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The University of Iowa Libraries is hosting a national conference on educational strategies and programs to successfully teach faculty, technologists, students and staff in a dynamic and ever-changing information and technological environment. Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships: Educating the University Community in a Dynamic Information Environment will be held on November 11-12, 1999 in the Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. The UI Libraries is well known for its innovative electronic information and teaching facilities--the Information Arcade (Main Library) and the Information Commons (Hardin Library for the Health Sciences). In addition, the TWIST project (Teaching with Innovative Style and Technology) has become a successful model for partnering between library professionals and faculty in the incorporation of new technologies into the curriculum. This is an opportunity for library professionals, technologists, and faculty from a variety of academic institutions to share their experiences and successes. The University of Iowa Center for Teaching is co-sponsoring the symposium.

Brian Hawkins, President of EDUCAUSE and Betsy Wilson, Associate Director for Public Services, University of Washington Libraries, are the symposium plenary speakers.

GOALS OF THE SYMPOSIUM

The goals of Powerful Learning, Power Partnerships are to:

• Explore the value and impact of collaboration and partnerships in research library user education programs
• Gain an understanding of the range of user education programs, formats, strategies, audiences
• Explore comprehensive information literacy efforts locally and from other institutions
• Explore effective evaluation and assessment methods
• Share the University of Iowa Libraries' and other institutions' efforts in collaborative user education

Panel and Poster sessions in the following areas will be presented on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 11-12, 1999.

Track A -- Undergraduate User Education Information literacy programs Assessing user needs Teaching the online catalog and the Internet Student technology training Building on K-12 foundations Developing pre-college programs Track B -- Special Topics User education for specialized/targeted student populations Subject- or discipline-based user education initiatives (business, health sciences, humanities, sciences, etc.) User education for distance learners Marketing user education programs and services Computer assisted user education Evaluation and outcomes assessment Track C -- Faculty and User Education Developing course web pages Faculty/librarian partnerships Faculty technology training programs Faculty outreach programs

For more information regarding the conference, registration, or the call for papers please contact Barbara I. Dewey, Director, Information and Research Services, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA 52242, barbara-dewey@uiowa.edu, (319) 335-5871 or fax: (319) 335-5900. The symposium is limited to 200 attendees due to space availability.