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.

Learn more about LIRT on the ALA website.

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Tips & Trends: Why Wikipedia?

  • 1.  Tips & Trends: Why Wikipedia?

    Posted Jan 31, 2023 01:27 PM

    How are librarians using Wikipedia? The latest Tips & Trends article "Why Wikipedia? Applications for Evaluating Information," written by Jamie Johnson summarizes tools and activities to assess a website's credibility using Wikipedia. Published by the Instructional Technologies Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section, Tips & Trends introduces and discusses new, emerging or even familiar technologies that can be used in library instruction.

    To see this and previous Tips & Trends, visit the Instructional Technologies Committee webpage.  


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    Jamie Johnson
    Research and Instruction Librarian
    California State University, Northridge
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