DePaul University Library and the Moraine Valley Community College Library will co-host the 2014 Illinois Information Literacy Summit on April 25, at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.

This year’s Summit will look at the evolving nature of information literacy in light of the forthcoming revision to ACRL’s Information Literacy Standards. Trudi Jacobson (University at Albany, SUNY; Chair of ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force) and Tom Mackey (SUNY Empire State College) will deliver this year’s keynote, “Changing Models, Changing Emphases: The Evolution of Information Literacy.” Their presentation will explore metaliteracy, threshold concepts, empowerment, metacognition, and information literacy in the disciplines.

The planning committee will announce details on this year’s summit speakers, along with a call for proposals in early November.

For more information contact:
Tish Hayes, hayesl45@morainevalley.edu
Heather Jagman, hjagman@depaul.edu
Jessica Alverson, kalverso@depaul.edu
Troy Swanson, swanson@morainevalley.edu

The new partnership between DePaul and Moraine Valley represents the next step in the growth of the Summit. The organizers envision the Summit as an opportunity for librarians, teachers and other practitioners across the educational spectrum to come together, share ideas and strengthen information literacy throughout the Midwest.

Through the years, the Illinois Information Literacy Summit has benefited from the support of the Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges, Southern Illinois Learning Resource Centers, the Illinois State Library, Illinois Central College, John A. Logan College, and Illinois State University Milner Library.