Information Fluency in the Disciplines Workshops

​The 2012 Information Fluency in the Disciplines Workshops in Ancient Studies will help teams develop programs for upper-level students to obtain a better understanding of the availability, authority, and uses of relevant information resources in their major field of study. Participants will explore topics such as: faculty-librarian collaboration in helping students acquire information fluency; the role of chief academic officers in promoting information fluency across the campus; the availability and uses of new, online, and traditional resources; methods of evaluating the success of an information fluency program; uses of space and budgets to promote information fluency; and strategies for implementing change on campus. Institutions with an information literacy component in the general education curriculum—such as those that participated in one of the CIC Transformation of the College Library Workshops—may find this series the next logical step in helping students to function well in the rapidly changing information environment.

​Seventeen institutions were selected to participate in the 2012 Information Fluency in the Disciplines: Workshop in Ancient Studies that was held in Baltimore, Maryland in March. The workshop helped teams develop programs for upper-level students to obtain a better understanding of the availability, authority, and uses of relevant information resources in their major field of study.

• Application Form
• Preliminary Agenda

The workshop will be held March 22–24, 2012, in Baltimore, Maryland.

There is no fee to participate. In addition, each participating institution will receive up to $2,000 to offset travel and hotel expenses. All workshop materials and most of the meals during the workshop will be provided.

For more information about these workshops please contact CIC Senior Advisor Susanne Woods, provost and professor of English emerita, Wheaton College (MA) at swoods@cic.nche.edu.