Library Curriculum Mapping in a Graduate Professional Psychology Program: A Progress Report

Effectively integrating information literacy instruction into the curriculum of an academic program requires knowledge of the information needs of students within the program. This study puts forth a process of researching programmatic information needs, developing learning outcomes, and creating a curriculum map within the graduate-level Professional Psychology curriculum by starting with the analysis of an entire year of syllabi. This presentation will describe progress on the project so far as well as the next steps. Learn about the model used so you can develop curriculum maps for your liaison areas and teach more useful and relevant instruction sessions

23 Framework Things: Minnesota Librarians on the Cutting Edge of Information Literacy Practice

ACRL released the new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in 2015, and since then librarians nationwide have been seeking support and resources for how to implement these new best practices at their institution and in their teaching practice. MLA\u27s Instruction RoundTable (IRT) responded by creating 23 Framework Things (https://23frameworkthings.wordpress.com/), an online professional development opportunity that helps Minnesota librarians learn about the Framework, engage with it through activities, earn prizes/badges, and share strategies with an emerging community of practice. This session will feature a showcase of librarians from different types of academic institutions, large and small, sharing how they have engaged with the Framework though their participation in 23 Framework Things. Come to learn and leave inspired by Minnesota librarians on the cutting edge of information literacy instruction

Adventures with ADDIE: Creating an Online Professional Development Program

As part of the professional development offerings of the Minnesota Library Association\u27s Instruction Round Table (IRT), the IRT co-chairs decided to build an online professional development program (mostly) from the ground up. IRT co-chairs developed, launched, facilitated, and evaluated the Creating Online Information Literacy Learning Objects: I’ll Get to It This Summer (COilLO) program over Summer 2018. COilLO was developed to introduce, or reintroduce, participants to the ADDIE instructional design process. The two and a half week online program, delivered through the Free for Teachers version of Canvas, offered participants the opportunity to set aside some time in their schedules to work on applying the ADDIE model to their own online learning object creation process. This poster will describe COilLO’s own very meta process of using the ADDIE model to create a program about the ADDIE model from analysis to evaluation, including the trials and tribulations of creating your own program from scratch

Meeting Users Where They Are: Teaching Information Literacy Online

In the digital age, libraries need to reach their users where they are. Increasingly, that means providing online parallels to what has been traditionally offered by libraries face-to-face. The current co-chairs of the MLA’s Instruction Round Table sought to develop a community of practice around this issue to develop structure and support for delivering instruction online. Participants will gain hands-on experience developing a plan to turn face-to-face instruction into the online environment. Session participants will walk away with a clear concept of how to improve their approach to online information literacy instruction

Form, Function, and the Right Tools: Effective Publications for the Accidental Designer

You no longer need to be a graphic designer to create professional-looking publications. It\u27s easy with a few simple software tools and an introduction to graphic design. In this session, participants will learn to use Microsoft Publisher, Paint, and Snipping Tool to create a flyer to take back to their library. Along the way, they will be introduced to graphic design elements, including fonts, color, and composition, to bring their marketing materials to the next level

Delivering Course Materials Inside the LMS: An ITS and Libraries Partnership

This poster details a partnership at the University of St. Thomas that embodies the university’s vision of digital transformation. At St. Thomas, the University Libraries and Information Technology Services are collaborating on an effort to implement and market a system that is built on top of the Libraries’ system and delivers course readings via Canvas, the campus’s learning management system. To avoid the negative effects expensive course materials have on student success, this collaboration directly addresses the question of affordability by utilizing existing university investments in library resources so students aren’t “paying twice.” Additionally, centralizing the readings in Canvas makes it clear to students what they need to read and how to access it. For faculty, the system offers a streamlined way to manage course readings and collaborate with librarians, while also providing an avenue to acquire and deliver copyrighted content that requires licensing when needed. The system also offers a better alternative for online and blended learning courses to fold in academic support services. Using metrics available in this system, faculty can pinpoint which readings students are engaging with, and can make adjustments as they see fit

Finding Expertise in Your Own Backyard: Creating Communities of Practice to Support Learning about the Framework

This chapter will focus on successful strategies for creating ongoing professional development opportunities and building communities of practice around the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Drawing on the authors’ experiences developing free and low-cost opportunities for Framework-related professional development as former co-chairs of the Minnesota Library Association Instruction Roundtable (IRT), our case study will demonstrate that many barriers to Framework-related professional development can be overcome by leveraging expertise from communities of practice and taking a user-centered approach to design. Using the 23 Framework Things program and interviews with program participants, we will highlight how the design and content of Framework-related professional development can draw on the learning theories that inform the Framework itself, be accessible to a wide range of audiences and local contexts by employing a flexible structure and provide a forum for librarians engaging in collaborative learning

Finding Common Ground: Creating Community & Connections around Information Literacy

How can school media specialists, technology specialists, and academic librarians collaborate to build students’ college readiness and support lifelong information literacy learning? The development of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards Framework for Learners provides new opportunities for school and academic librarians to find common ground. In this session, three current and former chairs of the Minnesota Library Association Instruction Roundtable will explore connections between these two guiding documents and the ways in which they approach information literacy. Building on these connections, presenters will offer practical strategies for engaging in ongoing professional development and building communities of practice around the ACRL and AASL Frameworks

Don’t Panic: The Academic Librarian’s Guide to Building an ACRL Framework Community of Practice

The information literacy universe has evolved since the release of the ACRL Information Literacy Framework, leaving some librarians feeling lost in space. Whether you view the Framework as the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, or see it as merely mostly harmless--building a community of practice will enable you to navigate new galaxies with confidence. Though you might feel like you’re floating in a most peculiar way, this workshop will help you grab hold of the controls, develop a plan for ongoing learning, and launch into your own Framework community of practice