Name: Yonkers IB Day: A Decades-Old Cross-Institution Information Literacy Program
Start: 2025-05-15T04:00:01-0700
End: 2025-05-15T04:00:01-0700

Times for Breakout Sessions are just placeholders. Actual times will not be assigned until early April.

Thursday May 15, 2025 TBA

For over 20 years, librarians from the Sarah Lawrence College Library and the Yonkers Public Library have worked together to support international baccalaureate (IB) students at Yonkers Middle High School (a grades 6-12 public school in Yonkers, NY) through two day-long research skills sessions each academic year. Across the years, through many staffing changes, and through a pandemic, the initiative continues to develop and grow. This session will provide an overview of the program, share how it has evolved, discuss how the librarians leverage their expertise to support the students, and explore designing and implementing cross-institution partnerships for information literacy.

Presenters

Rachel Leff

Head of Research Services, Sarah Lawrence College

Rachel Leff is the Head of Research Services at the Sarah Lawrence College Library in Bronxville, NY. She worked in public libraries before moving over to academic libraries, and is a firm believer in academic-public partnerships.

Thursday May 15, 2025 TBA

Collaboration and Outreach: Stitching Us Together

Intended Audience Brand new to the topic, At least some experience with the topic
Breakout Session Format Presentation

LOEX 2025

Rachel Leff

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