Putting our Thoughts Together: Information Creation as a Process in Pursuit of Inclusive Excellence
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation
Conference Strand
Diversity and Inclusion
Target Audience
Higher Education
Second Target Audience
K-12
Location
Session 2 Papers
Relevance
This proposal is about the applicability of the ACRL Information Literacy Framework. It is intended to chronicle the strategies employed to collaboratively produce a mandatory multi-year official Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) instrument for GA Southern University libraries. It shows how one frame: Information creation as a process, cogently aligns with the way the final deliverable was produced.
Abstract
The pandemic aside, the Georgia Southern University Libraries, working through an institutional directive, was tasked with creating an Inclusive Excellence Action Plan (IEAP) for the entity. The University’s Office of Inclusive Excellence provided the template for uniformity across colleges and units to guide the procedure and aid with consistency. The University Libraries Diversity Council was directed to write the University Libraries’ plan with input from all University Libraries personnel. This process operationalized one of the frames within the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education developed by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). The frame: Information Creation as a Process, specifically aligned with the way the team responsible for executing the task collaboratively went about doing so: from researching and gathering foundational information; crafting, revising and publishing the document; and finally delivering the finished product on behalf of the University Libraries to the Office of Inclusive Excellence.
Presentation Description
The presentation explores how one frame of the ACRL Framework was instrumental in the creation of an inclusive excellence document for the Georgia Southern University Libraries as regards diversity, equity, and inclusion within the University. Throughout the operation, Information Creation as a Process was applied to craft a dynamic document that guides the University Libraries’ pursuit of an organizational culture of Inclusive Excellence.
Keywords
Inclusive excellence; Information creation; ACRL framework; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Critical Information Literacy
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Coates, Kay and Bareford, Lee, "Putting our Thoughts Together: Information Creation as a Process in Pursuit of Inclusive Excellence" (2023). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 9.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2023/2023/9
Putting our Thoughts Together: Information Creation as a Process in Pursuit of Inclusive Excellence
Session 2 Papers
The pandemic aside, the Georgia Southern University Libraries, working through an institutional directive, was tasked with creating an Inclusive Excellence Action Plan (IEAP) for the entity. The University’s Office of Inclusive Excellence provided the template for uniformity across colleges and units to guide the procedure and aid with consistency. The University Libraries Diversity Council was directed to write the University Libraries’ plan with input from all University Libraries personnel. This process operationalized one of the frames within the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education developed by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). The frame: Information Creation as a Process, specifically aligned with the way the team responsible for executing the task collaboratively went about doing so: from researching and gathering foundational information; crafting, revising and publishing the document; and finally delivering the finished product on behalf of the University Libraries to the Office of Inclusive Excellence.
