Friday, June 16, 2006

IWIL 2006: Facilitators


Prof. Blanche Woolls, lead facilitator. Her last post was Dean of Information Studies at San Jose University in California. A staunch advocate of information literacy, she now trots the globe spreading the importance of information literacy skills and its integration into the curriculum.







Assoc. Prof. Norma Abu Seman, Organizing Committee Chairman and faculty member of the Universiti Teknologi MARA







Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Organizing Commitee Co-Chairman and Treasurer. He is the one responsible for bringing me to Malaysia. Thanks again Sharif.







Dr. Diljit Singh from the University of Malaya








Assoc. Prof. Nor Ezan Nasir and Assoc. Prof. Abrizah Abdullah who also presented their ongoing post-graduate researches on information literacy







Prof. Russell Bowden, IFLA Honorary Member. A former professor in library and information science in Britain, he is now based in Colombo, Sri Lanka trying to help rebuild school libraries devastated by last year's tsunami.

Rashidah Begum Fazal Mohamad, IFLA RASCO representative. Much of what I've learned about Malaysia I got from her during our bus trips where she was my constant seatmate.

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