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Call for Nominations: ACRL IS Featured Teaching Librarian

Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? Consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. Submit your nominations using the FTL Nomination form by December 16th, 2023. Several times during the year, … Continue reading

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Tips and Trends: Response Systems

Padlet, Mentimeter, Poll Everywhere and other audience response systems are the focus of the latest Tips & Trends article, Engaging Students with Response Systems. Authors Melissa Johnson and Catie Carlson highlight examples of improved engagement with this technology, and considerations … Continue reading

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Tips and Trends: Virtual Reality

What role can virtual reality programs or services play in a library? Examples and considerations for implementation are shared in the latest Tips & Trends article, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, and Augmented Reality, written by Hui-Fen Chang and Hanwen Dong. … Continue reading

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Teaching Method Committee’s Selected Resources Bibliography Now Available

The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee has added new committee-recommended sources from 2022-2023 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 … Continue reading

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ILBP Exemplary Programs Interview with Silvia Lin Hanick and Ian McDermott at LaGuardia Community College

Interview completed in Spring 2021 by Michael Courtney, Outreach & Engagement Librarian, Indiana University Bloomington; Brianna Buljung, Teaching & Learning Librarian, Colorado School of Mines; Shane Roopnarine, Assistant Librarian, University of Central Florida Libraries; and Maya Hobscheid, Instructional Design Librarian, … Continue reading

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2023 Teaching Methods Virtual Event Recording

On April 3rd, 2023, the Teaching Methods Committee hosted its virtual event, titled “Teaching Material, Visual, and Political Literacy: Primary Sources in Library Instruction.” Four librarians and archivists from the University of Kentucky, including Jay-Marie Bravent, Colleen Barrett, Anu Kasarabada, … Continue reading

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ACRL IS VEC Lightning Round: Engaging Students in Library Instruction – Experimentation and Innovation

How do you help cultivate connection and engagement in the classroom? After a long period of isolation due to COVID-19, the need to engage students is more essential than ever.  This online session will feature four lighting talk presentations about … Continue reading

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Volunteer for an ACRL IS Committee: Deadline 2/28/23

The ACRL committee volunteer form for section and division-level appointments (including appointments to the ACRL Instruction Section) is now open! Please note that you must be a current member of ACRL IS to serve on a committee.  Visit http://www.ala.org/acrl/membership/volunteer/volunteer (or … Continue reading

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Call for Proposals: Engaging Students in Library Instruction: Experimentation and Innovation Lightening Round

The ACRL IS Virtual Engagement Committee (VEC) committee is looking for proposals for a Lightning Round virtual event to take place in Spring 2023. For more information and the submission form (due December 23, 2022), please see CFP: 2023 Engaging Students … Continue reading

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