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WILU 2008

UBC Okanagan Library will host WILU 2008 in Kelowna B.C. Next year's conference theme is Information Literacy Uncorked.

For more information, please contact:

Marjorie Mitchell, Learning Services Librarian
University of British Columbia Okanagan Library
3333 University Way Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7
Phone: 250-807-9147
Fax: 250-807-8057
marjorie.mitchell@ubc.ca

History

Five Canadian participants at the Ypsilanti, Michigan Conference on Library Instruction in May, 1972 discussed, before returning home, how to share with other Canadian librarians the benefits that result from events like Ypsilanti. Within a few months they formed a steering committee comprised of:

Boris Chumakov (York University)
Richard Dewey (Sir George Williams, later Concordia, University)
Lucie Greene (University of Western Ontario)
Patricia Grieg (University of Western Ontario)
Sheila Laidlaw (University of Toronto)

Based on the enthusiastic comments received from participants at the August workshop, a basic set of guidelines were established:

The target audience should be staff and academic libraries both universities and colleges in Ontario and Quebec.
The committee should be representative of several different institutions.
The workshop should be independent of library organizations to facilitate "grass roots" participation at the cheapest possible cost.
The workshop should emphasize experiences and learning.
"Outside" speakers should be kept at a minimum and input sought from faculty members and students for whom library instruction is designed.
The registration fees are to be set as low as possible with campus accommodation when possible.

Hosting Guidelines

WILU Steering Committee

The WILU Steering Committee will consist of the Chairs of the Steering Committees of the most recent past, current and upcoming WILU conferences. The Chair of the most recent past WILU will Chair the selection committee. In the case of co-chairs, they will choose between themselves who will chair the committee.
Procedures for Submitting a Proposal to Host
- The University Librarian of the interested institution will apply in writing by August 31st of the year two years before the year they wish to host.
- The proposal will be addressed to the University Librarian of the institution that is hosting the conference the year that the proposal is submitted. [Or, The proposal will be address to the University Librarian of the institution that hosted the conference the year before the proposal is submitted.]
- Proposals will be a maximum of one page in length.
Selection Criteria
- Normally, WILU will travel back and forth across the country to ensure that participants from all regions will have an opportunity to attend a WILU without long-distance travel. This pattern is flexible and all interested hosts should be considered.
- Universities planning to host a WILU conference must have the support of their University Librarian.
- Applicants should demonstrate enough local interest to staff a conference committee.
- Institutions should have suitable conference facilities.
- Institutions must be able to offer all delegates accommodations, either on campus or in the vicinity of the conference facilities.
- In the case of multiple applicants for the same year, preference may be given to institutions who have never hosted WILU or who have hosted it less recently than others.

Past WILUs

Year	Location / Theme	Keynote Speakers
WILU 2006	Acadia University Charting a Course for Instruction	Dr. Patricia Senn-Breivik, Nehemiah Communications Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning: The Time is Now! Dr. Jeremy Shapiro and Ms. Shelley Hughes, Fielding Graduate University If everything is information, is information literacy possible? Dr. Toni Samek, University of Alberta Information Ethics on Our Global Library Streets
WILU 2005	University of Guelph A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities	Bill Johnston, University of Strathclyde Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield
WILU 2004	University of Victoria Theory Meets Reality	Dane Ward, Illinois State University The Collaborative Quest for Compelling Information Literacy Instruction Trudi Bellardo Hahn, University of Maryland Connecting Information Literacy to the Research Process
WILU 2003	University of Windsor Bridging the Gap - Teaching Across Boundaries	Dr. Clara Chu, University of California, Berkeley Information Literacy Within a Multicultural Critical Framework
WILU 2002	University of New Brunswick River Runs: Trends in Library Instruction	Dr. Heidi Julien, University of Alberta "Miles to go Before We Sleep..."
WILU 2001	Carleton Unversity Teaching Using Learning in a Pluralist Setting	Dr. Tim Pychyl, Carleton University What's our Vision for Teaching & Learning? : Addressing Systemic Barriers to Information Literacy Instruction
WILU 2000	University of Western Ontario Literacy for the Infollennium	Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville If We Teach Them Will They Learn? Dr. Michael Atkinson, University of Western Ontario Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
WILU 1999	McGill Unversity Process of Integrating Library Instruction into the Curriculum in Partnership with Our Teaching Colleagues	Carol Kuhltau, Rutgers Collaboration in the Learning Process Gloria Leckie, University of Western Ontario Fostering a Pedagogy for Information Literacy
WILU 1998	Queen's Unversity Libraries at the Heart of Learning	Cerise Oberman, SUNY-NILI Hannelore Rader Library Liaison Program
WILU 1997	University of Montreal Gateways to the Information World	Therese Laferriere Learning to Search and Create Co-operatively
WILU 1996	Wilfrid Laurier Anticipation: Library Instruction for Changing Times	Roma Harris, SLIS, University of Western Ontario Development of Library Instruction and its Place in a Changing Learning Environment
WILU 1995	Université de Laval
WILU 1994	University of Ottawa Making Connections	Prof. Richard Rancourt, University of Ottawa Librarians Can Do It With Style
WILU 1993	University of Toronto Library Instruction: Strateg ies for Success	Lorna Marsden, President, Wilfrid Laurier University
WILU 1992	University of Windsor Skills for Change	Patricia Breivik, Towson State University
WILU 1991	Concordia From Yesterday to Tomorrow	Maureen Pastine, S. Methodist U. Library User Education: Where have we been? Where are we going?
WILU 1990	Brock University The Challenge of the 90's	Constance Mellon, East Carolina Library Anxiety: Instruction Librarian as Therapist
WILU 1989	Bishops University/ Champlain Regional College The Art of Library Instruction	Evan I. Farber, Earlham College, Ind. How I Became Bibliographic Instructor of the Year
WILU 1988	University of Waterloo/ Wilfrid Laurier Teaching and Learning in the Present Tense	Stanley Benson, University Centre, Tulsa Sheila Laidlaw, University of New Brunswick The Library's Status in Undergraduate Instruction: Far from the Heart of Things
WILU 1987	McMaster University? Mohawk College Re-Creating the Image	Panel: Tom Eadie, Tanis Fink, Jacelyn Foster Immodest Proposals: Alternative Futures for BInstruction
WILU 1986	John Abbott College Connections Linking the Library Instruction Network	R. Smith, Concordia; L. Melamed, consultants Learning Style Theory: Implications for Helping Others Learn
WILU 1985	University of Western Ontario/Fanshawe College Reaching Out: New Directions in Library Instruction	Moderator, George Robinson D.B. Weldon Panel: Faculty Communication & the Role of Library Instruction
WILU 1984	Queen's University/ St. Lawrence College Coping with Crisis: Strategies for Survival	Margot McBurney Director of Queen's University Libraries
WILU 1983	Carleton University/ Algonquin Exploring the New Technology for Library Instruction	Fraser Taylor Videotex and Related Technologies
WILU 1982	University of Toronto A Learner-Centred Approach to Teaching	Liz Burge How Adults Learn
WILU 1981	University of Guelph Approaching Instruction Effectively	Librarians in the 1980's: Skills and Technologies
WILU 1980	McGill University Staff Development, Computerized Services, Part-time and Non-traditional User, Marketing	Miss M. Scott, Director of Libraries, McGill
WILU 1979	University of Waterloo Teaching the Use of the Library: Instructional Strategies that you always wanted to know but were never taught	Panel of 3 librarians from University of Michigan: Instructional Strategy for Teaching the Use of the Library
WILU 1978	University of Ottawa Approaches to Library Instruction: Do you know what your colleagues are doing?	Anne McQuade Carleton University Teaching Skills
WILU 1977	York University Marketing the Library, Selling the Library as Part of the Teaching Learning Process
WILU 1976	Queen's University The Librarian as Teacher: Planning, Teaching, and Evaluating Library Programs	Hugh Munby
WILU 1975	McMasters University Printed Materials	Monika Jensen, Metro Toronto Library Board
WILU 1974	University of Toronto Audio-Visual Techniques	B. Squires, L. Wise, D. Todgham, I. Melanchuk Panel: Matching Media & Message
WILU 1973	McGill/Sir George Communication and Learning Theory
WILU 1972	University of Western Ontario General Overview of Orientation	F. Eugene Gattinger Confessions of a Library Orientator