Would you like to expand your skills, knowledge, and
understanding of information literacy? The Purdue University Libraries, in
coordination with Dr. Sharon Weiner, the W. Wayne Booker Endowed Chair in
Information Literacy at Purdue and Vice President of the National Forum on
Information Literacy (NFIL), is hosting programs in May for library
professionals, instructors, and students.
To download a flyer (PDF) with more information about
these programs, visit www.lib.purdue.edu/info/InfoLitWorkshops.pdf.
Visit www.conf.purdue.edu/infolit
to register for one or both programs.
May 13, 2010
“New Foundations: Building an Inquiry-based
Information Literacy Agenda”
Presented by Dr. Ross Todd, associate professor at the
Rutgers University School of Communication, Information, & Library Studies
and Director of the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries
Workshop designed for librarians in higher education who
want to expand their skills and understanding of pedagogy
Registration: $50 early bird rate (by March 31), $30
student early bird rate (by March 31), $65 regular rate, $50 regular student
rate.
Visit www.conf.purdue.edu/infolit
to register.
May 13-14, 2010
National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) spring
meeting
Open to all who are interested in information literacy
A networking dinner and tour of the LearnLab™ at
the Management and Economics Library at Purdue will be held May 13.
Presentations on May 14 will include:
·
The Role of Information Literacy in Agriculture
by Elizabeth Berman, University of Vermont Libraries
·
Report on the Health Literacy Journalism
Fellowship at the National Library of Medicine by Shari Rudafsky, Health
Reporter, Indianapolis Star and NLM Health Journalism Fellow
·
What is Lifelong Learning? by Michael Fosmire,
Purdue University Libraries
·
Health Literacy by Bart Collins, Jacob Jensen,
Purdue Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
·
Visit https://www.cec.purdue.edu/regforms/Infolit%20agenda.pdf
for a full agenda.
Early bird registration (by March 31) is $35, and regular
registration is $40. The Networking Dinner on May 13 is an additional charge of
$26. Visit www.conf.purdue.edu/infolit
to register.
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For additional information contact:
Dr.
Sharon Weiner
Professor
and W. Wayne Booker Chair in Information
Literacy
Purdue
University Libraries
504 West
State St.
West
Lafayette, IN 47907
765.496.3128
Nancy
P. Zimmerman, PhD
Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs
The
Graduate School
University
of South Carolina
901
Sumter Street, 3rd Floor
Columbia,
SC 29208
Voice:
(803) 777-9086
FAX:
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