Tuesday, 4 November 2008
08:30 am — 09:00 am Welcome & Registration
09:00 am — 10:00 am Opening session
Delegates Hall
Welcome address
Sohair Wastawy (Chief Librarian, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt)
Introduction to the ‘Training-The-Trainers in IL’ workshops & IFAP
Forest Woody Horton, Jr. (International Library and Information Consultant; UNESCO-IFAP Consultant, USA)
Information literacy as a 21st Century competence and its importance for the future
Barbie Keiser (IRM consultant, USA; workshop content coordinator)
10:00 am — 11:30 am Session 1
Delegates Hall
Theory-based, practical strategies for teaching information literacy
[handout for downloading]
Caroline Stern (Professor, Department of Languages and Literature, Ferris State University, USA)
11:30 am — 11:45 am Break -- Delegates Hall
11:45 am — 01:45 pm Session 2
Delegates Hall
Information Literacy standards & models
Vanessa Middleton (Associate Head Librarian, Petroleum Institute, UAE)
01:45 pm — 03:15 pm Lunch (BA invitation) -- Greco-Roman Restaurant, Conference Center
03:15 pm — 04:45 pm Session 3 (includes a video conference)
Delegates Hall
The importance of information literacy and lifelong learning: Thirteen years after the public Internet starts, what can we expect in the next 13?
Richard Sweeney (University Librarian, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
04:45 pm — 05:00 pm Break -- Nobel Room
05:00 pm — 06:30 pm Session 4 (practical session & workgroups)
Nobel Room & Gad Rausing Auditorium
Demand for information literacy & importance of lifelong learning in Egypt & the Middle East region: trainee analysis, brainstorming, and discussions (with case studies)
Engy Fahmy and Nermine Rifaat (Library of the American University of Cairo, Egypt)
Wednesday 5 November 2008
09:00 am — 10:00 am Session 5
Delegates Hall
Researching the Middle East: How to search and evaluate Arabic Open Source websites and databases
Engy Fahmy and Nermine Rifaat
10:00 am — 11:30 am Session 6
Delegates Hall
Designing an information literacy training program: An introduction to strategic planning and purposeful advocacy
Barbie Keiser
11:30 am — 11:45 am Break -- Delegates Hall
11:45 am — 01:45 pm Session 7
Delegates Hall
Using a focus group to assess real information literacy needs
Richard Sweeney
01:45 pm — 02:10 pm Session 8
Delegates Hall
The importance of scholarly information in the research process: Special focus on Egypt and the ME
Said Taha (Regional Director, MEA, Turkey and Iran, Elsevier)
02:10 pm — 03:30 pm Break -- free time for lunch
03:30 pm — 05:00 pm Session 9 (practical session and workgroups)
Delegates Hall
Strategies for implementing successful IL action plans
Barbie Keiser
05:00 pm — 05:15 pm Break -- Nobel Room
05:15 pm — 06:30 pm Session 10 (practical session & workgroups)
Nobel Room & Gad Rausing Auditorium
Designing information literacy training programs for the Middle East region: methods & aspects of application/implementation in Egypt & the region (success stories & future action plans/programs)
Vanessa Middleton
Thursday 6 November 2008
09:00 am — 10:00 am Session 11
Delegates Hall
Designing an information literacy training program: Principles & methods of assessment and measuring outcomes
[handout for downloading]
Caroline Stern
10:00 am — 11:45 am Session 12
Delegates Hall
Social networking and Web 2.0 in information literacy
Joan Petit and Amanda Click (American University of Cairo, Egypt)
11:45 am — 12:00 pm Session 13
Delegates Hall
EBSCO Presentation: Briefing on EBSCO online services & resources
Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil (Regional Sales Manager – North Africa, EBSCO Publishing)
12:00 pm — 12:15 pm Break -- Nobel Room
12:15 pm — 01:45 pm Session 14 (practical session & workgroups)
Nobel Room & Gad Rausing Auditorium
Designing information literacy training programs for the Middle East region: defining best marketing & assessment tools for the region (success stories & future plans)
Caroline Stern and Vanessa Middleton
01:45 pm — 03:00 pm Break -- free time for lunch
03:00 pm — 04:30 pm Session 15 (practical session & workgroups)
Delegates Hall
Workgroups final reporting/wrap up (crystallization of regional action plans & programs; highlighting regional collaborative efforts)
Barbie Keiser
04:30 pm — 05:30 pm Session 16
Delegates Hall
Closing session: wrap up, conclusions, evaluation, and “next steps,” followed by certificate presentation
Forest Woody Horton, Jr. and Sohair Wastawy
05:30 pm — 06:30 pm Library Tour
Tour of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina