2004 Workshops on the Transformation
of the College Library
Application Form
Please print out this form and fill in the information requested below,
so CIC may contact you. Then answer the questions that follow, using no
more than three single spaced pages.
1. Name of person preparing application:
Title:
Institution:
Address:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
Email address:
2. Please provide the information requested above for each of
the persons you would ask to be members of your campus team, if your institution
were selected to participate in the workshop. Your team may consist of
up to four people.
3. Which workshop would you prefer to attend? If your team could
attend any of the workshops, place a one (1) by your first choice, two
(2) by your second choice, etc.
a. San Francisco, California, February 26-28 _____
b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 15-17 _____
c. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, June 3-5 _____
4. Questions to be answered, where relevant, in a narrative form.
a. Please describe the issues currently being discussed by your administrative
officers and faculty committees that could alter the role of the library
on campus?
b. Has your institution already decided to change the role of the library?
If so, please describe the nature of the proposed change and the questions
about which you and your colleagues are seeking additional guidance.
c. Do you have, or do you want to have, an institution-wide program in
information literacy? If so, please describe briefly your current program
or the challenges you anticipate in creating a program.
d. Are you contemplating using information technology to take your library
and/or your instructional program in new directions? If so, please describe
briefly.
e. Is a major renovation or construction of a library building being
planned? If so, are new functional relations among students, faculty members,
and librarians being considered?
f. How might attendance at the CIC Library Workshop help you achieve
your goals for the library?
g. If it is not obvious from the position titles of the individuals on
your team, please explain why that individual is included.
Deadline for the receipt of applications is 5:00 p.m. EDT on
Monday, November 17. You may submit your application by e-mail
to lrogers@cic.nche.edu, by
fax at (202) 466-7238, or mail it to:
“Transformation of the Library”
Council of Independent Colleges
Suite 320, One Dupont Circle, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
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2004
Transformation of the College Library Workshops
