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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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You're invited! IFLA WLIC 2023 Information Literacy Section Satellite meeting (hybrid)

  • 1.  You're invited! IFLA WLIC 2023 Information Literacy Section Satellite meeting (hybrid)

    Posted Aug 15, 2023 03:42 PM

    Dear ACRL colleagues,

    I'm pleased to announce that the IFLA Information Literacy Section's Satellite meeting in the Netherlands on digital and media literacy will go hybrid. The program runs from 10 -11 am and 2-3 pm local time (GMT +2) on Friday, August 18 for online participants. If you're interested and your capacity allows, we'd love to see you online on the 18th.

    Registration is required. Simply sign up via Zoom. (In-person registration is closed.)

    Please see the program below. More information is at the TU Delft's website. 

    10:00 - 10:45 Presentations
    • From Book Trailer to BookTok: Engaging Readers Through Digital Literacies - Jennifer Moore, Associate Professor & Director of the School Librarian Certification Program, University of North Texas, USA
    • Digital Inclusion: Empowering India's Citizens with Digital Media Literacy - Saloni Chaudhary, Senior Research Fellow, Banaras Hindu University, India, and Anand Kumar Singh, Librarian, Maharana Pratap Polytechnic, India
    • Developing university students' digital literacies: Using educator and employer perspectives to inform the role of academic libraries - Kwang Cham, Director of Education Research, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia
    		  
    10:45 - 11:00 Q&As
    14:00 - 14:45 Presentations
    • Ideas, Resources and Conceptual Framework for Teaching News Literacy - Mary Feeney, News Research Librarian Liaison Librarian for History, Journalism, Gender & Women's Studies, University of Arizona Libraries, USA, Ana Krahmer, Director, Digital Newspaper Program, University of North Texas Libraries, USA, and Viktor Mutev, Associate Professor at the Medialogy and Literature Department (LIS School), St. Petersburg State University of Culture, Russia
    • Transliteracy in Archives: Engaging Students with Primary Sources - Kristen Nyitray, Director, Special Collections and University Archives, University Archivist, Associate Librarian, Stony Brook University Libraries, USA, and Dana Reijerkerk, Knowledge Management and Digital Assets Librarian, Senior Assistant Librarian, Stony Brook University Libraries, USA
    • Digital Literacy: Necessary but Not Sufficient for Life-Wide and Life-Long Learning - Darryl Toerien, Head of Inquiry-Based Learning, Blanchelande College, Guernsey
    		  
    14:45 - 15:00 Q&As


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    Ning Zou
    Associate Director for Student Academic Services & Learning Design
    Harvard Graduate School of Education
    She/Her/Hers
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