Online Institute Archives of Information Literacy Webcasts 

Best Practices in Information Literacy:  Preliminary Observations from ACRL's Information Literacy Best Practices Initiative
Tom Kirk, Earlham College & Michael Bell, Elmhurst College
June 2002

Kirk, Bell, and Becker will present some of the first observations and conclusions about criteria, success factors, typical challenges, and effective implementation strategies for Information Literacy programs based on the work of the 10 participating institutions.

Information Fluency vs. Information Literacy: A Liberal Arts Perspective on Technology's Role in the 21st Century
William Durden, President & Paul Levit, Executive Dir IT, Dickinson College
May 2002 

Why should your institution choose Information Fluency instead of Information Literacy?  Is there more than a difference in terminology?  Dickinson College  believes  there is a critical difference -- one that led to choosing Information Fluency over Information Literacy.  During the webcast we will discuss how Dickinson made the decision to adopt Fluency as a major goal and how, under the leadership of the College administration and Faculty committees, it will be achieved.


Best Practices in Information Literacy
Tom Kirk, Earlham College 
April 2002

This Webcast offers preliminary insights from the deliberations of the ACRL Best Practices Initiative team and from the responses to the request for proposals to participate in a related invitational conference (Best Practices in Information Literacy Invitational Conference June 11-13, 2002 - Atlanta). 

Information Literacy and Collaborative Change
with Craig Gibson, Associate University Librarian, George Mason University
February 19, 2002

Click here to view digital archive of chat room conversation from this Webcast

Gibson will address some of the crucial issues relating to creating a culture of learning in higher education, especially focusing on information literacy as an intellectual toolkit for transforming educational practices.