SLIS graduates Dr. Blanche Woolls (M.A., '62, Ph.D.'73) and Dr. David Loertscher (Ph.D.'73) will participate in the 2012 IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) annual conference. This year's conference will be held in Helsinki, Finland, August 11-17.

At the Information Literacy with E-Learning Special Interest Group session, Drs. Woolls and Loertscher will present a joint paper:

Information Literacy Interconnections Using a Virtual Learning Environments

Abstract:
"In this paper, the various new learning environments available across the world are discussed and their impact on what is known as information literacy as well as the major changes in both how teachers teach and how students learn. The rise of new learning environments alongside the explosive growth of digital information requires every teacher and learner to rethink everything about teaching, learning, and learning how to learn. A look at this should help the reader make some decisions about information literacy interconnections using virtual learning environments."

Excerpts from the "Official Welcome" for the Conference:

• "On behalf of the National Committee for IFLA WLIC 2012 Helsinki and the entire Finnish library community, we are honoured and happy to welcome you to IFLA`s 78th Congress. We are enthusiastic and proud that Finland is serving as the host country for the annual Congress.
• Our goal is to provide a fertile environment for new ideas and enlightened conversation. We aim to create an atmosphere in which the programme organised by different IFLA sections will flourish and have added value. We hope that our theme 'Libraries now - inspiring, surprising and empowering' encourages you as much as we feel that libraries inspire their users."

Photo Credit: Helsinki by hsivonen

Posted August 07, 2012