Zayed varsity plan honoured

The Association of Colleges and Research Libraries, part of the American Library Association, has chosen Zayed University's information literacy programme to join a team representing some of the best practices in the teaching of information literacy.

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The Association of Colleges and Research Libraries, part of the American Library Association, has chosen Zayed University's information literacy programme to join a team representing some of the best practices in the teaching of information literacy.

The Institute for Information Literacy's (IIL) Best Practices Project Team and Advisory Council has solicited input from librarians and classroom faculty, to identify characteristics of model information literacy programs.

Dr Hanif Hassan, Vice-President of Zayed University, said: "We dedicate this accomplishment to His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of UAE and leader of progress in our nation, and to His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, President of Zayed University, the leader of higher education in the UAE, who constantly urges the higher education institutes to follow modern educational outcomes and technology, and to achieve creativity."

He also added that Zayed University's Information Literacy Programme was selected among a number of prestigious international universities such as Austin Community College, California State University, Elmhurst College, James Madison University, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Ohio State University, University of Albany, State University of New York State and others.

The University is the only university in the Gulf that offers such an extensive and systematic programme. Such a selection proves that the programme coincides with international criteria.

Dr Hassan said that the University seeks to publish this programme so that all other universities would benefit from Zayed University's unique experience, especially because it has signed lately an agreement for connecting an electronic common library system with UAE University and Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT).

The programme was a joint project between the English Language Center and Zayed University's library. This program is the first of its kind in the Gulf.

The University seeks to educate students, develop their skills and information literacy, and apply them in their studies as a new transition in academic courses.

Carol Di Prete, Director of Zayed University Library, noted: "This programme is very important to the university since its allows all the team members to share their knowledge and expertise with other leaders in the field of information literacy.

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