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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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Instruction Section Teaching Methods Virtual Event, March 24

  • 1.  Instruction Section Teaching Methods Virtual Event, March 24

    Posted 25 days ago

    Title: Talk to Me: Conjuring Connection in the Classroom

    Date and Time:  March 24, 12-1 pm Central Time (US and Canada)

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    The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee would like to invite you to register for our Spring 2026 virtual event!

    Join Ariela McCaffrey, Reference and Instruction Librarian from Connecticut State Community College Three Rivers, to explore different approaches to class discussion and engagement. In this presentation, McCaffrey will provide an overview of various engagement methods based on the works of Robert J. Marzano, Dan Rothstein, Luz Santana, and Dale M. Bauer. She will also discuss studies about student anxiety regarding "negative evaluation" and its impact on class conversation, specifically how it relates to first-generation students and their success in academia. Attendees will have time to share their own stories of struggle and triumph of engaging students in class discussion.

    Q&A will follow the presentation. 

    Lijuan Xu, on behalf of the ISTM Virtual Event Subcommittee



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    Lijuan Xu
    Director of Research and Instruction
    Skillman Library, Lafayette College
    Easton, PA 18042
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