Help Spread the Word: Become Part of the ILP’s Communication Interest Group

Want to help make people become more aware of our information literacy programs and services? Like to throw parties and organize events? Always had some hidden desire to be a journalist?

Then the Communications Interest Group (CIG) is for you. CIG is the publicity, public relations, and promotion arm of the UCLA Information Literacy Program. We market IL to the campus at large. We also act as an alerting service to keep UCLA librarians aware of continuing education opportunities, interesting publications, and anything we think might assist them in their instructional efforts.

The members of CIG take turns writing the Spotlight on Information Literacy column that appears in every library Staff Newsweb. We have also worked on an Information Literacy brochure, helped to coordinate faculty focus groups on students’ research needs, and have assisted in the organization of various events such as the 2003 "Information Literacy World Tour" (the two year anniversary of the then Information Literacy Initiative that marked the transition of the initiative into a program), and last December's event that showcased information literacy projects. If you are a party-person, a frustrated writer, or just want to help spread the word, please get in touch with any of the current members of the group. We would love to chat with you about the wonderful opportunities that await you should you decide to become part of our CIG.

Looking forward to hearing from you - Cheryl Bartel (cbartel@library.ucla.edu), Joan Kaplowitz, and Andrea Lynch (andlynch@library.ucla.edu).

Technology and Teaching: Upcoming Webcasts of Interest

Below are two events available from the Horizon Wimba Desktop lecture series. To register for any presentation, click on: www.horizonwimba.com/community/upcoming.php.

If you miss the live session, you can also view them in the site’s archives.

• Blending Emerging Technologies in Online Courses
  Monday, September 18, 2006 at 3pm EDT
  Debbie Kirkely, Sue Bauer, & Bill Phillips; University of Central Florida
• Next-Level e-Learning: From Increasing Adoption to Increasing Effectiveness
  Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 10am EDT / 3pm BST
  Sharon Pitt, George Mason University

Using WIKIs as Instructional Tools

Interested in WIKIs and want to learn more about them? The use of Wikis in libraries was the topic of a poster session presented at the 2006 LOEX Annual Conference. The poster session presenter, Amy Chatfield, was kind enough to send us the links to some of the information included in her poster "All Contributions Welcome: Using Wikis in Libraries." Ms. Chatfield is a recent graduate of the Wayne State University’s Library Science program. Here are some of her links:

On Wiki’s and their Use in Libraries

The original wiki, WikiWikiWeb (The site has an active user base and contains many excellent discussions about uses of wikis and technical information about creating a wiki.)
      c2.com/w4/wikibase/?WelcomeVisitors

Digiwik, The Digitization Wiki (the wiki for librarians and others who digitize, store, display, and preserve materials.)
      www.digiwik.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Library Success, a Best Practices Wiki (information on all aspects of librarianship and successful programs and activities for libraries.)
      www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Information Literacy in Washington Community and Technical Colleges Wiki (A group of community and technical colleges in Washington received a grant to create resources and coordinate instruction in information literacy, and created a wiki for the project.)
      informationliteracywactc.pbwiki.com/

The Library Instruction Wiki (aims to be a one-stop resource for sharing ideas, techniques, materials, and resources related to library instruction.)
      instructionwiki.org/Main_Page

Public Services Wiki, Norwich University (an example of an internal wiki to provide staff with resources and information.)
      wiki.nulibrary.com/index.php?title=Public_Services_Wiki

St. Joseph County Public Library Subject Guide Wiki (this library keeps their subject guides in a wiki. Patrons can add comments to pages, but only staff can delete information.)
      www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page

The WikiFarms page reviewing available wiki hosting:
      c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiFarms

WikiEngines, page reviewing available wiki software:
      c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines

Other wikis of note:

ALA 2006 New Orleans Wiki
      meredith.wolfwater.com/ala2006/index.php?title=ALA_2006_New_Orleans_Wiki_Main_Page
Find and share information about the conference and visiting New Orleans. After the conference, the wiki will include reviews from participants and discussions on the conference's themes.

Library and Information Science Wiki
      www.liswiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
This wiki aims to be an encyclopedia of the people, ideas, and concepts in librarianship.

For more information, contact Amy Chatfield at achatfie@gmail.com.

An Opportunity to Shine: Be a Part of LOEX 2007

UCLA librarians have a great opportunity this year since LOEX 2007 will be held locally in San Diego, California, May 3-5 at the Bahia Resort Hotel. If you don’t know what LOEX is you can learn more about it at www.emich.edu/public/loex/loex.html. To learn more about the 2007 conference go to public.csusm.edu/acarr/loex/index.html.

The theme for LOEX 2007 is "Uncharted Waters: Tapping the Depths of Our Community to Enhance Learning." It is described as follows:

More and more instruction and information literacy activities call for librarians to venture beyond the library and even beyond their campus to enhance student learning. Successful journeys beyond the familiar require that librarians be both passionate about what they do and willing to take risks, including identifying new partners, speaking new languages, incorporating new tools, developing non-traditional deliveries, and changing instruction and programs to meet student needs. Some librarians have already embarked on these voyages to tap the depths of our community and draw new maps for others to follow. This conference will highlight the successful ventures of those brave librarians who are doing new and unexpected things to enhance their library instruction and information literacy programs.

Successful New Ventures Might Include:

• Developing models that engage campus stakeholders in defining what information literacy means and determining who is responsible for its various facets.
• Developing models that incorporate information literacy into various aspects of the college or university curriculum.
• Establishing collaborations with life-long learning partners (K-12, postsecondary, public libraries, businesses, community, etc.).
• Establishing collaborations with co-curricular programs (writing centers, debate teams, undergraduate and graduate research symposiums, athletics, etc.).
• Connecting with other related literacies to enhance student learning
• Understanding and using technology to enhance student learning.
• Employing non-traditional deliveries to enhance student learning.
• Developing assessment plans that examine all facets of information literacy and its impact on learning.
• Applying student learning data to enhance instruction and information literacy programs.
• Using customer needs and expectations data to enhance instruction and information literacy programs.

You have three different types of proposals are being solicited.

• Breakout Session: A 45 minute presentation followed by a 10-15 minute question and answer period. The proposal will include a description of the research and an outline of the presentation.
• Discussion Session: A structured session to allow participants to share knowledge. The proposal will include a theme and its importance, discussion points, means to facilitate discussion, and how the information will be summarized and be disseminated back to all conference attendees.
• Poster Session: Proposals for poster sessions will be limited to graduate students currently enrolled in a library and information science program. The LOEX conference poster session allows graduate students to graphically convey research in the areas of instruction and information literacy. Poster sessions should include brief narratives, data, graphics that quickly summarize the student’s research. Posters can also include computer displays, handouts, directions to websites and other materials to elaborate on the student’s research or allow conference attendees to learn more about the student’s research following the conference. A time will be set aside to view the posters, and allow conference attendees to interact with, and ask questions of, poster presenters.

Preference will be given to new, innovative, creative, untraditional, and other ventures that people called crazy until they worked.

Proposals can be submitted online at www.csusm.edu/acarr/proposals.html. Only electronic proposals will be accepted.

Deadline for proposal submission is Friday, November 10, 2006.

The primary contact on the proposal will be notified that that the proposal has been received by Friday, November 17, 2006. The primary contact on the proposal will be notified if the proposal has been accepted by Friday, January 12, 2007.

If your proposal is accepted then up to three presenters will be automatically registered for the conference, and are required to pay registration in full by March 16th. Note: Failure to pay the registration fee will result in the cancellation of your presentation and conference registration. All presenters are responsible for paying their own travel and lodging expenses.

If you have any questions about proposal submission please contact, Amy Wallace at amy.wallace@csuci.edu

Be a Part of ALA’s Annual Conference 2007

The Instruction Section (IS) of ALA’s Association of College and Research Libraries is offering instruction librarians the opportunity to propose new "Current Issue Discussion Groups" at this year’s Annual Conference.

Current Issue Discussion Groups provide a way for IS members to introduce instruction-related topics of current importance, to promote discussion and encourage further research. Authors of selected proposals will be expected to serve as convener for the group and to commit to the following:

• researching the issue;
• identifying key readings, related organizations and/or programs;
• drafting an initial two-page to three-page "Current Issue Digest" summarizing findings about the issue to be posted to ILI-L at least one week before the conference and handed out at the discussion;
• facilitating one of two “Current Issue Discussions” at the ALA Annual Conference (in Washington, DC: June 21–27, 2007);
• revising and submitting a final "Current Issue Digest" to be posted on the IS web site within one month of the discussion;
• distributing the final Current Issue Digest to the ILI Listserv after the ALA Conference;
• maintaining communication with the Discussion Group Steering Committee Chair throughout.

Applications are welcome from any IS members. To apply complete and submit the proposal form to the IS Current Issue Discussion Group Steering Committee co-chair by October 15, 2006. The proposal form is attached and can be found at: www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/discussiongroup/cfp2007.pdf.

Please send your submission to Rebecca Jackson (rjackson@iastate.edu).

Contact committee co-chairs Rebecca Jackson (rjackson@iastate.edu) or Anna Van Scoyoc (avansco@emory.edu) with questions.

Your proposal should include:

• A clear description of the issue;
• Rationale for convening a discussion on the issue;
• Importance of the issue for academic instruction librarians;
• Sample questions that may be used to facilitate group discussion;
• Proposed strategies and structure that will maintain group discussion.

The potential scope of issues includes, but is not limited to: Teaching methods; Instruction and information technology; Assessment; Management of instruction programs; Outreach and collaboration; Research in academic information literacy. The topic should be focused enough to be covered reasonably well within the allotted time. (For example “Everything about WIKIs” would be too broad, while “Using WIKIs in Library Instruction at Academic Institutions” might be just the right scope).

Selection will be based on the perceived importance and impact of the proposed topic. Additional selection criteria used in the selection process includes evaluating proposed topics for: timeliness, relevancy, currency, practicality, innovation, evidence of applicant’s knowledge, and clear focus. Proposals must be submitted by October 15, 2006 for ALA Annual in Washington, DC. By November 30, 2006, proposal writers will be notified as to whether or not their proposal was accepted and will be assigned one of the two discussion time slots. Conveners are responsible for their own conference registration and travel expenses.

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