Barbara Fister on the ili discussion list has pointed out that Purdue University, USA, is endowing a Chair in Information Literacy. "The university will use a $2.5 million gift it received from Wayne Booker, former vice chairman of the Ford Motor Co. Purdue says students need to understand how to conduct research and how to evaluate the search results."
"The person filling the W. Wayne Booker Endowed Chair in Information Literacy will conduct research and launch additional initiatives to increase students' ability to access, assess and integrate information and make good judgments about what information they choose to use, said Purdue Dean of Libraries James L. Mullins. ." Jim Mullins also said that other universities has "expressed interest" in creating this sort of position. http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=15312
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