In this "post-truth" era, students require more advanced skills in information literacy to succeed, while librarians lack the time and access to personally reach every student through the one-shot model. This interactive workshop will guide attendees in developing and facilitating their own faculty focus groups centered on integrating information literacy instruction into disciplinary coursework through an equity and inclusion lens. These focus groups combine the insight and perspectives of teaching faculty with the information literacy mastery of librarians to develop lesson plans and generate ideas for new library resources to support students.
Participants will: 1. Assess whether faculty focus groups will enhance integrated information literacy instruction in disciplinary coursework at their institution. 2. Design faculty focus groups which recognize different approaches to information literacy instruction based on discipline-specific skills and learning priorities. 3. Facilitate nuanced and specific conversations on equitable and inclusive information literacy instruction with faculty members at their institution.
