Keynote Speakers

BETSY WILSON || MICHAEL B. EISENBERG || PATRICIA CARROLL-MATHES || KIMBERLEY DONNELLY || CLARA FOWLER || CAROL KUHLTHAU ||

BETSY WILSON
Betsy Wilson in the Associate Director of Libraries for Research and Instructional Services at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has published and presented widely on teaching, learning, and technology; educational collaborations; and assessment and evaluation. She has held numerous leadership roles in the American Library Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries, including chair of the ACRL Instruction Section, member of ALA Council, and ACRL President (2000-2001). She Is a member of the OCLC Board of Trustees and was the 1999-2000 President of the OCLC Users Council. She is the recipient of the 1995 Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award and the 2000 Margaret E. Monroe Award. She helped establish the Institute for Information Literacy which is “dedicated to playing a leadership role in assisting individuals and institutions in integrating information literacy throughout the educational process.” She has been co-administrator of the award-winning UWired program at the University of Washington since its inception in 1994. UWired is a campus collaboration committed to helping educators and students incorporate meaningful applications of information technology and information literacy education into teaching and learning. Betsy holds a BA in Art History and German from Northwestern University and an MS in Library and Information Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
 

MICHAEL B. EISENBERG
Michael B. Eisenberg (PhD, Syracuse University, MLS, State University of New York at Albany) is the Director of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Washington. The unifying aspect of Mike's diverse teaching and research activities is the ongoing effort to improve society's ability to meet people's information needs. Mike strives to accomplish this through educating information professionals, conducting research, consulting, writing and presenting on the use of information and information technology in education and training; information problem-solving and development of essential information and technology skills; development and management of Internet services and resources; and the curriculum concerns and management of library media programs. Mike is widely published, a frequent speaker at conferences, presents numerous workshops and training sessions each year, and consults with school districts businesses, and government agencies on information resources, services, curriculum, technology, and management. He has worked as a teacher, library media specialist, program administrator, and consultant.  He is nationally known for his innovative approach to problem-solving and critical thinking/information and technology skills development: the Big6 Skills. In 1990, Mike received the Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Information Science and Policy of the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, and was the 1994 recipient of the School Library Media Section/New York Library Association Presidential Award for Professional Achievement.

PATRICIA CARROLL-MATHES
Patricia Carroll-Mathes is professor and coordinator of information literacy at SUNY- Ulster Community College. In 1997 she received ACRL’s  Innovation in Instruction Award for the Collaborative Information Literacy Program. Credit instruction at UCCC initiated in 1993, and has evolved into a departmental program with multiple course sections taught by a teaching team with faculty from many disciplines. Information Literacy is required for all students in degree programs.

KIMBERLEY DONNELLY
Kimberley Donnelly is an assistant professor and reference librarian at York College of Pennsylvania (YCP) in York. Prior to joining YCP, she served as reference librarian at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Kimberley holds a BS degree in Communication and an MSLS from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She teaches two sections of Information Literacy 101 each semester at YCP and is co-author of the Information Literacy eText which can be accessed at http://www.ycp.edu/library/ifl/. She often presents and publishes on the topics of information literacy and the changing roles of librarians.

CLARA FOWLER
Clara Fowler is the Electronic Instruction Librarian of the Digital Information Literacy Office at the University of Texas at Austin. She coordinates freshman library instruction programs including composition classes, orientations and freshman seminars. For the past two years she has served as content leader for TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial). She is active in the Texas Library Association and is the Chair-Elect for the TLA Library Instruction Round Table. She has presented papers regarding the role of library instruction in undergraduate education. She received her M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in History from Drew University.

CAROL KUHLTHAU
Carol Kuhlthau is Professor and Chair of the Library and Information  Science Department and Director of the MLS program in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Known for her research into the user's perspective of the information search process, she has written numerous papers, articles, and books including Seeking Meaning: A Process
Approach to Library and Information Services and Teaching the Library Research Process. She is a frequent presenter on information literacy and topics related to her research. Recipient of the American Library Association Jesse Shera Research Award; and this year's ACRL Miriam Dudley Bibliographic Instruction Award.
 
 

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