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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.

Free Webinar: IL Disciplinarity and Values

  • 1.  Free Webinar: IL Disciplinarity and Values

    Posted Jun 23, 2025 06:50 AM

    All are invited to join us for this free webinar, being hosted by The Ohio State University Libraries.

    IL Disciplinarity and Values

    June 30, 2025
    1:00-2:15 pm (Eastern)
    To register: https://go.osu.edu/ildisciplinarity 

    The recognition of IL as a discipline continues to be a topic of discussion in the IL community. As such, a conversation around the values of the IL discipline may be useful to further our collective thinking and more explicitly identify what the IL community views as the values of the discipline. Some key questions include: How do our values shape our discipline? What are the key values identified by other disciplines, such as psychology or geography or other social science/soft disciplines and can they inform how we think about the values of IL? In this conversation, we hope to identify some core values associated with the discipline of IL and how they shape the future trajectory of IL in the 21st century. We hope you will join us for this conversation!

    Presenters:

    • Clarence Maybee, PhD, Associate Dean of Learning, Professor and W. Wayne Booker Endowed Chair in Information Literacy, Director, Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, Purdue University   cmaybee@purdue.edu
    • Karen F. Kaufmann, PhD, Assistant Professor of Instruction, School of Information, University of South Florida; Co-Chair Information Literacy is a Discipline (ILIAD) group with Clarence Maybee kfkaufma@usf.edu

    This workshop is being offered as part of the Information Literacy Virtual Workshop Series at Ohio State. Information on additional upcoming workshops in the series is available here: Information Literacy Virtual WorkshopsParticipants who attend workshops can earn credit toward the Teaching Information Literacy Certificate, being offered for free from The Ohio State Libraries Teaching & Learning Department. For any questions, contact LIB-Teach@osu.edu

    June 30, 2025
    1:00-2:15 pm (Eastern)
    To register: https://go.osu.edu/ildisciplinarity 

    The recognition of IL as a discipline continues to be a topic of discussion in the IL community. As such, a conversation around the values of the IL discipline may be useful to further our collective thinking and more explicitly identify what the IL community views as the values of the discipline. Some key questions include: How do our values shape our discipline? What are the key values identified by other disciplines, such as psychology or geography or other social science/soft disciplines and can they inform how we think about the values of IL? In this conversation, we hope to identify some core values associated with the discipline of IL and how they shape the future trajectory of IL in the 21st century. We hope you will join us for this conversation!

    Presenters:

    • Clarence Maybee, PhD, Associate Dean of Learning, Professor and W. Wayne Booker Endowed Chair in Information Literacy, Director, Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, Purdue University   cmaybee@purdue.edu
    • Karen F. Kaufmann, PhD, Assistant Professor of Instruction, School of Information, University of South Florida; Co-Chair Information Literacy is a Discipline (ILIAD) group with Clarence Maybee kfkaufma@usf.edu

    This workshop is being offered as part of the Information Literacy Virtual Workshop Series at Ohio State. Information on additional upcoming workshops in the series is available here: Information Literacy Virtual WorkshopsParticipants who attend workshops can earn credit toward the Teaching Information Literacy Certificate, being offered for free from The Ohio State Libraries Teaching & Learning Department. For any questions, contact LIB-Teach@osu.edu



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    Jane Hammons
    Teaching and Learning Engagement Librarian
    The Ohio State University
    hammons.73@osu.edu
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