CIC will be offering three workshops in 2004 on the Transformation of the College Library, cosponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, based on the successful pilot workshop held September 2002.
     More than 200 institutions applied to participate in one of three regional workshops: San Francisco, CA, February 26-28; Pittsburgh, PA, April 15-17; and Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, June 3-5. The workshops are designed for institutional teams; each workshop can accommodate 15 colleges and universities. The deadline for applications was November 17, 2003. Each team accepted as a participant will receive a travel stipend of up to $1,500.
     “The hope is to create opportunities for provosts, directors of academic technology, library directors, faculty leaders, and the faculty development directors at independent colleges and universities to stay in step with the rapid change occurring in the world of academic libraries,” said CIC Senior Advisor Rita Gulstad, dean of extended studies and learning resources and director of computing at Central Methodist College (MO). She co-directs the program with Scott Bennett, university librarian emeritus of Yale University and Tom Kirk, library director and coordinator of information services at Earlham College (IN).
     The workshops will focus on the dramatic changes now occurring in college libraries, and will address such critical issues as advancing information literacy as an element of liberal education; the role of the library in teaching and learning through collaboration between librarians and faculty members; the changing use and conception of the physical space of the library; the challenges of using technology in improving students’ learning; setting institutional priorities for library-related costs when they increasingly exceed standard budget guidelines; implementing institutional change; and assessing the institution-wide impact of changes in library services.
     The workshops are funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Association of College and Research Libraries.

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