information literacy – Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS)

Upcoming Events

Here are some upcoming free, online, professional development opportunities. Sign up to attend whatever catches your interest!

CJCLS Section Event

Making Connections: In consideration of career ladders in undergraduate LIS education – Monday, April 25, 2022 from 2-3pm ET

Organized by the Committee on Library Staff Education

Ithaka S+R Event

Assessing the evolution of community college library mission – Tuesday, April 19, 2022 from 2-3pm, ET

Organized by Ithaka S+R as part of the series of Conversations on Community College Library Strategy and Collaboration

20th Annual Information Literacy Summit

Expanding the Conversation: Digital, Media, and Civic Literacies In and Out of the Library – Friday, April 29, 2022

Presented by DePaul University Library, Moraine Valley Community College Library & College of DuPage Library

Are there lizard people in your library?

What do lizard people have to do with libraries? For an answer, check out Project information Literacy’s Provocation series. “Our occasional series features timely essays about what “literacy” means in all its manifestations. At a time when finding reliable news and information is more difficult than ever, we publish a new long-form essay every two months to spark discussions about pressing issues, ideas, and concerns.” (Project information Literacy, 2021.) On February 3., 2021, “Lizard People in the Library,” by Barbara Fister was posted to kick-off the series. Check it out here: https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/provocation-series/essays/lizard-people-in-the-library.html. Then come back here to talk about it. We’ll post a new question every week, and we welcome your thoughts. Feel free to color outside the lines and answer questions we haven’t asked.

This week’s discussion question: Article databases, especially those that aim to represent multiple sides of contentious issues, may include content that promotes, as Fister puts it, “counter-factual beliefs.” How can we help students develop source evaluation skills and not just accept a source because it’s “from the library?”