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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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CCLI 2023 Proposal Extension - Now due 12/12/22

  • 1.  CCLI 2023 Proposal Extension - Now due 12/12/22

    Posted Nov 29, 2022 10:04 AM

    California Conference on Library Instruction 

    June 2, 2023 | University of San Francisco 

    Call for Proposals - Submission period extended to December 12 

    Power and Empowerment: Labor, Agency, and Dynamic Relationships in Academic Libraries 

    The California Conference on Library Instruction invites you to submit a proposal for the 2023 program, to be held in person on Friday, June 2, 2023, at the University of San Francisco. In our 50th anniversary of the California Conference on Library Instruction, we seek to examine the many power structures that influence the work of library instruction. Our work exists within structures that experience tensions between labor and power. We have the responsibility to recognize our power/authority in our space, yet we acknowledge challenges. We are constrained by budgets, lack of power, existing power structures, understaffing, and expectations to do with what we are given. We have the ability to empower students with information literacy and instruction through careful thought and understanding of their needs. We engage in work that challenges conventional wisdom, but we have constraints. Many other power dynamics impact our work as well. We are interested in how you have empowered yourself, your colleagues, your students, your campus, and your community. 

    The deadline for proposal submissions is now December 12, 2022. More information on the proposal process is available on our website: https://www.cclibinstruction.org/cfp-2023/



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    Mercedes Rutherford-Patten
    Assistant Librarian
    Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
    Library Academic Services
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