All are invited to attend this free webinar.
When Faculty Are Our Students: Exploring the Integration of Information Literacy After a Faculty Development Workshop
July 20, 2026
12:00-1:00 pm (Eastern)
To register: https://go.osu.edu/facultystudentssu26
Many instructors expect that students will develop and demonstrate their information literacy through research assignments but are often frustrated with the results, because students (as novices) may be unfamiliar with disciplinary jargon and conventions that are mostly implicit to instructors (as disciplinary experts). Academic librarians have sought to bridge this gap by providing instruction directly to students, with mixed results. An alternative method, in which librarians offer professional development programming to teach the teachers how to integrate information literacy, is gaining increased attention, although assessment of the efficacy of these efforts is still limited. Our presentation explores if this kind of library-led instructor development programming is effective for integrating information literacy into courses and/or curricula. We conducted semi-structured interviews with nine participants from a formal library-led instructor development program. In the presentation, we will share initial results from our study and discuss the implications for how we approach the goal of supporting the integration of information literacy into the curriculum.
Participation in this webinar counts as attendance toward the Teaching Information Literacy Endorsement (if you are affiliated with Ohio State), or the Teaching Information Literacy Certificate (if you are not affiliated with Ohio State).
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Jane Hammons
Head of Teaching & Learning
The Ohio State University
hammons.73@osu.edu------------------------------