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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.

Learn more about LIRT on the ALA website.

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CFP: LOEX Fall Focus 2023 Conference (Online) - due Aug 31

  • 1.  CFP: LOEX Fall Focus 2023 Conference (Online) - due Aug 31

    Posted Aug 25, 2023 10:14 AM

    LOEX Fall Focus 2023 Conference:
    Call for Proposals
    ***Reminder proposals are due August 31 (next Thursday)***

    Mid-November 2023*
    Online

    You are invited to submit a proposal for LOEX's Fall Focus 2023, an information literacy & library instruction conference focused on:
    - Welcoming and Engaging Students New to Your Institution
    and
    - Building and Sustaining a Supportive Professional Community at Your Library

    We are not replacing LOEX's annual spring conference, but we thought occasionally supplementing it with smaller, online conferences in the fall-focused on a topic area or two-would be a great way to give more people an opportunity to share what they've learned and are doing in areas that currently have particular salience in the library instruction & information literacy community.

    We chose these two topic areas as we believe both are relevant to where we are at now: students are entering college or transitioning to new institutions having experienced a level of disruption & transformation that exceeds anything in living memory and thus need additional assistance & revised programming to make sure their first year at their new institution are worthwhile and fruitful. But it's not just about students-everyone has been through a lot and librarians are no exception; so how are we supporting ourselves and our colleagues to make sure we are not just surviving but thriving? We invite you to submit a proposal on either of these focuses.

    Proposals for 50-minute long presentations (which will be the majority of the conference) and 7-minute long lightning talks can be submitted only through the online submission form and must be received by Thursday, August 31, 2023. You do not need to be a LOEX member to submit a proposal.

    For more details, please visit https://loexfallfocus.org/proposals/

    *The conference will be held on two or three days over November 8-10 or 13-15 (exact dates will be finalized by September 8).



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    Brad Sietz
    LOEX Director
    LOEX
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