A community of practice for staff development in information literacy

The next webinar in the Mindsets series, from Robert Gordon University, is on 4 July 2019 at 4pm UK time (which is, e.g. 11am US EST): A community of practice for staff development in information literacy in a university. "This webinar will offer an overview of a project at York St John University. Based on interviews and a survey carried out for doctoral research, a community of practice in information literacy was discovered, covering academic and professional staff across the institution. ... through the design and use of an online community of practice, staff are now able to share ideas, lesson plans and concerns, and ask questions, which is enabling the further embedding of information literacy in curriculum design. This is especially true of the emerging forms of information literacy, developing from traditional library skills, to a much more pedagogically-driven, critical approach. You will get an overview of the online community of practice, how it was developed, and key examples of how it has impacted on curriculum design in terms of information literacy, such as projects to review the curriculum and reading lists for representation of women, people of colour, and LGBTQI+."
Go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-community-of-practice-for-staff-development-in-information-literacy-tickets-64238842106 for more details and for registration. You can also look at the CoP website at https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/infoincurriculum/
Photo by Sheila webber: hydrangea in bud, June 2019