JIBS User Group Workshop

“Is Library 2.0 a Trivial Pursuit?”
21 November 9:15 – 16:15

The Diskus, London

Should serious academic libraries spend time becoming involved with web 2.0 or is it all too trivial to waste time on?
Speakers from Britain Ireland and Holland will present case studies on the use of library 2.0 technologies. In the afternoon Phil Bradley , author of “How to Use Web 2.0 in Your Library” and Gary Horrocks and Nick Wooley of Kings College will lead on the the debate that ‘This house believes that Library 2.0 is a Trivial Pursuit”

This event is free to people whose organisations are members of JIBS and GBP 50 to non members.

Full details of the workshop, booking form, and a link to see if your organisation is a JIBS member are available on the new look JIBS web site

http://www.jibs.ac.uk/

http://www.jibs.ac.uk/events

27 November 2007, London

This one-day course offers librarians in higher education the opportunity to stand back and consider where they are now with information literacy and to discuss options for enhancing their practice, including the most effective ways of using virtual learning environments.

Numerous questions confront anyone wanting to take information literacy forward in their institution:

* Do we need new models of information literacy that fully include use of the technology?
* What particular information literacy challenges are posed by blended learning?
* What are the most effective ways to develop information literacy within the current HE context?
* How can we take full advantage of the technology to ‘teach’ information literacy in innovative ways- moving beyond instructions and guidelines or the heavily structured electronic worksheet?

The day will provide librarians in Higher Education with the chance to reflect on the questions above, supported by their peers, the course tutor, and examples from research and development work in Higher Education. Participants will be able to discuss particular issues emerging from the experiences in their own institutions and will be encouraged to share effective strategies and materials.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Librarians in Higher Education who would like opportunity to take stock of their current approaches to developing information literacy, discuss issues and share ideas with their peers, and consider how to move forward within the developing context of Higher Education.

COURSE LEADER: SHARON MARKLESS
Sharon currently works in higher education encouraging lecturers and other professionals who teach in HE to enhance their academic practice. She is also a consultant and trainer with Information Management Associates and has done research and development work with librarians for the last 20 years. Most recently she has helped to facilitate the LIRG/SCONUL Impact Implementation Initiative, done consultancy work on information literacy in two universities, and has written chapters on Information Literacy for recent publications.

PROGRAMME
9.30 Registration and coffee
9.50 Introduction and welcome
10.00 Conceptualising Information literacy: more than a shopping list of skills?
How do students learn to be information literate?
Student learning on-line
1.00 Lunch
2.00 What has worked for you?
Strategic issues
4.30 Close

PLACES ARE LIMITED TO: 20

FEES:
CILIP personal members: £200 plus VAT £235.00 CILIP institutional members: £240 plus VAT £282.00 Non members: £280 plus VAT £329.00

http://www.cilip.org.uk/t…r+education.htm

This CILIP one-day course promises librarians in higher education the opportunity to stand back and consider where they are now with information literacy and to discuss options for enhancing their practice, including the most effective ways of using virtual learning environments.

Further details are available from the CILIP Training website