Information Literacy

Transforming Information Literacy Instruction through the Lens of Our Instructional Identities: A Three-Part Webinar Series

October 19, 2023 Margot Conahan 0

Join ACRL on Thursday, November 2; Thursday, November 9; and Thursday, November 16, 2023, for the three-part webinar series “Transforming Information Literacy Instruction through the Lens of Our Instructional Identities.” Librarians across academic institutions grapple with their instructional roles and responsibilities – sometimes alone, or in haphazard ways, or through […]

Developing Signature Pedagogies in Information Literacy Online Course

September 14, 2023 Margot Conahan 0

Join ACRL from September 25 to October 20 for the Online Learning Course “Developing Signature Pedagogies in Information Literacy.” Signature pedagogies are specific ways of teaching that move students to develop the habits of mind of a professional or disciplinarian. This concept is widely discussed in the Scholarship of Teaching and […]

Exploring AI with Critical Information Literacy Online Course

August 22, 2023 Margot Conahan 0

Join ACRL August 28-September 22, 2023, for the online course “Exploring AI with Critical Information Literacy.” From the time that ChatGPT arrived on the scene with much fanfare, and much consternation, it seems that not a day goes by without some new, and often alarming, aspect of AI entering the […]

ACRL Presents: The Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL)

July 13, 2023 Gena Parsons-Diamond 0

Learn more about ACRL’s newest assessment tool! The Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL) is a powerful tool to add to your assessment program. It will facilitate conversations on your campus and throughout the profession about what information literacy means to students today and into the future. Join us […]

Instructional Identities and Information Literacy

July 12, 2023 Erin Nevius 0

ACRL announces the publication of Instructional Identities and Information Literacy, edited by Amanda Nichols Hess, a three-volume set that uses transformative learning theory to examine how we think about and can develop our teaching, programs, institutions, and student learning and experiences. Learn more about Instructional Identities and Information Literacy in […]

Revised ACRL Standards, Guidelines, and Framework Companion Documents

July 11, 2023 David Free 0

The ACRL Board of Directors approved revised and updated versions of several of the association’s Standards, Guidelines, and Framework Companion Documents at its June 2023 meetings. All ACRL Standards, Guidelines, and Frameworks are freely available on the ACRL website.

Universal Design for Learning: Principles and Techniques for Library Instruction Webcast

April 21, 2023 Margot Conahan 0

Join ACRL from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Central on Thursday, April 27 for the Online Learning webcast “Universal Design for Learning: principles and techniques for library instruction.” Universal design (UD; also Universal design for learning, UDL) is an approach to teaching that prescribes flexibility and support for many different types […]

ACRL Acquires Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL)

March 28, 2023 Gena Parsons-Diamond 0

ACRL has acquired the Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL), an online information literacy assessment instrument developed by Carrick Enterprises, Inc. Based on the 2017 ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, TATIL launched in 2018 and has been used by more than 75 educational institutions. “The acquisition […]

New from ACRL – “The Data Literacy Cookbook”

November 3, 2022 Erin Nevius 0

ACRL announces the publication of The Data Literacy Cookbook, edited by Kelly Getz and Meryl Brodsky. This latest offering in the ACRL cookbook series contains a multitude of approaches to and lesson plans for teaching data literacy. Today’s students create and are confronted with many kinds of data in multiple […]

Online Library Instruction: Best Practices for Live Synchronous Teaching Webcast

October 12, 2022 Margot Conahan 0

Join ACRL from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Central on Thursday, October 27 for the Online Learning webcast “Online Library Instruction: Best Practices for Live Synchronous Teaching.” Synchronous online library instruction — classes delivered live via Zoom, Webex, or other conferencing platforms — have become much more common in the past […]