Necessity is the Mother of Instruction: Online vs. In-Person Information Literacy Instruction
Type of Presentation
Poster Session
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Poster Session
Proposal
With a reduction in available librarians, one university library sought to lighten the instruction load for those remaining while still meeting information literacy needs on campus. Learn how Tennessee Tech librarians transformed most of their information literacy instruction topics to online, what they kept for in-person instruction, how they provided a learning assessment option, and how faculty are adapting...or not. Though the online transition was begun prior to the pandemic, the presentation shows how the shift to online learning across campus has been further supported by this library change. Initially, the online shift was made due to personnel concerns, but the change highlighted ways in which the library can be more helpful - and highlighted gaps in library instruction in the absence of in-person question-and-answer instruction formats.
Presentation Description
With a reduction in available librarians, one university library sought to lighten the instruction load for those remaining while still meeting information literacy needs on campus. Learn how Tennessee Tech librarians transformed most of their information literacy instruction topics to online, what they kept for in-person instruction, how they provided a learning assessment option, and how faculty are adapting...or not.
Keywords
instruction, information literacy, online, in-person
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Mills, Holly, "Necessity is the Mother of Instruction: Online vs. In-Person Information Literacy Instruction" (2021). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 43.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2021/2021/43
Necessity is the Mother of Instruction: Online vs. In-Person Information Literacy Instruction
Poster Session
With a reduction in available librarians, one university library sought to lighten the instruction load for those remaining while still meeting information literacy needs on campus. Learn how Tennessee Tech librarians transformed most of their information literacy instruction topics to online, what they kept for in-person instruction, how they provided a learning assessment option, and how faculty are adapting...or not. Though the online transition was begun prior to the pandemic, the presentation shows how the shift to online learning across campus has been further supported by this library change. Initially, the online shift was made due to personnel concerns, but the change highlighted ways in which the library can be more helpful - and highlighted gaps in library instruction in the absence of in-person question-and-answer instruction formats.
