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Final Call for Papers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mariana Regalado)
Wed Feb 5 22:38:54 2003
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 10:37:35 +0000
From: Mariana Regalado <regalado@BROOKLYN.CUNY.EDU>
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Please excuse cross-postings.
You are invited to submit proposed articles for a special issue of Academic
Exchange Quarterly entitled "The Many Faces of Information Competence." The
issue is co-edited by Michael Adams of the City University of New York
Graduate Center and Mariana Regalado of Brooklyn College.
Academic librarians are increasingly instructing targeted groups within
the academic environment. Such groups include freshman learning communities,
international students, graduate students, and faculty. Each of these groups
is far from homogenous because of the diversity of their expectations of
libraries and their information-seeking experiences. Even into the
twenty-first century, many faculty members, for example, are reluctant to
use electronic resources.
How can we develop instruction programs that will address the shared
needs of such groups and the diverse needs of individuals? What assessment
tools are available to measure the success of such programs? How can we
identify constituencies being underserved?
Manuscripts are sought that describe successful (and even unsuccessful)
approaches to information literacy for targeted groups and/or diverse
populations in higher education. Manuscripts are also sought that report on
quantitative or qualitative evaluations of the impact of information
literacy programs, courses, and components of courses. A wide variety of
approaches to this topic are sought.
Academic Exchange Quarterly is a scholarly journal fostering education,
career growth, and personal development for college and university faculty.
Its current issue deals with "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," and
recent issues have focused on such topics as assessment of academics,
services, and administration and student perceptions, beliefs, and
attitudes. Over 23,000 institutions and individuals subscribe to the print
edition of Academic Exchange Quarterly, and it is available electronically
from Expanded Academic ASAP and InfoTrac OneFile. Scholars from 263
colleges and universities in 44 states and 22 foreign countries have
published in the journal.
Additional information is available at
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/fall03.htm.
Submit proposals to Michael Adams at madams@gc.cuny.edu. The manuscript
deadline will be May 2003.
Please share this message with any librarians or faculty members who may
be interested.
