Information Fluency in the Disciplines
This new series of workshops is intended to help institutions move beyond information literacy in general education to information fluency in humanities majors. Four workshops, each focusing on a different discipline of the humanities, will be offered over four years for campus teams of faculty members, librarians, and the chief academic officer.
The first workshop will focus on literature and will be held March 4–6, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Workshops in history and classics are tentatively scheduled to take place in 2011 and 2012, respectively. The disciplinary focus of the 2013 workshop will be determined at a later date.
2010 Information Fluency in the Disciplines Workshop in Literature
The Information Fluency in the Disciplines Workshop in Literature will help teams develop programs for upper-level English or other literature students obtain a better understanding of the availability, authority, and uses of relevant information resources in their major field of study. The primary focus will be on English literature, but the workshop will also be appropriate for other modern languages and literatures. Participants will explore topics such as: faculty-librarian collaboration in helping students acquire information fluency; the role of chief academic officers in promoting information fluency across the campus; new, online, and traditional resources for literary study; methods of evaluating the success of an information fluency program; uses of space and budgets to promote information fluency; and strategies for implementing change on campus. Institutions with an information literacy component in the general education curriculum—such as those that participated in one of the CIC Transformation of the College Library Workshops—may find this new series the next logical step in helping students to function well in the rapidly changing information environment.
There is no fee to participate. In addition, each participating institution will receive up to $2,250 to offset travel and hotel expenses. All workshop materials and most of the meals during the workshop will be provided.
The workshops are co-sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), and are endorsed by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the Appalachian College Association (ACA), and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
CIC senior advisor Susanne Woods, provost and professor of English emerita, Wheaton College (MA), is the program director.
Funder: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Program Status: The application for the 2011 workshop on history will be available in September 2010. All independent colleges and universities are eligible to apply, with preference given to CIC member institutions. Approximately 20 institutions will be selected to participate.
Materials for the 2010 Workshop, held March 4-6, are below:
For questions about the Information Fluency in the Disciplines workshops, contact CIC Director of Programs, Sarah Stoycos at (202) 466-7230 or sstoycos@cic.nche.edu.
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Information Fluency in the Disciplines
