UCLA’S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND INFORMATION STUDIES TO HOST SUMMIT ON 21st CENTURY LITERACIES

WHAT:  The Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, in conjunction with Pacific Bell, will host an all-day summit on 21st- century literacies.  Scholars and business and political leaders will share information and perspectives on the developments that are driving the information explosion and analyze the implications for literacy of the information age.

WHO:  

• Tal Finney, director of policy and senior assistant to the Gov. Gray Davis.
• Lora Watts, regional president for external affairs at Pacific Bell.
• Anna Deveare Smith, actress, playwright, and professor.
• Aimée Dorr, dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
• Patricia Breivik, chairwoman of the National Forum on Information Literacy and dean of the University Library at San Jose State University.

WHEN: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 21. 

WHERE: UCLA’s Ackerman Grand Ballroom, 308 Westwood Plaza.

BACKGROUND:  The summit serves as the kick-off for the Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for 21st Century Literacies.  The two-year project, the outcome of a $1 million gift from Pacific Bell to UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, will evaluate the meaning of literacy in an age characterized by rapidly changing technologies, an abundance of new and unfiltered information, and increasing diversity.  

CONTACT: Marisa Osorio, UCLA Office of Media Relations, (310) 206-3986.

PARKING:  Parking will be available in Lot 8. Permit must be picked up at kiosk on Westwood Plaza. Please call for reservations.

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