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The mission of the Library Research Round Table (LRRT) is to contribute toward the extension and improvement of library research; to provide public program opportunities for describing and evaluating library research projects and for disseminating their findings; to inform and educate ALA members concerning research techniques and their usefulness in obtaining information with which to reach administrative decisions and solve problems; and expand the theoretical base of the field. LRRT also, serves as a forum for discussion and action on issues related to the literature and information needs for the field of library and information science.

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LRRT Webinar April 5- Title: The Emerging Discipline of Information Literacy: A Conversation

  • 1.  LRRT Webinar April 5- Title: The Emerging Discipline of Information Literacy: A Conversation

    Posted Mar 28, 2024 12:48 PM
    Dear LRRT colleagues,
    Join us for the LRRT April webinar on Friday, April 5, at 1 pm (CT). 
    Register today! (no cost)
    https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rlKo8KLkRIuW7L1MCM-TiA
    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
    joining the webinar.
    Registrants will receive a link to the recording of the webinar.
    Webinar Title: The Emerging Discipline of Information Literacy: A Conversation
    Speakers:
    John Budd, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri
    Karen F. Kaufmann, Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of South Florida
    Clarence Maybee, Associate Dean for Learning, Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies
    Sheila Webber, Faculty in the Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.
    Description:
    Is Information Literacy (IL) a discipline in itself? That is the contention of the
    Information Literacy Handbook: Charting the Discipline (to be published in 2025 by Facet) and
    the organization that put the work together, the Information Literacy Is a Discipline (ILIAD)
    group. The presentation features highlights from the Handbook as a means to define IL and to
    illustrate how the disciplinary features are manifest. We will explore research opportunities and
    a balanced view of information literacy as a discipline and what this might look like. Participants
    will be able to share their ideas around IL as a discipline during the presentation using online
    polling questions for audience reflections and sentiments to contribute to the conversation.
    Participants will take away a broader and deeper understanding of what IL is and how it
    contributes to the awareness and knowledge of all those touched by it. The presentation
    intends to facilitate participants to imagine how the IL Handbook provides a pathway for the IL
    community to coalesce around the tacit knowledge of IL into one thesis. (quote from JB).
    Recognizing IL as a discipline will inform research and practices and consider curricula that is
    better structured and more able to contribute to the learning of students at all levels.
     
    Bios:
    John Budd is Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri. His most recent book is, The
    Library as Forum in the Social Media Age. He has also written, Reframing Library Instruction,
    published by ACRL.
    Karen F. Kaufmann is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South
    Florida. Her research focuses on information literacy, user relevance, user information
    experience, and the intersection of theory and practice in information science. Kaufmann is a
    2017 Beta Phi Mu Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient and co-author of
    the book Supporting Transfer Student Success: The Essential Role of College and University
    Libraries, published in 2021 by Libraries Unlimited, ABC-CLIO.
    Clarence Maybee is the Associate Dean of Learning, a professor, and the W. Wayne Booker
    Endowed Chair in Information Literacy at the Purdue University Libraries and School of
    Information Studies. He is the director of the Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue. He
    publishes widely and presents internationally on his research investigating experiences of
    information literacy in higher education. He is the author of the book IMPACT Learning:
    Librarians at the Forefront of Change in Higher Education, published in 2018 by Chandos
    Publishing.
    Sheila Webber is a faculty member in the Information School, University of Sheffield, United
    Kingdom. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information
    Professionals and recipient of the Jason Farradane Award for services to Information Science.
    Sheila has served as a committee member for the ILFA Information Literacy Section and as co-
    chair for the European Chapter of UNESCO's Media and Information Literacy Alliance and is
    currently a member of the UK's Forum on Information Literacy (an alliance of UK-based IL
    researchers). Sheila has blogged since 2005 at https://information-literacy.blogspot.com/ and
    her Google citations page is at
    https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=OObrUmIAAAAJ&hl=en


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    Karen F. Kaufmann, Ph.D, MLIS
    LRRT Past-Chair 2022-2023
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