Friday, November 8th, 2019

Engaging with the ACRL Framework:
A Catalyst for Exploring and Expanding Our Teaching Practices

(Framework Workshop)

Vermont Consortium of Academic Libraries (VCAL)

and VLA College & Special Libraries Section

Judd Hall at Vermont Technical College

Randolph Center, VT

This fall, the VLA College & Special Libraries Section, in collaboration with the Vermont Consortium of Academic Libraries, is excited to present an all-day intensive workshop for Vermont librarians about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. This workshop supports librarians in engaging more deeply with the Framework and exploring ways that it can enrich your individual teaching practices, as well as your local instruction programs and institutions.

Participants will explore concepts and pedagogical approaches outlined in the Framework and the significance to their own instructional work. Attendees will apply their learning and reflection to create instruction plans for their own local contexts and consider possibilities for growing teaching partnerships.

This workshop will be led by two expert presenters:

• Brittney Johnson, Digital Literacy Program Coordinator, Texas State University
• Lindsay Matts-Benson, Instructional Designer, University of Minnesota

More information about workshop curriculum, presenters, and a sample schedule can be found here.

Registration will open in September. Watch for another email to register soon!

Please note that this workshop is in lieu of our traditional annual fall program, which will resume in 2020. We hope you can take advantage of this incredible professional development opportunity so close to home.

 

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VLA CSL Letter to NEASC-CIHE Concerning Revised Standards

On October 21, 2015, VLA College & Special Libraries President Laura Crain, Vice-President Bethany Dietrich, and VLA President Virgil Fuller drafted a letter to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE) concerning the August 2015 Draft NEASC Standards for Accreditation.

Vermont Library Association College & Special Libraries Section Letter to the England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE) Regarding the Revised Standards Draft 2015

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Stay Connected

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Past Programs

2018 – People at the Center: User-Focused Librarianship

2015 – What’s New Under The Sun

2014 – Let’s Talk About the Web

2014 – Evidence-Based Practice: What All Librarians Need to Know About Health Information