ACL 2017 Conference Unconference Session on Information Literacy

This article describes an unconference session at the most recent Association of Christian Librarians Annual Conference 2017. The session attendees worked together to produce sample lesson plans, using the “backwards design planning structure” introduced by Wiggins & McTighe in Understanding by Design. Conference attendees produced information literacy lesson plans to introduce freshman college students to five of the ACRL Framework concept

Dever\u27s The lives of ordinary people in ancient Israel: Where archaeology and the Bible intersect (Book Review)

A review of Dever, W. G. (2012). The lives of ordinary people in ancient Israel: Where archaeology and the Bible intersect. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 436 pp. $17.05. ISBN 978080286701

Orchard\u27s Another day, Another Dali: A Serena Jones mystery (Book Review)

A review of Orchard, S. (2016). Another day, Another Dali: A Serena Jones mystery. Grand Rapids, MI: Revell. 333 pp. $14.99. ISBN 978080072671

Why the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education Enhances Information Literacy Instruction

This article attempts to clarify what the ACRL Framework is designed to do for teaching librarians. The article looks briefly at the need for change from the Competency Standards based on librarian concerns about their own teaching effectiveness. The short description of two of the foundational books, on which the Framework was based, are introduced so that instruction librarians can do their own research into the foundational concepts of the Framework for a deeper understanding of the value of this new approach to library teaching. Links to teaching resources are included

Witherington\u27s The rest of life: Rest, play, eating, studying, sex from a Kingdom perspective (Book Review)

A review of Witherington III, B. (2012). The rest of life: Rest, play, eating, studying, sex from a Kingdom perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans. 168 pp. $18.00. ISBN 978080286737

What determines commercial banks’ demand for reserves in the interbank market

In this paper I analyse the determinants of commercial banks’ demand for reserves in the interbank market. I first document the pattern in the Eurosystem, where banks deviate from the required reserves balance at the start of the maintenance period only to meet the requirements closer to the settlement day. Using my model I show that this behaviour can be explained by certain trade-related frictions and costs. Examples include potential extra expenses tied to large transactions or the asymmetry between the cost of borrowing and profits from lending. I also find that borrowing decisions can be largely unaffected by current liquidity, which has important implications for the implementation of central bank monetary policy: in order to influence the level of interest rates, the central bank must focus on controlling market expectations.money markets; EONIA; liquidity effect