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<\/a><\/p>\nThe CIA World Factbook\u00a0<\/strong>includes overview information about countries (like an online Encyclopedia only with more detail like economy, energy, and communications).\u00a0 For information about Sweden<\/strong>, go to:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/sw.html<\/a><\/p>\n For information about Iceland<\/strong>, go to:\u00a0 <\/strong>https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/ic.html<\/a><\/p>\n For information about the Faroe Islands<\/strong>, go to:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/fo.html<\/a><\/p>\n Sources to help you learn Nordic languages, and More…<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Resources <\/strong>discussed this week include Mango Languages<\/strong>, a language learning database (that includes Icelandic!) that all Alaskans have free access to thanks to the Alaska State Library and an Interlibrary Cooperation Grant.\u00a0 To access Mango Languages<\/strong>, go to www.sled.alaska.edu\/databases<\/a>.\u00a0 You can find Mango Languages<\/strong> under A to Z, or Middle School, High School, and Education categories.\u00a0 To request a user name and password in Alaska, <\/strong> Anna\u00a0talked about the\u00a0combined national\/university library of Iceland<\/strong> in Reykjavik<\/strong>.\u00a0 When you go to the National and University Library of Iceland’s<\/strong> web page,\u00a0http:\/\/landsbokasafn.is\/index.php?page=english<\/a>, you will see the phrase Access to Knowledge for<\/em> Everyone<\/em>.\u00a0 This idea is\u00a0reinforced with links on the page for Researchers, Students, and International.<\/p>\n Anna also mentioned The Nordic House in Iceland<\/strong>.\u00a0 Their library web page is http:\/\/www.nordichouse.is\/library<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0link\u00a0under Nordic Cooperation<\/em> on this page will explain the idea behind these houses throughout the Nordic countries.<\/p>\n In my pursuit for more information about the\u00a0Nordic<\/strong> Council<\/strong>, which was mentioned, I discovered the Scandinavian Library Quarterly<\/strong>!\u00a0 View the current issue, Volume 45, No. 3, 2012, titled Education for Librarianship<\/em>, at\u00a0http:\/\/slq.nu\/<\/a>.\u00a0 The Nordic Council has an informative web site also.\u00a0 Following is a link to the Nordic Council Resources<\/strong> web page:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.norden.org\/en\/resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n Innovation in information literacy education in Denmark<\/strong>:<\/p>\n When a question about\u00a0best practices from Nordic universities \/ libraries\u00a0was asked, Anna shared information about an innovative, interactive, role-playing game that\u00a0places you as a member of a\u00a0study group\u00a0researching a topic.\u00a0 Your success with this group project depends on\u00a0good information retrieval.\u00a0 Developed at Aalborg University in\u00a0Denmark<\/strong>, this tutorial is\u00a0called SWIM<\/strong> (Streaming Web-based Information Modules<\/strong>).\u00a0\u00a0You can\u00a0check out\u00a0SWIM at\u00a0http:\/\/content.aub.aau.dk\/swim\/<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0Learn more\u00a0about the SWIM project at\u00a0http:\/\/www.swiminfo.dk\/english.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking of universities,\u00a0 I mentioned that Governor Brownback of Kansas initiated a program to offers free tuition for training in select state-needed technical professions.\u00a0 For more detail on this, go to:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.kansasregents.org\/governors_cte_initiative<\/a><\/p>\n Nordic Literature and Music Sources<\/strong> shared by Anna:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Following is a good article from the Guardian on the “unstoppable rise of Scandinavian Crime Fiction”: \u00a0http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jan\/23\/scandinavian-crime-fiction<\/a><\/p>\n A blog about Scandinavian Crime Fiction This link provides a great list of authors in the genre http:\/\/www.icelandmusic.is\/ <\/a><\/p>\n Icelandic music label and store Interview to be replayed Thursday at 5:00pm, November 29, 2012. Anna Bjartmarsdottir, Asst. Professor of Library Science, shared information about education in Sweden, and universities and libraries in Iceland and the Faeroe Islands.\u00a0 The following map was found at\u00a0http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f2\/Map_of_faroe_islands_in_europe_-_english_caption.png The CIA World Factbook\u00a0includes overview information about countries (like an online Encyclopedia only with more detail … Continue reading “Informania’s guest Anna Bjartmarsdottir talks about Nordic education, Icelandic libraries, literature and music, and the SWIM Information Literacy role-playing modules from Denmark. To be replayed Thursday, 5pm, on KRUA, 88.1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informania-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ncall 1-800-440-2919<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/scandinaviancrimefiction.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.eurocrime.co.uk\/books\/books_bib_Scandinavia.html
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\nIcelandic Music scene<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.12tonar.is\/index.php
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\nFaroe Islands – Music label and store
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\nMusic<\/strong> played during Informania, the week of Nov. 26, 2012:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Information<\/em> by Dredg, Take a Chance on Me<\/em>, by ABBA, It’s Oh So Quiet<\/em>, by Bjork<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"