Free information literacy event in Sheffield

Free Info Literacy research event, 30 March 2007

**Please reply to
p.dokphrom@shef.ac.uk if you wish to attend **

The Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, is
holding a free half-day event on information literacy research,
featuring speakers from the Department plus a visiting speaker: Dr
Christine Bruce, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information
Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

**When
Friday 30th March 2007. Registration from 1.15, programme starts at
1.40 and ends at 4.15.

**Where
Regent Court, Portobello Street, University of Sheffield

**What
Programme consists of: Introduction ( Professor Sheila Corrall,
University of Sheffield); Guest keynote: Information literacy: models
from research (Dr Christine Bruce); Information Literacy research in
the Department of Information Studies, and the UK research agenda (
Sheila Webber and Nigel Ford); Conceptions of information literacy of
UK Chemistry and English academics (Sheila Webber, University of
Sheffield, and Bill Johnston, University of Strathclyde); Mining of
search activity data to support information literacy (Professor Nigel
Ford and Dr Andrew Madden, University of Sheffield, reporting from a
project investigating search behaviour of members of the public).
There will be opportunities for questions and discussion.

**How much
Free

**How to register
Email Ms Phussadee Dokphrom at p.dokphrom@shef.ac.uk

**More information at:
http://dis.shef.ac.uk/sheila/march30.html