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A liberal education is also a preparation for the rest of life. The subjects that undergraduates study and, as importantly, the skills and habits of mind they acquire in the process, shape the lives they will lead after they leave the academy. Some of our students will go on to become academics; many will become physicians, lawyers, and businesspeople. All of them will be citizens, whether of the United States or another country, and as such will be helping to make decisions that may affect the lives of others. All of them will engage with forces of change — cultural, religious, political, demographic, technological, planetary. All of them will have to assess empirical claims, interpret cultural expressions, and confront ethical dilemmas in their personal and professional lives. A liberal education gives students the tools to face these challenges in an informed and thoughtful way."
Given our discussion this morning, I thought it appropriate to forward this announcement from Milne Library News. Information literacy is not solely the realm of any one department or group on an academic campus. I think the words used
in the proclamation “…we must also learn the skills necessary to acquire, collate, and evaluate information…” capture much of the concerns we expressed this morning. The “how” is still the question, is it not?
Pamela Flinton
Head of Access Services
James M. Milne Library, 111C
SUNY College at Oneonta
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Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. -- Nicholas Murray Butler