Global Information Literacy: a Panel Discussion

Organizing a panel of speakers, experts in information literacy, around the global was an exciting challenge for me and I feel honored to have worked with them. On Oct. 21, 2012, five countries were represented on a panel in the virtual world of Second Life: the UK, Poland, Chile, Greece, and the USA. Hearing that we all share the same problems (changing formats, nomenclature, and revolutionary changes) was amazing and the colleagiality made us feel that it truly is a “small world”.

My Greek colleague, Stylianos, captured the event on livestream.

The panel was jointly sponsored by the ALA Association of College and Research Librarians Virtual World Interest Group and the Center for Information Literacy Research. Over 20 people attended in the virtual world ( as well as those who viewed the livestream). Attending the live presentation provided a sense of global connectivity because many of us were using instant chat, text chat, and snapping photographs (which can be viewed in an Animoto video).

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