[Yulpub] Fwd: Meeting on Yale College Curriculum Changes and the Library

[Danuta Nitecki]

Please excuse multiple postings, but I want to be sure notice of this 
meeting reaches those interested, especially librarians and curators 
involved in instruction.    Thanks for spreading the word.   Danuta

>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:30:05 -0500
>To: YULIB-L
>From: Danuta Nitecki <danuta.nitecki at yale.edu>
>Subject: Meeting on Yale College Curriculum Changes and the Library
>Cc: Gordon Joe, peter.quimby at yale.edu, GuyAlfie
>
>What will an educated person need to know a decade or two from now, and 
>what steps can Yale College take to ensure that students are given the 
>best preparation for the future world?   This was the key question 
>President Levin posed to the Committee on Yale College Education [CYCE], 
>and in 2003 this distinguished group of faculty and campus administrators 
>issued a report of its findings and recommendations.   Since then, the 
>Yale College has been working toward planning and implementing reforms to 
>the undergraduate curriculum.
>
>Joseph Gordon, Deputy Dean of Yale College, will join LMC members next 
>week and any other librarians, curators, or Library staff who are 
>interested to learn about these undergraduate curriculum reform activities 
>underway in the College.   Alfred Guy, director of the newly 
>established  Center for Writing Instruction, and  Dean Peter Quimby, 
>director of the new Freshman Seminar Program will participate in this 
>session as well.
>
>Dean Gordon will highlight plans for  the curricular reform described by 
>CYCE but will assume that all those attending will have familiarized 
>themselves with at least the Executive Summary of this groups report; the 
>report is available online at 
><http://www.yale.edu/yce/>http://www.yale.edu/yce/   I also have invited 
>Dean Gordon to comment on ways the Library may support these efforts, and 
>he and his colleagues look forward to leading a discussion about our work, 
>along with the faculty, to develop information research skills, and 
>to  help students to  make good use of collection-based and electronic 
>resources in their studies and in their life activities after they leave 
>Yale.   [The Librarys proposal to the CYCE on our support of instruction 
>for undergraduate research methods appears as an appendix in the CYCE 
>Report.   To view it online, see: 
>http://www.yale.edu/yce/report/libraryreport.pdf].
>
>The future of undergraduate teaching and education at Yale is a highly 
>relevant topic to many of us in the Library, especially as we are 
>designing renovations to our library facilities and developing new 
>services and tools to help prepare our students.   Please mark your 
>calendar for this timely session with Dean Gordon, Mr. Guy, and Dean Quimby:
>
>Wednesday, January 26, 2005
>10-11 a.m.
>Sterling Memorial Library
>Lecture Hall
>
>Library staff are welcome to attend, subject to approval from their 
>supervisor and coverage of services.
>
>Danuta A. Nitecki
>Associate University Librarian
>for public services