LACUNY Instruction Committee

Robert Farrell (BM), Keith Muchowski (NY)
Members: Jerry Borstein (BB), Alexandra de Luise (QC), Jacqueline A. Gill (CC), Mounir Khalil (CC),
Kathy Killoran (JJ), Charles Keyes, (LG), David Koenigstein (BX), Miriam Laskin (HO),
Anne Leonard (NY), Sandra Marcus (QB), Edward Owusu-Ansah (SI), Katherine Parsons (BX),
Clover Steele (ME), Susan Voge (LC),

Mission * Upcoming Programs * Past Programs * Minutes

Mission

The Instruction Committee of the Library Association of the City University of New York seeks to encourage and promote activities and best practices that enhance theability of its librarians to advance teaching, learning, and research with respect to information literacy and assessment in higher education.

Upcoming Programs

Past programs

Rethinking Relevance - Technology and Pedagogical Points of View

Keynote Speaker:
Tom Eland, Chair of Information Studies, Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Mr. Eland will be speaking on how technology has impacted the role of librarians as "disciplinary discourse mediators."

Respondents: Deborah Richman, Vice President, Collarity (Palo Alto, CA)
Ann Grafstein, Coordinator of Library Instruction, Hofstra University
Jeff Gutkin, Director of Academic Computing, Wagner College

When:
Friday, March 21, 2008: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Borough of Manhattan Community College

Links From the Presentation

InfoLit@LACUNY Wiki: http://lacunyinfolit.wetpaint.com: Tom Eland’s PowerPoint and presentation notes are posted.

In addition below are some of citations mentioned during the conference:

Information Literacy @ Minneapolis Community and Technical College - http://www.minneapolis.edu/library/courses/infs1000/support.htm
Grafstein, Ann. "A Discipline-Based Approach to Information Literacy." Journal of Academic Librarianship 28.4 (July 2002): 197-204. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=7172944&site=ehost-live
Grafstein, Ann. "Information Literacy and Technology: An Examination of Some Issues." portal: Libraries and the Academy. 7.1 (January 2007): 51-64. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v007/7.1grafstein.html
Hardesty Larry L, John P Schmitt and John Mark Tucker. User instruction in academic libraries: a century of selected readings. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
Richman, Deborah. "Social Search Comes of Age." Paper presented at the 2007 Special Libraries Association http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2007/richmansocialsearch.pdf (PDF).
Shapiro, Jeremy J. and Shelley K. Hughes. "Information Literacy as a Liberal Art." Educom Review. 31.2 (March/April 1996). http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewarticles/31231.html
Simmons, Michelle Holschuh. "Librarians as Disciplinary Discourse Mediators: Using Genre Theory to Move Towards Critical Information Literacy." portal: Libraries and the Academy. 5.3 (2005): 297-311. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v005/5.3simmons.html

Instructional Technology from the Reference Desk to the Classroom
Joint program co-sponsored by the Instruction Committee and Reference Roundtable
When: Friday, September 15 from 2:00-4:00
Baruch College, 151 East 25 Street, Room 135

"Blackboard Building Blocks"-
Blogs, Wikis, Journals, Podcasting and the New CUNY Online BA

Presented by Dr. Sylvie Richards,
CUNY Online BA, School of Professional Studies

AND

"Myspace, Facebook & Academic Libraries: Bringing Library Instruction
to the User's Playground"-

Having a library profile on online social networks such as Myspace and Facebook provides academic libraries with a new and exciting area for delivering library instruction. Many opportunities, both intended and otherwise, offer librarians a chance to inform and instruct researchers and learners.

Presented by Prof. Beth Evans,
Brooklyn College

Please RSVP by September 8 to Louise A. Klusek,
Louise_Klusek@baruch.cuny.edu

Minutes

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