z) Lilley, Spencer C
    This paper looks at the relationship between education for librarianship, professional development and leadership training.
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    Ki te Ao Marama, Ki te Ao Matauranga: Into the world of light, into the world of information
    (2008-01-30T22:33:38Z) Lilley, Spencer C; Field, Sheeanda
    As the largest provider of university education to Maori, Massey was challenged in 2003 by the newly appointed Assistant Vice Chancellor (Maori), Professor Mason Durie to become a university where Maori language and culture flourishes, aplace where Maori students are likely, a university where Maori will obtain relevant higher degrees, a university which has the teaching and research capacity to make a substantial contribution to Maori development and a university that provides academic leadership for Maori development. This paper focuses on the development of Maori services at Massey University Library to meet these challenges.
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    Closing the gaps: Maori and information literacy
    (2008-01-30T03:09:42Z) Lilley, Spencer C
    This paper focuses on the reasons why information literacy is a concept that has yet to make an impact on Maori. Although Maori participation as librarians and library users has increased dramatically over the last decade there are still a range of barriers that continue to inhibit access to library and information services for Maori. The relevance of these barriers to the 'information literacy divide' are analysed and actions are identified which will allow a strategy to be created to close the gap.