14. 01.2009

Dear friends and professionals,

Wish you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2009

You are all aware that the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)   is organizing  many programmes on ˇInformation Literacy˘ with the active support and guidance of UNESCO in many places in our country.

I am happy to inform you that SALIS is again organizing a Special Session on ˇInformation, Media and Digital Literacy˘   supported by UNESCO during the SALIS International Conference on Knowledge Networking in Digital Era ( 22-24 Jan 2009) between 3-30 PM to 6.30 P.M on 23.01.2009 at Chennai.

This Special Session will be about 3 hrs duration with discussions and Q&A.

Experts from various fields will be delivering the following special lectures.

1. Media and Digital Literacy

    by Ms. Iskra Panevska  Advisor in Communication and Information for Asia, UNESCO,

    New Delhi

2. Information Literacy - Basics, Standards, Models and Case Studies 

    by  Prof. Pradeepa Wijetunge, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

3. Information Literacy Model Curricula for different types of persons (researchers, school

   students, graduate/PG students, professionals, lifelong learners, disabled persons,

   etc.)  Information Literacy Indicators

    by Prof.Jagtar Singh,Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi

   University,

4. Media Literacy - basics, models, standards, indicators ( an expert from Media)

5. Digital Literacy - basics, models, standards, indicators

    by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT M

6. Information Literacy for all

   by Mr. Anup Kumar Das, New Delhi.

Date: 23. 01.2009

Time: 3.30 P.M to 6.30 P.M

Venue : B.S.A. Crescent Engineering College (Seminar Hall 1), Chennai

You are all cordially invited to participate in the special programme and also give your valuable suggestions to take Information Literacy to all in our county.

Programme Co-ordinator

A.Hariharan

Presisent, SALIS