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 "The Value and Role of Media and Information Literacy in the Information Age and Beyond" Webinar

Online
22/11/2023
22/11/2023

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Webinar Objectives​

  • Participants will learn definitions of media and information literacy.
  • Participants will be able to articulate the value of MIL in an information-driven world.
  • Participants will learn tips and strategies for designing and developing effective MIL instruction programs/courses.

Webinar​ Speaker​

Dr. Peggy Nzomo  

  • Member of IFLA’s Services to Multicultural Populations (MCULTP) Standing Committee. 
  • International Library Initiatives Specialist – Senior Associate at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. 
  • Convenor for the ACRL Academic Library Services for the International Students Special Interest Group.
  • Holds a PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
  • Editor of the “Global Perspectives” column in the Journal of Library Administration.
  • Reviewer for the International Information and Library Review.
  • Presenter at international, and regional library and information science (LIS) conferences, including: IFLA, ACRL, ECIL (European Conference on Information Literacy), ALA, and iSchools Conference.
  • Dr. Nzomo’s research interests focuses on: information literacy, international and comparative librarianship, natural language processing, and other research fields



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