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Access to information has never before been easier or more convenient. Conversely, the structures that have allowed technology to make information accessible have also helped to restrict access. Please join us for an event that will raise the awareness of the social, political, economic, technological, and ethical issues surrounding the access to information.

Social Justice in the Information Society is a four part speaker series which will give faculty, staff, students, and community members the benefit of participating in a forum with a highly respected scholar doing critical work in the interdisciplinary field of information science. Invited speakers will be asked to present on the ethical and social justice issues associated with information access and the information society. The speakers will videoconference into the forum and a local scholar will navigate the event. Following the presentation, the guest lecturer and facilitator will participate in a Q & A period so the audience can interact with the material and the lecturer. These events will be free and open to the public and a dessert reception will follow.

New Civic Spaces
Wednesday, April 8^th 6:00 p.m.
Marywood University
Swartz Center, Conference Room B.
2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509

More and more of our lives are digitally mediated. This has meant that new players in the public sphere, such as platforms like Facebook and Google, and new methods, such as algorithms and gate-keeping have emerged as key issues. Zeynep Tufekci will touch upon both the potential and the perils of the new civic spaces. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Sarah Kenehan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Marywood University.

The Net Neutrality Debate
What It Means for the Future of the US Economy,
Lobbying, and the DC Political World
Monday, April 13^th 7:00 p.m.
The University of Scranton
Moskovitz Theater, The DeNaples Center
900 Mulberry Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510

Marvin Ammori is both a legal expert and among the top political operatives in DC, who has led the fight for network neutrality and free expression online (such as leading the opposition to SOPA.) He will speak about both the substance and the politics of net neutrality from his point of view as one of the key leaders in DC ensuring network neutrality remains the law of the land. The event will be facilitated by Joseph Casabona, Adjunct Professor of Computing Sciences, University of Scranton.

For more information email lchristianson@maryu.marywood.edu or george.aulisio@scranton.edu

Time to sign up for a day of creating, collaborating, crafting…and more!

TCLC (Tri-State College Library Cooperative) invites all library staff to explore ways you can turn your library into a maker space, a place where library and user interest converge to create ideas, projects or objects – and all on a shoestring budget!

Remember:

“The Maker Movement & You: Creating, Collaborating, and Crafting in Your Library”

The place? SugarLoaf Hill, Chestnut Hill College

The Date? April 24th, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm

See how academic and public libraries are collaborating within their communities.

Come learn how to prime your physical space for innovation and creation.

Please refer to this PDF flyer (also available at TCLC’s web site: http://tclclibs.org/) for speakers, program descriptions, and registration details.

Has something exciting happened at your library this last year that you want to share? Share it with Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice (PaLRaP), the peer reviewed, open access journal of PaLA’s CRD. Click here to submit information such as staff changes, awards/recognitions, events, initiatives, etc. happening in PA libraries that may be of interest to other libraries. Submission deadline is April 3.

For more information about PaLRaP, visit www.palrap.org.

PaLRaP is a peer reviewed, online, open access publication of the Pennsylvania Library Association’s College & Research Division. This journal will provide an opportunity for librarians in Pennsylvania to share their knowledge and experience with practicing librarians across the Commonwealth and beyond. It includes articles from all areas of librarianship, with a special focus on activities at or of interest to Pennsylvania’s academic libraries.

When available, audio and video content will supplement text based documents.

Published biannually: March and October

Editors: Anne Behler, Penn State University; John Barnett, University of Pittsburgh

Peer reviewers: Members of the Pennsylvania library community.

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You are invited!

On March 27, TCLC members Mary Beth Parkinson and Sara Hartman-Caverly–at Montgomery County Community College–will facilitate an active learning session to explore the concept of Inquiry Guided Learning (IGL), a teaching philosophy promoting student-centered learning through increasingly independent inquiry and investigation.

A morning of brainstorming will reveal ways to bring IGL principles and strategies to your information literacy instruction.

Participate in a discussion of the draft ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education.

Explore how IGL concepts relate to the ACRL guidelines, and more importantly, how to use them to produce more effective information literacy instruction.

Bring…

your lesson plans,

student learning outcomes,

classroom activities,

and your thoughts, questions, and ideas        

…to the workshop for discussion.

Remember!

“Engaging Information Literacy Instruction:

Applying Inquiry-Guided Learning Pedagogy to Information Literacy Teaching and Learning”.

The time? Friday, March 27, 2015

The place? Montgomery County Community College

Please refer to the flyer at http://tclclibs.org/ for complete details and registration information.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!