Information Literacy: The Bridge to College Readiness

FRIDAY, JUNE 20,2008
8:00am – 3:30pm
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ST PAUL CAMPUS CONFERENCE CENTER

Sponsored by Metronet and the Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC)

The goal of this conference is to demonstrate the importance of information literacy skills for students’ success in college. Information literacy is defined as the ability to follow a systematic process in doing research, that is, with the knowledge of how to formulate questions, gather, evaluate, and organize the information discovered, draw conclusions, present results, and use information sources in an ethical and responsible manner. Conference attendees will learn about the efforts of some of Minnesota’s secondary schools to teach these skills, the expectations of college faculty (especially those involved with “freshmen year experience” courses), and the importance of improving the alignment of information literacy instruction between secondary schools and colleges and universities. Educators in Minnesota have recognized alignment as a critical issue, one that the Governor’s P-16 Group is working on particularly with respect to math and science education. Consequently the conference should be of interest to K-12 teachers and school media specialists, college and university faculty and librarians, school administrators, curriculum specialists, legislators, government officials, and others interested in how we can better prepare Minnesota’s students with 21st Century skills.

Cost: $30 includes materials, lunch, refreshments, and parking

Registration deadline: June 13, 2008

For a detailed schedule, information about speakers, and a link to the online registration,

visit http://www.metrolibraries.net/library-wire/overview.html