Reminder: Science Information Literacy Program 12/4/09

Don't forget to register for the ACRL California Chapter, SEAL/LILi Winter Program, Getting to the Root of STEM Education, Friday, December 4, 2009, at California State University - Northridge (CSUN) http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/seals/STEM_reg%20form.doc ! Looking forward to seeing all of you!

Program:

* 9:30am Check in with continental breakfast
* 10:00am STEM education: why is it important to librarians?
Mitchell Brown, Research Librarian for Chemistry and Earth System Sciences, UC Irvine
* 10:30am Local, State and National STEM Education Policy, Dr. James L. Gentilucci, School of Education, Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
* 11:20am Break
* 11:30am Information Literacy for Science Educators, Karin Griffin, Education Librarian and Hema Ramachandran, Engineering Librarian, CSU Long Beach
* 12:00pm Lunch
* 1:00pm Science Education in Action: Learn by Doing Lab, Dr. Ed Himelblau, Biological Sciences, Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
* 1:30pm Scientist and Librarian STEM Education Collaborations, Melanie Sellar, Education Services and Reference Librarian. Marymount College

Cost: $20/SEAL Member, $30/Non-SEAL Member, $15/Student

Return the registration form with payment to by November 20th.

You can also join us for free via Second Life (3D virtual world). The virtual registration form is at http://tinyurl.com/yg7nzov

Verify your real life registration and view a list of registrants at the SEALS website: http://www.carl-acrl.org/ig/seals/registration09.html

Real life questions? Contact Jeanine Scaramozzino, Program Chair, at jscaramo@calpoly.edu Second life questions? Contact Esther Grassian, LILi Chair, at estherg@library.ucla.edu

Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino
College of Science and Mathematics Librarian Robert E. Kennedy Library, Room 216E California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

Phone 805.756.5677
Fax 805.756.2346
jscaramo@calpoly.edu