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The mission of the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) is to provide a forum for discussion of activities, programs, and problems of instruction in the use of libraries; to contribute to the education and training of librarians for library instruction; to promote instruction in the use of libraries as an essential library service, and to serve as a channel of communication on library instruction between the ALA divisions, ALA and ACRL committees, state clearinghouses, Project LOEX, other organizations concerned with instruction in the use of libraries, and members of the Association.

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Call for Nominations: $1000 award and presenting opportunity - Information Literacy Publication Award

  • 1.  Call for Nominations: $1000 award and presenting opportunity - Information Literacy Publication Award

    Posted Oct 24, 2024 01:27 PM

    Hello,

    The team at the Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue is excited to share this award opportunity with fellow information literacy professionals and advocates. We hope that you will share this invitation with information literacy researchers and practitioners at your institution whose publications might be considered for this award (information below).

    With appreciation,

    The Institute team

    Dr. Clarence Maybee, Director of the Institute

    The Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue invites nominations for its annual information literacy research award. This award celebrates and highlights the positive difference information literacy researchers make in addressing the significant, unwieldy information challenges our society faces today, ranging from misinformation campaigns designed to confuse and disempower, to a lack of access to credible information that can have life-altering, disproportionate effects on different communities. 

     

    Purpose:

    IILP recognizes excellence in this crucial research area with an annual award for the best publication for research that examines complex information challenges with the aim of further developing or creating new information literacy models or solutions. 

     

    Award details:

    The award recipient will receive a $1000 stipend to extend their research and be featured as an invited speaker at IILP's ID:EALS symposium (Summer 2025). 

     

    Eligibility:

    Researchers who published (or will publish) research during 2024 proposing ways information literacy can help us navigate current information challenges are eligible for nomination.

     

    For more information on the nomination and selection process, please see the full best publication award callout. 

     

    Visit the Institute website (https://www.lib.purdue.edu/IILP) for more information about the Institute's mission and initiatives.



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    Samantha LeGrand
    Clinical Assistant Professor and Instruction and Design Librarian
    Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
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