Call for Proposals Georgia Conference on Information Literacy Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA October 5-6, 2007

Information literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.  The Georgia Conference on Information Literacy strives to promote greater understanding of information literacy among librarians, educators, and students, bringing together an international assortment of educators, librarians, and media specialists from K-12 schools and universities representing a variety of disciplines.  This year’s conference will be kicked off with a pre-conference panel including James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University; Robert Stein, Research Director, Institute for the Future of the Book; and Siva Vaidhyanathan, Assistant Professor of Culture and Communication, New York University.  Keith Curry Lance, Director of Library Research Service, Colorado State Library, Denver Department of Education will be the keynote speaker at the Conference.

The 2007 Conference on Information Literacy
invites proposals for workshops and presentations that will consider, extend, or otherwise address information literacy, including but not limited to:

·        Defining information literacy in a digital age.

·        Effective means of developing information literacy skills in learners.

·        Partnerships between librarians and classroom teachers to teach students research skills.

·        Information literacy across the disciplines.

·        Assessment of information literacy initiatives.

·        Intellectual property, copyright, and plagiarism in the digital age.

Proposals due no later than April 6, 2007

For more information, visit our Web site at http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html or contact Conference Co-Coordinators Dr. Bede Mitchell at wbmitch@georgiasouthern.edu or Dr. Janice Walker at jwalker@georgiasouthern.edu.