Forums to Discuss New Initiative for Instruction Librarians

The National Information Literacy Institute (NILI) will be dedicated to the training of instruction librarians, programming for library administrators on issues of information literacy, and in bringing together various higher education initiatives. This effort is being led by Cerise Oberman, Director of the Feinberg Library, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, with planning funding by ACRL. An Advisory Committee has been formed to plan, advise, and assist with the implementation of NILI activities. Mitch Stepanovich will represent LIRT on the NILI Advisory Committee.

The NILI Invitational Planning Day will be held just prior to the midwinter conference in New Orleans on Friday, January 9th. Limited to 25, the participants in the planning day will articulate the mission and structure of the NILI and establish short and long term goals. The following groups are to be represented by participants in the Planning Day: academic librarians, school librarians, the Information Literacy Forum, the ALA Executive Council, library school faculty, potential instructors in the NILI, and potential partners such as LOEX.

The LIRT Midwinter Discussion Forum, Sunday, January 11, 9:30-11:00 am, will focus on the National Information Literacy Institute and will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and discuss the Institute and LIRT's involvement.

The ACRL/Instruction Section will also sponsor a forum for the discussion of NILI on Sunday, January 11, 1998 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm.



LIRT News, December 1997. Volume 20, number 2.
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