IS Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians Review & Revision Task Force
Charge
To review and recommend potential revisions to the Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians. Possible approaches include, but are not limited to, literature reviews, surveys, and other methods of review and feedback.
Timeline
Two years (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027). Year one is for review and recommendation of potential revisions, and year two for making revisions to the document.
Composition
– A group of 8 members from IS is recommended to work on the review and revision process.
– 1 IS Exec Liaison & 1 ACRL Staff Liaison.
– Additional member appointments and/or ex-officio members at the discretion of the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect.
Roster
– IS Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians Review & Revision Task Force
Outcome
In the first year, a report detailing the process and methods used, the findings of this work, and if revisions are recommended. The second year is reserved for revisions to the document as needed.
Support
The group will have access to a liaison from the IS Executive Committee and a liaison from the ACRL Standards Committee as a resource while working through the standards processes. IS leadership will also meet with Task Force leadership at the start of the program year.
Origin
In 2025, ACRL requested IS undertake the review and revision process for the Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians document due to the time that has lapsed since last review (https://www.ala.org/acrl/resources/policies/chapter14). The current Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians document “is intended to help both clarify roles which may be assumed by a proficient teaching librarian and inspire new roles” and is “based in actual experience and aspirational in nature.”
This Task Force is a special committee convened by the IS Executive Committee per Section I.3 of the Instruction Section Governance Procedures and per the directive of ACRL, and is to be appointed for no more than 2 years.
Last updated by the IS Executive Committee 2025.
