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Title	Information Connections: Information Literacy, Technology, and Research Skills
Faculty/College/Unit	UBC Library
Status	Completed
Duration	3 Years
Initiation	04/01/1998
Completion	03/31/2001
Funding Details
Year 1: Project Title	Informatics Training Series: information navigation and electronic communication skills for UBC students
Year 1: Project Year	Year 1
Year 1: Funding Year	1998/1999
Year 1: Project Type	Small TLEF
Year 1: Principal Investigator	Martha Whitehead
Year 1: Team Members	Martha Whitehead, Head, Information Services, UBC Library
Year 1: Summary	To develop a visible and structured curriculum through which students in any discipline can: gain exposure to a broad spectrum of information resources, and technologies for information retrieval, personal information management and communications; learn how to use these resources and tools effectively; build research abilities supporting not only course studies but lifelong learning. To provide peer teaching opportunities for students in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, and other relevant disciplines.
Year 2: Project Year	Year 2
Year 2: Funding Year	1999/2000
Year 2: Project Type	Small TLEF
Year 2: Principal Investigator	Martha Whitehead
Year 2: Funded Amount	50,000
Year 2: Team Members	Martha Whitehead, Head, Information Services, UBC Library
Year 2: Summary	To provide students with the information literacy skills they need in their studies at UBC, their careers and throughout their lives, by: providing workshops on information resources and technologies, open to all students; teaching classes on information resources and technologies, within regular course. To provide peer teaching opportunities for students in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, and other relevant disciplines.
Year 3: Project Year	Year 3
Year 3: Funding Year	2000/2001
Year 3: Project Type	Small TLEF
Year 3: Principal Investigator	Martha Whitehead
Year 3: Funded Amount	50,000
Year 3: Team Members	Martha Whitehead, Head, Information Services, UBC Library Tim Atkinson, Education Library Lee Ann Bryant, MacMillan Library Elizabeth Caskey, David Lam Library Jocelyn Godolophin, Koerner Library Brenda Peterson, Fine Arts Library and Special Collections Margaret Price, Woodward Library Bonnie Stableford, Science and Engineering Sandra Wilkins, Law Library
Year 3: Summary	Information Connections helps students in all disciplines gain information literacy and research skills that are essential for academic success and life-long learning. These skills are becoming more important than ever before, as information technology provides access to an ever-expanding range of resources, and UBC develops learner-centred undergraduate curricula that emphasize research-based inquiry and problem solving. Information Connections provides: workshops and tutorials on information resources and technologies, open to all students. classes on information resources and technologies, within regular courses. Information Connections provides peer teaching opportunities for students in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, and other relevant disciplines.

Information Connections: Information Literacy, Technology, and Research Skills