Thursday, April 03, 2008

Educational approaches to information culture

There is a call for papers for the International colloquium L’Education à la culture informationnelle /Educational approaches to information culture which takes place October 16-18 2008 at the University of Lille 3, Maison de la Recherche, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France. The four conference themes are:
- Institutional, political, and educational aspects of information culture and comparative international approaches to these aspects.
- Uses, representations and social contexts of informational and documentation practices: ‘ordinary’ vs formal informational practices.
- Formatted” knowledge: implicit or hidden information aptitudes, their sources and modes of acquisition.
- Pedagogic approaches to information literacy education, and to information literacy-based educational practice.
Papers can be either in French or in English. Deadline for submissions is April 20, 2008. See the conference website for more details at http://ertecolloque.wordpress.com/

Photo by Sheila Webber: Ramshorn churchyard, Glasgow, Daffodils and dew, April 2008

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