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Going to ALA in New Orleans? ACRL Women’s Studies Section has a great program Doing Information Literacy Differently: The View from Interdisciplinary Studies on
Monday, June 26, 2006 from 8:00-12:00 at the Morial Convention Center 271-272.

Interdisciplinary areas like women’s studies, African-American studies, Chicana/o studies, and American Indian studies present unique opportunities and challenges for using and adapting the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards. Panelists will discuss using and adapting the standards in interdisciplinary areas focusing on undergraduate credit bearing courses, online modules, and work with graduate students. Following the panel, break-out groups will discuss and share further ideas for using and adapting the standards in interdisciplinary areas.
Speakers:
• Tiffani Travis, California State University, Long Beach
• Sara Heitshu, University of Arizona
• Sherri L. Barnes, University of California, Santa Barbara