Rethinking Relevance - Technology and Pedagogical Points of View
Keynote Speaker:
Tom Eland, Chair of Information Studies, Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Mr. Eland will be speaking on how technology has impacted the role of librarians as "disciplinary discourse mediators."
Respondents: Deborah Richman, Vice President, Collarity (Palo Alto, CA)
Ann Grafstein, Coordinator of Library Instruction, Hofstra University
Jeff Gutkin, Director of Academic Computing, Wagner College
When:
Friday, March 21, 2008: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Links From the Presentation
InfoLit@LACUNY Wiki: http://lacunyinfolit.wetpaint.com: Tom Eland’s PowerPoint and presentation notes are posted.
In addition below are some of citations mentioned during the conference:
- Information Literacy @ Minneapolis Community and Technical College -http://www.minneapolis.edu/library/courses/infs1000/support.htm
- Grafstein, Ann. "A Discipline-Based Approach to Information Literacy." Journal of Academic Librarianship 28.4 (July 2002): 197-204. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=7172944&site=ehost-live
- Grafstein, Ann. "Information Literacy and Technology: An Examination of Some Issues."portal: Libraries and the Academy. 7.1 (January 2007): 51-64.http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v007/7.1grafstein.html
- Hardesty Larry L, John P Schmitt and John Mark Tucker. User instruction in academic libraries: a century of selected readings. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
- Richman, Deborah. "Social Search Comes of Age." Paper presented at the 2007 Special Libraries Association http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2007/richmansocialsearch.pdf (PDF).
- Shapiro, Jeremy J. and Shelley K. Hughes. "Information Literacy as a Liberal Art." Educom Review. 31.2 (March/April 1996).http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewarticles/31231.html
- Simmons, Michelle Holschuh. "Librarians as Disciplinary Discourse Mediators: Using Genre Theory to Move Towards Critical Information Literacy." portal: Libraries and the Academy. 5.3 (2005): 297-311.http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v005/5.3simmons.html
Instructional Technology from the Reference Desk to the Classroom
Joint program co-sponsored by the Instruction Committee and Reference Roundtable
