Preliminary Programs
Chicago, Illinois
September 29-October 1, 2005
Workshop Goal: Team members leave the workshop
with a well-informed agenda for advancing information literacy on their
campus as a key element both in liberal education and in the capacity
for life-long learning; the team's agenda involves actions that are explicit,
institutionally appropriate, and visionary.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
2:15 p.m.— Welcome and Introductions
Speakers: Richard Ekman, President,
Council of Independent Colleges and Elizabeth R. Hayford,
President, Associated Colleges of the Midwest
2:30 p.m.— Teaching and Learning in an Information-Rich
Environment in Collaboration with Librarians and Information Technology
Staff: Learn how a librarian and a faculty member work together purposefully
to incorporate library and information technology resources in teaching.
What happens to student learning when such resources—print and electronic
resources, original documentation, institutional archives, and the technologies
for using them—are made as central to instructional design as they
are to research activities?
Speakers: Kathy Binder, Professor of
Psychology, and Julie Boisselle, Library Instructional
Services Coordinator, Mt. Holyoke College (MA)
3:30 p.m.— Break
4:00 p.m.— Supporting Information Literacy through
Institutional Policies and Procedures: Speakers will offer validation
of information literacy and the benefits of teaching and learning in an
information-rich environment from the perspective of the chief academic
officer. They will discuss practical steps administrators can take or
avoid to encourage information literacy on campus. These can involve changes
in promotion and tenure policies, faculty development funding, etc.
Speakers: Michael J. Bell, Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Franklin Pierce College (NH), and
Sister Patricia Matthews, Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Marywood University (PA)
THURSDAY EVENING
6:00 p.m.— Reception and Dinner
FRIDAY MORNING
8:00 a.m.— Continental Breakfast with optional discussion
groups. If participants identify areas of interest on Thursday, discussion
groups on those topics could also be offered.
9:00 a.m.— Key Considerations in Advancing an Information
Literacy Program: This session will launch the process of developing institutional
plans.
Speaker: Susan Perry, Director of Programs,
Council on Library and Information Resources
10:00 a.m.— Break
10:15 - 11:00 a.m.— Planning Session 1: Strategies
for Planning Information Literacy Programs: Workshop participants will
work in cross-institutional teams to answer the following questions:
11:00 a.m.— Measuring Success: This session will focus on learning
outcomes as the fundamental rationale for information literacy programs.
The leader will identify strategies for a meaningful evaluation of information
literacy programs.
Speaker: Thomas Kirk, Library Director, Earlham College
(IN)
12:00 p.m.— Lunch
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
1:30 p.m.— Introduction to Effecting Change on Campus:
The session leader will explain the strategy for the afternoon planning
session to be undertaken by institutional teams. The session leader will
describe the special skills needed for bringing faculty members and academic
staff together to plan for changes in pedagogy and possibly the curriculum.
Speaker: Richard Detweiler, President,
The Great Lakes Colleges Association
2:00 p.m.— Planning Session 2: Workshop participants,
working in institutional teams, will outline a plan of action for implementing
or improving an information literacy program on their own campus. Teams
will be asked to start with a program rationale that reflects campus needs.
Plans should be tailored to those needs and identify existing strengths
and resources needed for the program as well as any obstacles to change
that might be encountered. Plans should include a rough time line for
implementation.
3:45 p.m.— Collaborative consultation on individual
campus plans. Meeting in pairings of two institutional teams each, workshop
participants will review their institutional plans in detail, noting how
the situation at each campus drives the plan and identifying opportunities
for strengthening individual plans. One of the CIC and NITLE staff members
or workshop presenters will join each pair of institutional teams, bringing
to the consultation their own particular expertise in libraries and/or
organizational change.
Speaker: Richard Detweiler, President,
The Great Lakes Colleges Association
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00 p.m.— Dinner. Participants are encouraged to
eat with their campus teams or join another college team for dinner.
SATURDAY MORNING
8:00 a.m.— Continental Breakfast with a “Walk-Around”
to reflect on campus plans. All workshop participants may review and confer
with other institutional teams on the institutional plans, which will
be posted in the breakfast room.
9:00 a.m.—The Library as a Physical Space for Learning:
Designing Spaces for Information Literacy Activities: The session leaders
will describe what happens when architects, librarians, faculty members,
students, and academic officers work in close partnership, challenging
one another to think hard about institutional mission and not just the
operational needs of the library.
Speakers: Noreen Carrocci, Dean of Academic
Affairs, Spring Hill College (AL), and Carole Wedge,
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott (Boston)
10:00 a.m.— Break
10:15 a.m.— Developing and Budgeting Library Collections
for an Information-Rich Teaching Environment: Price increases for library
materials generally outpace budget-planning guidelines. Such price increases
pose a planning dilemma for institutions where the objective is to create
the “biggest” and “best” set of library resources
the institution can afford. This session will explore what happens to
collection and budgeting behaviors when the goal shifts from “biggest”
and “best” to one focused on the institution’s instructional
mission and specific pedagogical needs.
Speaker: Thomas Kirk, Library Director,
Earlham College (IN)
11:15 a.m.— Summary and Closing Remarks: Discussion
will focus on what will happen when workshop participants return to their
campuses.
Speakers: Richard Detweiler, President,
The Great Lakes Colleges Association and Scott Bennett,
CIC Senior Advisor
11:30 a.m.— Adjourn
Nashville,
Tennessee
February 9-11, 2006
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Nashville
Library Workshop Program 
Boston, Massachusetts
April 20-22, 2006
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Boston Library
Workshop Program
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2005-2006
Transformation of the College Library Workshops
