ILN - Conference: Program

ILN Professional Development Conference Program
8 - 9 December 2007

The ILN conference offers an opportunity for Gulf Information Literacy professionals to come together and build new social technology skills and to learn about information literacy in the region. The conference program will include tips on developing your own program and examples of local success stories.

The conference will take place at the newly opened Zayed University Dubai campus.

Day 1

Day 1 will focus on using new and emerging social technologies in Information Literacy e.g. Wikis, blogs, podcasts etc.

9:00 - 9:30 Coffee & sign-in

9:30 – 10:00 Opening

10:00 – 11:10 Keynote speaker Jessamyn West

11:10 – 11:40            Using social technologies to support Information Literacy in the Gulf region
                                    Jessamyn West (Library Consultant, librarian.net) and Stephanie Schmitt (Zayed University,
                                    UAE)

11:40 - 12:00 Discussion & Questions

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Social technologies workshops – Concurrent sessions
Attendees will have registered for one session from 1 -2pm, and a second session from 3:00-4:00pm

Concurrent sessions 1:00-2:00pm

Wikis and blogs – hands on session (Numbers are limited)
Course Management Software (Beginners)
Podcasts
Virtual reference

2:00 – 3:00 Coffee break & Vendor presentations

3:00 – 4:00 Social technologies workshops – Concurrent sessions
Attendees will have registered for one session from 1 -2pm, and a second session from 3:00-4:00pm

Concurrent sessions 3:00-4:00pm

Wikis and blogs – hands on session (Numbers are limited)
Course Management Software (Intermediate/Advanced)
Podcasts
Virtual reference

Day 2

Day 2 will focus on best practice in Information Literacy

9:00 - 9:30 Coffee & sign-in

9:30 – 10:00 Introduction “Best practice in Information Literacy in the
Gulf region”
Isabel Eula, Chair, Information Literacy Network

10:00 – 11:00 Are you ready to run an Information Literacy program?
Mary Kay Rathke (UAE University, UAE) and Michael Shires (Petroleum Institute, UAE)

11:00 – 12:00 Panel & Discussion – “Getting Information Literacy into
the curriculum”
Panel members: Carol Hansen, Frieda Wiebe, Jane Birks, Gill Westera

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Success stories from regional institutions (Three 20 minute
sessions – brief overview of successful practices in the Gulf region)

Book Club to promote reading and critical thinking among our students
Nancy Fawley, Virginia Commonweath University, Qatar

Learning contract as a means of encouraging self-discovery in students across multi-disciplinary boundaries and as a vehicle for IL
Nikki Krysak, Carnegie-Melon University, Qatar

Problem Based Learning – provides students with motivation to search independently and find resources on cases to share with other students; in addition to increased motivation, this approach makes the library e-resources very important
Nadia Masoud, University of Sharjah, UAE

2:00 – 2:45 Coffee break & Sponsor presentation

2:45 - 3:45 Scholarly activities - brief overview of papers that have been
presented at conferences or published in journals.

Research - Student use of an online information literacy resource
Janet Martin and Fiona Hunt, Zayed University, UAE

Literature Review – Papers that present approaches to Information Literacy that look at different ways to present Information Literacy in libraries
Karen Campbell, Madares Al Ghad project

Professional Development - Attendance at/reflection on ACRL Information Literacy Institute Immersion program
Reham Al Essa, Kuwait University

3:45 – 4.00 Closing
Isabel Eula, Chair, Information Literacy Network

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