National Forum on Information Literacy

National Forum of Information Literacy 20th Anniversary Celebration
"Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy"

Date: October 15 and 16, 2009
Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference Center
Washington, D.C.

Event Registration Form (.pdf)

Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 15

Anniversary Dinner
5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference Center, Washington, D.C. Keynote Address: Arthur J. Rothkopf, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Friday, October 16

Annual Meeting (Public Invited)
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
National Forum on Information Literacy Annual Meeting
Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy – A National Strategic Plan
Guest Presenters:
Guadalupe Pacheco, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Milli Pierce, Educator and Consultant
Jim Rettig, President, American Library Association

Other Information

Event Registration Form (.pdf)
Official Press Release / Fact Sheet
Nearby Hotels
Presenters Biographies
A Unique Professional Development Opportunity

Registration Deadline: Monday, October 12, 2009

After filling out the event Registration form, please send payment by check or pay by Paypal below:

More details regarding the anniversary agenda, keynote speakers, registration, and locations, including maps and directions, and a list of nearby hotels, will be available at www.infolit.org

See you in Washington, D. C.!

For questions and sponsorship information, contact the Events Coordinator: Marc W. Jackman by email or 617.354.6269.

Honorary Committee:

Chair - Congressman Major R. Owens, Ret., President, Major Owens Communovations Associates
Abdelaziz Abid, UNESCO Consultant
Dr. Camila Alire, President-Elect, American Library Association
Dr. William L. Bainbridge, President & CEO, SchoolMatch® Institute
Dr. Rexford G. Brown, Director of Teacher Education Program at University of Denver
Dr. A.K. Boekhorst, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Philip C. Candy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Learning), University of Southern Queensland
Mike Eisenberg, Dean Emeritus and Professor, The Information School of the University of Washington
Brinley Franklin, President-Elect, Association of Research Libraries, Vice Provost, University of Connecticut Libraries
David C. Harvey, President, ProLiteracy
Dr. F. "Woody" Horton, Ret.
Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President, Ohio State University
Dr. Laurence F. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, The New Media Consortium
Dr. Sally B. Kilgore, President and CEO, Modern Red SchoolHouse Institute
Charles E.M. Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development
Dr. Carol C. Kuhlthau, Professor II Emerita, Rutgers University
Dr. Jesús Lau, Director, Biblioteca Virtual, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico
Joseph J. Mika, Professor, Library & Information Science Program, Wayne State University
Dr. Ruth Murphey Parker, School of Medicine, Emory University
Dr. Randal D. Pinkett, Chairman and CEO of BCT Partners
Amy E. Ryan, President, The Boston Public Library
Dr. Robert W. Wedgeworth, Jr., University Librarian and Professor of Library Administration Emeritus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John I. Wilson, Executive Director, National Education Association
Dr. Michael S. Wolf, Director, Health Literacy and Learning Program, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

National Forum of Information Literacy 20th Anniversary Celebration "Empowering Future Generations: Information Literacy"

Date: October 15 and 16, 2009 Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference Center Washington, D.C.