Author Archives: Meredith Knoff

The Instruction Section Executive Committee endorses the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)’s statement on the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers within the Minneapolis Police Department. We stand with BCALA and ACRL in condemning violence and racism towards Black … Continue reading →

The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox is getting a new look! Over the summer, the IS Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox Committee is working with contracted developers from the Cherry Hill Company to upgrade the site from Drupal 7 to … Continue reading →

In this presentation, three members of the ACRL Visual Literacy Task Force, Dana Statton Thompson, Sara Schumacher, and Maggie Murphy, will share teaching ideas and methods for instruction that utilize images or visual information. Attendees will learn more about the … Continue reading →

Are you new to academic librarianship, ACRL, or the Instruction Section (IS) and wondering where your professional home might be — or how to navigate and be involved in IS? Please mark your calendars for 4p EST/3p CST/1p PST Wed., Feb. 5, for … Continue reading →

The Diversity & Inclusion Task Force has produced a survey to identify needed diversity & inclusion resources related to information literacy and instruction, and gather recommendations for the future of the Instruction Section regarding supporting diversity and inclusion within instruction … Continue reading →

The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee has added new committee-recommended sources to their Selected Resources for Teaching Methods and Instructional Design in Library Instruction and their Selected Resources for Assessment in Library Instruction Lists. The committee updates these lists … Continue reading →