Moira Bent, from the Newcastle University Library in the UK, will be visiting UQ Library next week. She will be giving a presentation for Library Staff on Wednesday the 8th November from 12:00-1:00 in the Librray Conference Room. All staff are welcome. The following is bit about Moira and her background in Information Literacy.

"Last year I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy here in the UK and as well as enabling me to do a little research project, it is also allowing me to travel in connection with it. My project is looking at the conflicts and congruencies between staff and student perceptions of information literacy in the transition into higher education, particularly in Chemistry and English. It is developing 3 main strands -

Strand one: How people perceive IL and how it fits into teaching and learning. Strand two: A pragmatic view of the transition into HE, information related issues which students face and where the university library fits into the picture.

Strand three: Visits and networking - opportunities to make contacts in the IL field and discover what is happening elsewhere."