in terms of global communication / diversity, Wuhan University and iSchools you might be interested in these recent events posted for increasing global LIS exchange camp in July / & conference in Oct 2010
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"A Summary of the International Intercollegiate Invitational Information Literacy Contest", Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, July 2010
by Professor (Julia) Xiaojuan Zhang
OVERVIEW
"Aiming to facilitate strengthened communication and cooperation between university students, and between students and various academic and administrative units within the broader university context, and with a view to enhance student awareness of the power of information, and the critical importance of strengthening student information literacy competency so as to enable them to better cope with intensive global competition in the Information Age, the School of Information Management (SIM), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (
http://www.sim.whu.edu.cn), successfully hosted the first International Intercollegiate Invitational Information Literacy Contest on July 13, 2010. The theme of the Contest was “Information Communicates the World: Cultivating the Future Leaders of the Information Profession.” This very special event, the first of its kind internationally, was a part of a broader umbrella event - - the First Wuhan University International Exchange Camp of Student Organization (Association), held from July 11 to 18, 2010, which involved many diverse activities, including some of which were culturally-oriented, some sports-centered, some historically-based, some arts and crafts-oriented, and some of which were based on Wuhans unique geographic location in China as the principal central lake region of the country."
Excerpts:
"At the 2010 annual conference of iSchools (Feb, 2010, University of Illinois at Champaign), to which Dean Chen of SIM was invited to attend as an international iDean and to which the author was also invited in order to introduce the Wuhan IL contest to the meeting, a very positive reaction and response to Wuhan Universitys proposal and sponsorship of the Information literacy contest was received from the dean-participants attending that conference. An iCaucus agreement was therefore reached, committing the iCaucus to release some funding which would correspond approximately to 1/2 of the transportation costs incurred for travel from the participating students home institution to Wuhan, to help support their participation in the contest, and that this amount would be matched by funding provided by the students school."
Excerpts:
The Winners
First Prize Winner:
Jason Phelps from University of Washington, USA
Second Prize Winners:
Steven Van Tuyl from University of Pittsburgh, USA
Jorge Martins from University of Sheffield, UK
Gladys Joy Entico from University of the Philippines – Deliman, Philippines
Huilin Xiong from Wuhan University, China
Third Prize Winners:
Martin Julius V. Perez form University of the Philippines – Deliman, Philippines
Si Shen form Singapore Management University, Singapore
Catherine Jensen from University of Pittsburgh, USA
Joseph Yap from University of the Philippines – Deliman, Philippines
Yuanyuan Chen from University of Macao, China
Bowen Du from Tongji University, mainland China
"The Award Certificates for the above winners were awarded at the Closing Ceremony of the Camp on July 15, 2010. Dr. Forest Woody Horton Jr. First Prize Award, and Da Vinci Huis Second and Third Prize Awards were awarded to Jason Phelps, Steven Van Tuyl, and Jorge Martins, respectively, by Prof. Albert Boekhorst on July 14. A Certificate of Successful Completion of the Program was awarded to each of the participants who completed the entire program at Wuhan. The University wishes to extend its sincere appreciation to all of the participants for a “job well done!” "
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Library and Information Science Education in the Digital Age
First Announcement and Call for Papers
School of Information Management, Wuhan University, China
October 9 – 11, 2010
University Lodge of Wuhan University
Since the Second International Symposium on Library and Information Science Education in the Digital Age, which was
successfully hosted by the School of Information Management (SIM) of Wuhan University, China in the year of 2006, the
Library and Information Education (LISE) has been facing new challenges, and new opportunities in the digital
environment. It is also noticeable that the iSchools movement has been fast developing in recent years. In 2010, the year
of 90th Anniversary of SIM (1920-2010), SIM will be holding the Third International Symposium on Library and
Information Science Education in the Digital Age from October 9 to 11, 2010, as one of the celebration events of the
Anniversary. This Symposium will take place at Wuhan University, China. With Wuhan University, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, University of Pittsburgh, and Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) jointly
serving as co-organizers, SIM, the Center for the Studies of Information Resources (CSIR) of Wuhan University, and the
International Collaborative Academy of Library and Information Science (ICALIS) of Wuhan University will be co-hosting
this venue.
The forthcoming Symposium aims to facilitate the academic exchanges between LIS educators and researchers at home
and abroad, and to develop the relationships between China LIS circles and iSchools and ALISE. It also aims to tighten
the ties between the education of Library Science, Information Science, Archival Science, and the professional practice.
1. Theme and Topics
The theme of this Symposium will be Challenges and Professional Future of Library and Information Science Education in
New Environment. The topics under the theme will include:
· Challenge and Models of LISE in New Environment
· iSchools and the Reform and Innovation of LISE
· iSchools Movement and Its Impact on Asia LISE
· The Future of LISE in the New Environment
· The Education of Librarians in the New Information Environment
· How can iSchools develop quality and profession oriented LISE programs
· How can LISE play an active role in developing China Information Society and boosting the Information Literacy
of general public
· Challenges to Archival Education and the Future of Archival Profession in the New Information Environment
· Comparative Research of Archival Higher Education in China and Other Countries
· Round-table Meeting of Sino-U.S. LIS Deans & Chairs for a discussion of the future & cooperation opportunities
· The Future of iSchools Graduate Education
The registration fees are waived. In addition to the local arrangements made by the organizers, the participants will take
care of their own transportation and accommodations. The Symposium will be financially supported by the 211 Project of
Wuhan University.
Requirements for Papers and Deadline for Submission
Paper submission must not be published, accepted for publishing, or under consideration for publication elsewhere. It will
be up to the Academic Committee of the Symposium to make the decision on if your paper is accepted. The criteria for
acceptance: (1) the importance of your topic; (2) the originality of your paper; (3) informative, reliable information in your
paper; (4) presentation and expression of your paper ; (4) if your paper has been published before. For specific
requirements for the format of the paper, please also refer to the international standard. Please provide us with an eversion
of your paper, which should be easy for editing and publishing. The Proceedings will be published.
The deadline for paper submissions will be September 1, 2010.
