cfp Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Proposals are invited for the 2017 Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy in Savannah, GA, USA, in September 15-16, 2017. "The conference invites proposals from across disciplines for workshops and presentations that will consider, extend, or otherwise address information literacy in K-20 [i.e. tertiary education] settings. Types of Presentation include: Individual paper/presentation (20-minute presentation); Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation for two or more presenters); Workshop (1 hour and 15 minutes interactive session); Poster Session (45 minutes). Topics include: Defining information literacy in a digital age; effective means of developing information literacy skills in learners; partnerships between librarians and classroom teachers to teach students research skills; information literacy across the disciplines; assessment of information literacy initiatives; intellectual property, copyright, and plagiarism in the digital age." Submission Deadline is March 1, 2017. Conference Website is at http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/conferences/infolit/
Photo by Sheila Webber: conference memory, January 2017