Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Call for Nominations for 2023 LIRT Librarian Recognition Award & Innovation in Instruction Award

There ia a call for nominations for the 2023 LIRT Librarian Recognition Award and the LIRT Innovation in Instruction Award. Deadline for nominations is January 15, 2023. More information on the LIRT Awards website http://www.ala.org/rt/lirt/awards
- "The Librarian Recognition Award is given in acknowledgement of a practicing librarian’s contribution to the development, advancement, and support of information literacy and/or instruction in any type of library. Self-nominations are welcome" Criteria are: "Contributions to library literature on topics related to instruction/information literacy. These contributions can consist of both formal and informal publications; Key role in the creation of an instruction/information literacy program or project that has shown potential for wide-spread sharing and replication; Impactful participation within local, regional, national, and/or international level professional organizations that are devoted to the support and promotion of library instruction and information literacy in any type of library."
- "The LIRT Innovation in Instruction Award is given in recognition of a library’s contributions to the development, advancement, and support of information literacy and/or instruction in any type of library. The award will be given to a library that has done one (or more) of the following: Revamped its public instruction program in response to a new technology, an assessment report, etc.; Initiated a public program that utilizes best practices of instruction in combination with new methods of delivery; Created an original type of instruction, e.g., team-taught interdisciplinary research sessions, a novel form of outreach, etc. Practice(s) will be prioritized over scholarship with preference for innovative practices that are low-cost and can be easily reproduced."
Photo by Sheila Webber: shadows in the park, September 2022

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