LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table)

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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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CFP: Last chance! Proposals due 1/31 for Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session

  • 1.  CFP: Last chance! Proposals due 1/31 for Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session

    Posted Jan 25, 2023 05:23 PM

    Calling all Library Colleagues!

    Do you have a tool, project, or great idea about teaching and learning online that you'd like to share with your peers? The ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee (DOLS-IC) invites you to submit a proposal to our fifth annual Distance and Online Library Instruction Virtual Poster Session, which will take place April 24-28, 2023. Proposals for this free event are due January 31, 2023.  View the full CFP on this post.

    What topics can I present on?

    Posters can be on any topic related to distance and online library instruction. We would love to hear about your successes and failures in teaching distance and online students, your instructional techniques and approaches, and the tools and technologies that you use! Although Accessibility and Inclusivity is its own track, we encourage these topics to be addressed in all tracks. Please align your proposal with one of our six tracks: 

    • Accessibility and Inclusivity: How do you ensure that your online courses and learning objects are accessible for all? How do you intentionally create inclusive online spaces and content for diverse audiences?
    • Assessment: How do you assess your online instruction (including qualitative and affective assessment)? 
    • Creative Approaches: How have you used creativity in your design, collaboration, or engagement strategies within online library instruction?
    • Instructional Collaborations: How do you effectively build relationships and collaborate with faculty, instructional designers, and others to instruct distance and online students? 
    • Project Planning & Management: How do you efficiently manage the "behind the scenes" work of planning, developing, reviewing, and updating online courses and learning objects? 
    • Student Engagement: How do you ensure students remain engaged in your synchronous and asynchronous online instruction?

      I'm ready to submit!

      The Virtual Poster Session proposal submission form is available here

      I still have questions!

      If you have questions, please contact ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee Co-Chairs, Ruth Monnier (rmonnier@pittstate.edu) or Ella Gibson (egibson3@uccs.edu). 



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      Amber Eakin
      Instructional Librarian
      Strayer University
      She/Her/Hers
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