Webinar: Best Practices in Information Literacy: A Look at First-Year Instruction

On 28 April at 2pm US EST time (which is, e.g., 7pm UK time) the ACRL-IS Information Literacy Best Practices Committee and FYE Discussion Group have organised a webinar: Best Practices in Information Literacy: A Look at First-Year Instruction. "Hear from librarians at a variety of institutions who have incorporated the Characteristics of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices Guidelines into their first-year information literacy programs. This document, revised in 2019, articulates elements of exemplary information literacy programs for undergraduate students at two and four-year institutions. The characteristics include seven categories: Mission, Goals, and Objectives; Planning; Administrative and Institutional Support; Program Sequencing; Pedagogy; Communication and Advocacy; and Assessment and Evaluation. Presenters will share concrete and practical examples of how to incorporate the Characteristics guidelines into an existing first-year information literacy program. Participants will become familiar with the Characteristics document and come away with fresh ideas to invigorate information literacy programming at their institutions." To register go to bit.ly/ilbp-fye
Photo by Sheila Webber: pink cherry, April 2020