(via Adrienne Radzvickas, CARLI)
We hope you’ve saved the date! Registration to attend the 13th Annual CARLI Instruction Showcase is now open. This free virtual event is hosted by the CARLI Instruction Committee and will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, May 21, from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM CDT. Please share with anyone at your institution who may be interested: we welcome all library staff and LIS students to this event in the hopes of expanding our community of practice.
This year’s program continues the committee’s year-long theme of “Instructional Possibilities,” which invites librarians to reflect on their praxis and explore ways to refresh their teaching. The day begins with the keynote presentation, “Framing Our Values for the Future of Information Literacy.” Merinda Kaye Hensley is an associate professor and the research programs liaison and instruction librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She leads a variety of undergraduate research efforts including publishing several undergraduate research journals, she manages the Savvy Researcher workshop series, and she designs and teaches library-related workshops supporting research skills. She served on the ACRL task force that wrote the Framework for Information Literacy, she was Chair of the Instruction Section in 2017, and she is currently the ACRL representative to the IFLA Information Literacy Standing Committee. Her research focuses on the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communication.
Presentations by librarians from a variety of CARLI institutions will explore diverse themes clustered around Navigating Instructional Currents: Culture, Teaching, and Collaboration and Establishing New Waters: Emerging Technology and Developments. We’re also delighted to host two panels of graduate students addressing these themes, so we can hear from emerging voices.
The event will end with a networking opportunity. We are encouraging our grad student participants to stay and build community with current instruction librarians: if you can set aside the time to join us and share your experiences with current and future colleagues, that would be wonderful.
For the full program and to register, please go here. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, May 21, by 8:00 AM CDT.