A one-day conference covering the various aspects of Information Literacy in
academic institutions, public libraries, special libraries, or K-12 education.

Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte, NC

Same cost as last year: $40 MLA Members/MLIS Students; $55 Nonmembers; $20 Presenters

Registration is now closed.

Keynote Speaker:

Information overload and constant technological advances are realities of the 21st Century.  Information literacy (IL) is one strategy to effectively manage and critically examine the information encountered in daily life and for specific needs.  In teaching users information literacy librarians have emphasized a particular process incorporating a set of skills and the objective/critical examination of information.  In a multicultural society where a diversity of users exists and librarians who serve them do not necessarily share their cultural background, this act of knowing/learning needs to be examined and critiqued as a socially-constructed act.  Grounded on critical theoretical frameworks, IL is examined and re-envisioned through a critical multicultural approach.  The three elements of this critical multicultural framework of information literacy will be discussed: (1) multiple literacies ~ information literacy as interdependent and relevant to other literacies, (2) user-centeredness ~ information literacy as a user-centered act of knowing, and (3) cultural competence ~ the impact of culture, consciously or unconsciously, on individual behavior, attitudes and knowledge.  The practice of critical multicultural information literacy enables both users and librarians to critically examine the culture that has shaped them and, furthermore, librarians can teach information literacy as critical engagement with the world around them which influences both the acts of knowing and learning.

Tracks for Breakout Sessions:

New Approaches
"Reframing Reference" ~ Dr. Carol Walker Jordan, Melinda Livas, and Martin Olsen, Queens University of Charlotte
"Take Five: Using Documentary Film in Information Literacy Instruction" ~ Rosalind Tedford and Molly Keener, Wake Forest University
"New Instruction Librarians Teaching New Students: A Guide to Survival" ~ Donna Gunter and Stephanie Otis, UNC Charlotte

Librarians & Teachers Unite
"Embed Yourself!" ~ Jennifer Ballance, Amy Burns, and Steve Osler, Central Piedmont Community College
"Teach Smarter Not Harder: Classroom Tips and Techniques" ~ Mary Briggins, Orange County Public Schools
"Embedded in the Curriculum: Information Literacy in General Education at UNCW" ~ Anne Pemberton and Rachel Radom, UNC Wilmington

Technology
"Classroom 2.0: Bringing Interactivity into Library Instruction" ~ Jenny Dale, Amy Harris, and Lynda Kellam, UNC Greensboro
"Agents of Change: A Library Big Game" ~ Jason Setzer and Amy Baker, Davidson County Community College Library
"Your Mobile Library -- Research Anywhere" ~ Michael Winecoff, UNC Charlotte and Beth Martin, Johnson C. Smith University

Students as Life-Long Learners
"Show Me the Value! - Strategies and Content Which Help to Emphasize the Significance of Information Literacy to Students' Future Careers" ~ Joe Eshleman, Johnson & Wales University
"Building Information Literacy in a Classroom" ~ Jeri Langford and Valerie Freeman, Johnson & Wales University
"Increasing Intellectual Engagement in an Info-lit Class for Business Majors" ~ Mary G. Scanlon, Wake Forest University


Poster Sessions:

"Collaborate, Collaborate, Collaborate: The Foundation for Successful Partnerships that Teach Information Literacy"
Jeff Simpson, Troy University Montgomery Campus, Montgomery, AL
Cendy Cooper, Robert E. Lee High School, Montgomery, AL
Alyssa Martin, Troy University Montgomery Campus, Montgomery, AL

"Changing Community Demographics:  Six Tennessee Libraries Respond"
Jacqueline Dowdy, Middle Tennessee State University

"Don't Vote Me Off the Island: Lessons Learned in Becoming an Information Literacy Survivor"
Kristine M. Jones and Deborah Jones, York Technical College

"Defining Workforce Literacy"
Michael Crumpton and Nora J. Bird, Ph.D., UNC Greensboro

"Libguides Implementation: A Guided Tour"
Amy Harris and Jenny Dale, UNC Greensboro

"Library Competency Sessions at Methodist University"
Courtney Mack, Methodist University

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