2nd Annual Metronet Information Literacy Project Conference:
Information Literacy: The Bridge to College Readiness


FRIDAY, JUNE 20,2008
8:00am – 4:00pm
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.

Schedule

8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:30 Dr Kent Pekel, Executive Director of the College Readiness Consortium, University of Minnesota.
“Pekel: “Changing Mindsets: The Real Educational Challenge for the Information Age"
9:30-10:15 Joan Lippincott, Associate Director, Coalition for Networked Information.
“Content Creators, Learning, and Libraries.”
10:20-10:40 Break
10:45-11:45 Panel Presentations: School Media Specialists and Teacher Partnerships:
Como Park High School, Highland Park High School, a Minneapolis high school (tbd)
11:45-12:45 Lunch and Visits to Poster Sessions
Poster sessions include:
  • College of St Catherine: The Library Uncatalogued
  • Bethel University: Engage Your Audience: Using Audience Systems in Library Instruction
  • Macalester College: Capturing Interest through online Gaming
12:45-1:30 Dr Larry Hardesty, Dean of Libraries, Winona State University
“The First Year of College and the Canary in the Coal Mine.”
1:30-2:30 Panel Presentations -- Attendees should select one of four panel sessions
  1. Embedded Librarians: Librarian and Faculty Partnerships
    University of St Thomas, Talia Nadir and ( )
    Augsburg College, Bill Wittenbreer and Phil Anamo
  2. The Library in the First Year
    Concordia University, Tamara Buetow
    Augsburg College, Stacy Cutinella
  3. High School and College Connections
    Concordia University and Concordia Academy, Jennifer Brokenhagen
    Macalester College and International Baccalaureate Programs, Dave Collins
  4. Writing Programs and Information Literacy
    University of Minnesota
    Carleton College
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:30 Discussion with conference attendees on ideas for increasing college attendance among high school students, conclusions, and next steps