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Monday, October 20, 2008

An information Literacy week at Sheffield

The Information Literacy Network is an interdisciplinary special interest group created with the purpose of bringing together key stakeholders in information literacy at the University of Sheffield from the Department of Information Studies, the Library and CILASS (Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences). We are hosting a series of events and activities, with input from students and the Careers Service, in week 5, 27th-31st October 2008 to celebrate the distinctive approaches to teaching and research in the field of information literacy at the University of Sheffield.

We will be offering both face-to-face and virtual discussion and development events, plus we will be taking over the Good Practice Blog (http://www.good.group.shef.ac.uk/blog/ ) for the week (and also look out for posts on this blog).

More information, including links to booking forms, is available on the
CILASS website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/cilass/ilweek.html

The items open to those outside Sheffield are:
Wednesday 29th October 12.00-13.00 Room 204, Regent Court, Department of Information
Studies Research seminar "Information Literacy in the schools sector in Syria"

Thursday 30th October 13.00-14.00 Room 204, Regent Court, Department of Information Studies
Research Seminar "Information Literacy in Second Life"

Thursday 30th October 8pm UK time, Infolit ischool island, Second Life
Second Life discussion: "Information Literacy and Employability"

1 comment:

  1. This is only good for Sheffield. Is there a way you can make a donation? Thanks

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