Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:18:28 +0530
From: Jagtar Singh
Dear professional Colleagues,
In view of profound response to our call for participation in the IL
Workshop for South and Central Asia and in consultation with the Unesco
TTT-IL Project experts/leaders, we have decided to increase the number of
participants' intake from 50 to 75 delegates. We don't want the deserving
cases to be left out. Hence please access the link given in this call for
participation an mail me your duly filled in application form by 17 October
2008.
Profound regards,
Jagtar Singh,
Workshop Coordinator
UNESCO Sponsored Training-the-Trainers (TTT) in Information Literacy
Regional Workshop for South and Central Asia
05 � 07 November 2008
Punjabi University, Patiala (India).
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University (
www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in), Patiala (India) is one of the 12 institutions
selected by UNESCO to host the Training-the-Trainers (TTT) in Information
Literacy Regional Workshop from November 05 - 07, 2008 for participants from
South and Central Asia.
Training for Information Literacy
This workshop is not designed to raise the level of awareness of the general
population as to what Information Literacy (IL) is all about. Nor is a
meeting of world experts convened to foster the academic interchange of
theories and ideas. Instead, this workshop is aimed at training particular
kinds of professionals � those who are employed in what are sometimes called
the "helping professions" such as teachers - who may already be acknowledged
to be, or who wish to become, a fully qualified expert IL trainer, either as
a generalist, or as a specialist in a given discipline or sector that
matches one of the "ultimate beneficiary target audiences" such as women,
the disabled and the unemployed.
Aim and Scope
The main aim of this Workshop is to provide Information Literacy educators
and trainers with specialized, authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date
training. This workshop would bring together experts and participants from
south and central Asia to discuss and share information, experiences and
expertise on current issues, concerns, teaching and learning approaches,
methods and models, and professional "best practices" regarding Information
Literacy education and training. This workshop aims to train the
trainers/instructors in Information Literacy to enable them to share their
knowledge, experiences and skills to train the stakeholders at the grass
roots.
Resource Persons
Expert presenters, who are established and experienced authorities in the
Information Literacy field, will present the content at the workshops, and
organize the participant discussions. Mrs. Pradeepa Wijetunge, University of
Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Prof. Piyadasa Ranasinghe, Head, DLIS,
University of Kelaniya, and President, Sri Lanka Library Association, Sri
Lanka, Dr. Kanwal Ameen, AP, Department of Library and Information Science,
University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Dr. Harish Chandra, Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Chennai, Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director Inflibnet, Dr. R.
K. Chadha, Joint Secretary, Indian Parliament, New Delhi, Prof. N. Laxman
Rao, Director, Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad, Prof. S. M.
Shafi, Prof. and Head, DLIS, University of Kashmir, Dr. Roshan Raina,
Director, Lal Bahudur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi, Prof.
I.V. Malhan of Jammu University, Jammu, and Prof. M.P. Satija of Guru Nanak
Dev University, Amritsar will facilitate the workshop participants. A
Certificate of Completion will be awarded to successful participants.
Workshop Participants
This workshop is seeking applications from 50 qualified trainer-participants
from South and Central Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants should hold a
professional degree,
preferably a graduate degree and have knowledge and interest in the
Information Literacy field. Typically, applicants will be:
university/college/school faculty; practicing librarians and information
professionals; and human relations department trainers in private sector
companies, associations and government agencies; and similarly qualified
educational professionals, including education and training administrators
in scientific, technological and research institutions. Since attendance is
limited, applicants are urged to submit their applications at the earliest.
Application Form and Fee
Interested applicants should access the following link for application form:
http://tttw.patiala.googlepages.com/applicationform-tttworkshopforsouthandce,
fill it out and send it to the Workshop Coordinator, Professor Jagtar Singh
at ttw.patiala@gmail.com or jagtar.kindu@gmail.com
The last date for submitting applications is Thursday, 17 October 2008.
Selected candidates will be provided with additional, detailed guidance as
to next steps. Applicants should also check the websites periodically, both
before and after they submit their applications, to ensure they are aware of
the latest information since some data may be updated from time to time as
more current and timely information sometimes becomes available.
The participants are required to pay for their own travel costs. The
registration fee for the workshop is INR 5000/-. You may pay it on the spot
in cash. Otherwise you may send a draft payable at Patiala in the name of
Unesco TTT-IL Workshop. The registration fee includes boarding, lodging, IL
CDs, sessions' tea, and conference kit. But for non-residents, the
registration fee is INR 4000/-.
Useful Links (containing application forms and other workshop details):
TTT Patiala Workshop Site: http://tttw.patiala.googlepages.com/
UNESCO Portal: Information Literacy: Training The Trainers in Information
Literacyhttp://
portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25992&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
UNESCO TTT: Training The Trainers in Information Literacy:
http://www.albertkb.nl/pageID_5366125.html
Dr. Jagtar Singh,
Workshop Coordinator and Professor,
Department of Library and Information Science,
Punjabi University, Patiala - 147 002 (Punjab) INDIA
Email: jagtar.kindu@gmail.com
tttw.patiala@gmail.com
Phone: +91 (0) 175 3046462 & 3046179
Fax: +91 (0) 175 2283073
Dr. Trishanjit Kaur,
Workshop Facilitator
Reader & Head
Department of Library and Information Science,
Punjabi University, Patiala - 147 002 (Punjab) INDIA
Email: trishanjit.kaur@gmail.com
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