REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
ACRL/NY, LILAC (CUNY) and Barnard College Library invite you to:
Librarians on the Threshold: An Overview and Panel Discussion of ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
Friday, October 31st, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Barnard College, James Room, 4th floor, Barnard Hall
The co-chair of the ACRL Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education Task Force will discuss the proposed Information Literacy Framework for Higher Education, including the rationale for the change from the Standards, how the Framework was developed, and how it might be used. There will be an opportunity for participants to begin developing ideas around one of the frames.
Keynote Speaker:
Keynote speaker Trudi Jacobson, Head of the Information Literacy Department for the University at Albany Libraries and co-chair of the ACRL IL Competency Standards Task Force will speak on ACRL’s current work and the new threshold concepts model underlying the draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.
Panelists:
Nicole Brown (New York University), The Framework as Program Development Tool
Silvia Lu (LaGuardia Community College, CUNY), Threshold ConceptsA�in Practice
Ian Beilin (New York City College of Technology, CUNY), Current Critical Perspectives
Co-Moderators:
Robert Farrell, Co-Convenor, LILAC (CUNY), Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Information Literacy & Assessment, Lehman College Library, CUNY
Julia Furay, Co-Convenor, LILAC (CUNY), Assistant Professor, Instruction and Reference Librarian and Archivist, Kingsborough Community College, Robert J. Kibbee Library, CUNY
Registration:
ACRL/NY members: $15.00
Non-members: $20.00
Click here to register:A� http://tinyurl.com/m6xqxoc
Directions to Barnard College: http://barnard.edu/visit/directions
Map of Barnard College: http://barnard.edu/visit/campus-map
For more on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education: http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Framework-for-IL-for-HE-Draft-2.pdf
Flyer: http://acrlny.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ACRL-Framework-program-flyer.pdf
For more information contact Barbara Bonous-Smit: bbonoussmit@qcc.cuny.edu (718) 281-5010