This workshop on writing for instruction materials facilitated by Heidi Burkhardt covers foundational principles and helpful guidelines that you can use anytime you’re trying to explain how to do something in writing. While synonymous with writing for web pages, strategies and best practices in web writing are useful for tutorial creation, online learning objects, and…
Compiled and annotated by Michael Saar, Peter Brunette, and Natalie Haber, members of the ACRL DOLS Research and Publications Committee. Algorithms have become increasingly influential in shaping the way we access, evaluate, and use information. This collection of article summaries delves into the topic of algorithms and its implications for information literacy. The articles highlight…
The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section (DOLS) Conference Program Planning Committee is soliciting speakers for their panel presentation, “Learners of 2030: Preparing for Literacies and Skills of the Future.” This program will be a 60-minute interactive panel presentation held at the ALA Conference, June 22 through June 27, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois (exact date…
Compiled and annotated by Camille Abdeljawad and Ella Gibson, members of the DOLS Research and Publications Committee. Academic librarians are increasingly being asked to participate in instructional design, whether for library instruction or other university-related tasks. The five articles in this collection explore instructional design and the various roles librarians play in the process. These…
Calling all Library Colleagues! Do you have a tool, project, or great idea about teaching and learning online that you’d like to share with your peers? The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee (DOLS-IC) invites you to submit a proposal to our fifth annual Distance and Online Library Instruction Virtual Poster Session, which will take…
We all fail. It’s what happens afterwards that helps us grow and learn. Join Ashley Maynor, NYU Libraries, Isabel Soto-Luna, University of Nebraska Omaha Libraries, and Lisa Becksford, Virginia Tech’s Newman Library, as they discuss their failures and how they overcame and even celebrated them. ACRL Distance & Online Learning Section presents this event Wednesday,…
The ACRL DOLS Discussion Group invites you to attend the upcoming Ask the Room event on Monday, November 14th at 11am PST / 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm EST. During this online event, you’ll have a chance to take part in a conversation with on topics related to online and distance library services…
Compiled by Heather Dalal and Theresa Mastrodonato, members of the DOLS Research and Publications Committee. Along with other professionals, librarians have proven to be productive and effective working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. The five articles selected for this collection discuss remote work and flexible working arrangements in librarianship. We learned that remote work is…
Compiled and annotated by Brittni Ballard and Chimene Tucker, members of the ACRL DOLS Research and Publications Committee. Conversations about distance and online librarianship often fail to include distance and online library students. The five articles in this collection explore the intersections of librarianship, teaching, and learning from the perspectives of distance and online library…
The DOLS Member of the Month initiative started in 2018 as a way to highlight the diverse members of DOLS and their contributions to the distance and online library community. This month, we highlight Kristine Robinson, Research and Instruction Librarian at Wingate University. How long have you been a DOLS member?Since 2021. Where do you…