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The mission of the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) is to provide a forum for discussion of activities, programs, and problems of instruction in the use of libraries; to contribute to the education and training of librarians for library instruction; to promote instruction in the use of libraries as an essential library service, and to serve as a channel of communication on library instruction between the ALA divisions, ALA and ACRL committees, state clearinghouses, Project LOEX, other organizations concerned with instruction in the use of libraries, and members of the Association.

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Event: Medieval Information Literacy - ID:EALS Free Virtual Speaker Series

  • 1.  Event: Medieval Information Literacy - ID:EALS Free Virtual Speaker Series

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    Event title: Medieval Information Literacy
    When: January 21st, 10 am EST; 3 pm GMT
    The January ID:EALS session is "Medieval Information Literacy: Research Into Practice," and our guest speakers, Dr. Andrew (Drew) Whitworth of the University of Manchester and Dr. Kristin Browning Leaman of Purdue University, will explore how scholars created and employed systems of information literacy to navigate the information spaces of the medieval period. While information literacy may be new as an organized and independent discipline, these scholars' work points to it being a longstanding concept in human engagement with knowledge. 
     
    Presenters:
    Dr. Whitworth is a longstanding scholar of information literacy whose work examines the importance of information literacy education, as well as how information literacy relates to power. His research on medieval information literacy highlights how scholars developed information literacy methods and concepts to help junior scholars learn how to navigate book manuscripts and other premodern sources of information. 
    Dr. Leaman is an expert in medieval manuscripts, book history, and information studies, with a focus on medieval and early modern dis- and misinformation. Building upon her dissertation, Dr. Leaman's in-progress book Printing Ælfric in Early Modern England, 1566-1687 (under contract with Brill Publishers) pioneers a new interdisciplinary approach by applying a critical disinformation framework to early modern editions of Old English texts, an intersection that has yet to be systematically explored. Dr. Leaman teaches a wide range of courses in the School of Information Studies and the Department of English, including Medieval Manuscript Studies, Medieval Mis/Disinformation, Research Methods for Rare Books, Medieval British Literature, and Introductory Composition.


    Clarence Maybee

    Associate Dean for Learning

    Professor and W. Wayne Booker Chair in Information Literacy

    Director, Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue

    Libraries and School of Information Studies

    Purdue University

    cmaybee@purdue.edu

    765-494-7603

     

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