Dean of Library and Information Services
State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh
Phone: 518/564-5180
Fax: 518/564-5100
E-mail: obermacg@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu
| Cerise Oberman Friday, October 25, 1:00 to 2:45 |
Esther Grassian Saturday, October 26, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. |
Clifford Lynch Saturday, October 26, 2:45 to 4:00 p.m. |
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Dean of Library and Information Services State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh Phone: 518/564-5180 Fax: 518/564-5100 E-mail: obermacg@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu |
Today, academic librarians are facing their greatest challenge in library
instruction: retaining their focus on teaching concepts in the face of increasing
pressures to teach technology. Our colleges are filled with students who
are convinced that computer technology is the gateway to all information
resources. Increasingly and understandably, librarians who teach are wrestling
with the balance between basic search concepts and the need to teach cyberspace.
Constructing a conceptual framework for teaching in this time of dramatic
changes requires a reassessment of basic library instructional philosophy.
Cerise Oberman is Dean of Library & Information Services at the State
University of New York at Plattsburgh, New York. She is co-editor of Theories
of Bibliographic Instruction: Designs for Teaching (Bowker, 1982)
and Proceedings
of the Russian-American Seminar in Critical Thinking and the Library,
Moscow, Russia, May 29-June 8, 1992 (University of Illinois Occasional Papers,
1995).
Ms. Oberman has published and presented widely on conceptual approaches
and active learning in bibliographic instruction. She served as an ACRL
continuing education workshop leader for nine years, offering workshops
on "Teaching Methods for the Bibliographic Instruction Librarian"
and "Active Teaching and Learning: A Practical Design Workshop."
Ms. Oberman was awarded the ALA ACRL Miriam
Dudley Bibliographic Instruction Librarian Award in 1994. She is currently
serving on SUNY's Distance
Learning Advisory Panel.
| --Julie Sih, CARL Conference Planning Committee |
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Electronic Services Coordinator UCLA College Library P.O. Box 951450 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1450 Phone: 310/206-4410 Fax: 310/206-9312 Email: estherg@library.ucla.edu |
"Information competency"--what does it mean and how can we
all achieve it as we struggle to maintain our equilibrium? Accreditation,
assessment and professional development for "information dexterity"
are all wrapped up together in the envelope of proficiencies. Confusion
and uncertainty batter us with each and every new technological development,
new software release, ever speedier and more powerful hardware and networking
capabilities. Higher education accreditation is also in a confused and uncertain
state. Yet all is not lost. In fact, this is an exciting opportunity for
technologically adroit librarians to provide a guiding and helping hand
to their colleagues and users by defining standards for digital information
competency, and by developing user pre-tests and post-tests with a focus
on one of the instruction librarian's most important areas of expertise--critical
thinking. As new accreditation standards for higher education institutions
are developed, we can and should step forward and press for inclusion of
these well-defined information competency standards, and offer our expertise
in helping learners meet these standards, as well as assessing outcomes.
Esther Grassian's continuing efforts to foster Internet competence among
faculty, staff, and students--as detailed in a March 1996 article in the
American Library Association's Library
Instruction Round Table News--contributed to her recognition as 1995 Librarian
of the Year among her peer professional group at UCLA, the Library Association
of the University of California, Los Angeles (LAUC-LA).
Her service as 1995-1996 Chair of the ACRL (Association for College and
Research Libraries) Instruction
Section represents only one of Esther's many contributions to the professional
community. Countless librarians have benefitted from Esther's "Train
the Trainer" workshops and from her authorship of helpful tools like
the 1993 Sourcebook for Bibliographic Instruction chapter on
"Setting Up and Managing a BI Program." Esther also serves on
the editorial board of Research Strategies. We look forward
to hearing Esther's insights on the conference theme as our Saturday morning
keynote speaker.
| --Julie Sih, CARL Conference Planning Committee |
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Director, Division of Library Automation University of California Office of the President 300 Lakeside Drive, 8th Floor Oakland, California 94612-3550 Phone: 510/987-0522 Fax: 510/987-0328 Email: clifford.lynch@ucop.edu |
Pending--watch this space!
Dr. Clifford A. Lynch is a recognized expert in information systems and
network access to library resources. As Director of the Division
of Library Automation at the University of California Office of the
President, Dr. Lynch is responsible for the MELVYL®
information system (one of the largest public access information retrieval
systems in existence), as well as the computer internetwork linking the
nine UC campuses. Dr. Lynch has participated in the development of a number
of important standards for network communication (notably the ANSI/NISO
Z39.50 protocol), serves on the board of the National
Information Standards Organization, and leads the Coalition
for Networked Information's Architectures and Standards Working Group.
In October 1995 began a term as President of the American
Society for Information Science (ASIS).
If you missed Dr. Lynch's keynote address at last year's CARL Conference,
check the summary
or the transcript
of his talk on "The Changing Nature of Collections in the Digital Age"
for a sample of the coherency and vision that audiences have come to expect
from his presentations. In addition, publications like "The
Z39.50 Protocol in Plain English" and "Networked
Information Resource Discovery: An Overview of Current Issues"
(IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, vol. 13,
No. 8) provide further evidence of Dr. Lynch's talent for explaining seemingly
inaccessible technological concepts so clearly and insightfully that non-expert
audiences not only grasp the essentials, but are even able to participate
intelligently in the discussion of their implications.
| --Julie Sih, CARL Conference Planning Committee |
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