No End In Sight – Information Skills For Academics And Researchers

White, Bruce and Gendall, Rae and Naidoo, Kogi No End In Sight – Information Skills For Academics And Researchers., 2004 . In 3rd International Lifelong Learning Conference, Yeppoon, Central Queensland (Australia), 13-16 June 2004. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

This paper follows the genesis, development and delivery of Knowledge Management seminars aimed at academics and researchers in the university environment who, although they are life long learners in their own subject areas, are not necessarily maintaining the currency of their own information seeking skills.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: University researchers Information skills Staff training
Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading. > CD. User training, promotion, activities, education.
Depositing user: Bruce White
Date deposited: 22 Jun 2006
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:03
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/7721

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