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In the modern society of Information and knowledge, advances in the means of collecting, organizing, and retrieving information changed the focus of libraries. In other words, missions and terms of libraries functioning are in continuous development. Redefining regularly the objectives and the content of library science training program for graduate becomes an absolute necessity in order to face the accelerated technological development. In Algeria, The Department of Library Science suggests initial (graduate) training in the scope of obtaining different diplomas in this field. The purpose of this paper is to deal with the evaluation of the effectiveness of training program designed for Applied University Studies Diploma (AUSD), of Library science Department at the University of Algiers, and measure its coherence in relation to the demand of Labour Market. This is an attempt that explores the linkages between the equations: Training -employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Fall 2006, the head of the Université de Montréal Libraries has made available in the WebCT environment an assessment of information literacy skills. This assessment was used by Jean-François Durnin and Catherine Fortier, reference librarians, to evaluate different cohorts of undergraduate students from the Faculté des sciences de l'éducation and the Départment d'anthropologie at the Université de Montréal. A pool of about 200 french language multiple choice questions, some with feedback, is now available for librarians from this university. They can create a questionnaire on information literacy skills and use it as a tool for self-assessment prior to or in addition to a training. The possibilities are enormous. One of the various goals of the assessment is to measure information literacy skills related to the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). During the communication, speakers will share their experience with their use of the self-assessment test in their interventions as ``librarians-trainers". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La « maîtrise de l'information » ou Information Literacy répond à la néceßité de développer les compétences informatives tout au long de la vie. Ce concept est un effet de l'évolution des technologies de l'information et de la communication, et a fait son apparition dans les années 70. Il se développe eßentiellement parmi les étudiants et usagers des bibliothèques, qui acquièrent ainsi les compétences néceßaires pour agir de manière efficace dans la Société de l'Information. La maîtrise de l'information a commencé à se diffuser par le biais des programmes de formation continue portés par les aßociations de bibliothécaires, jusqu'à en devenir l'une des priorités grâce aux directives internationales, soutenues et diffusées par l'IFLA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IPinfo was designed to meet the needs of information literacy education and facilitate the management of research projects in both face-to-face and remote teaching situations. It promotes off-campus study and collaboration as well as communication among students, their instructors, and specialists in the concerned scientific field. In France, many initiatives are currently underway to develop suitable tools and approaches for teaching information literacy, both in the schools and at the university level. After presenting some of the concepts used in information literacy education (objectives, teaching methods, competency standards, etc.), we describe the architecture of the IPinfo system and its capabilities. Then we report a field study of an information literacy course that relies on the use of IPinfo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]