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Using Participatory Design To Develop Strategies For The Library’S Information Literacy Program, Veronica Wells
Using Participatory Design To Develop Strategies For The Library’S Information Literacy Program, Veronica Wells
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
Aim
Advocating for the importance of information literacy within our institutions of higher education can be difficult when budget cuts, challenges with student enrollments and retention, and other competing priorities are at the forefront of our faculty, staff, and students’ minds. How do we get the attention of our stakeholders and how do we get their input? At the University of the Pacific, we adopted a participatory design approach, which actively seeks to involve all stakeholders, to inform them about the results of the SAILS Test and to gather feedback on their perceptions of information literacy.
Methods
Librarians at the …
Instruction Inspiration: A Charrette For Music Librarians, Rachel Wishkoski, J. Sylvia Yang, Veronica Wells, Angela Pratesi, Grace Haynes
Instruction Inspiration: A Charrette For Music Librarians, Rachel Wishkoski, J. Sylvia Yang, Veronica Wells, Angela Pratesi, Grace Haynes
University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations
Interactive session. Coming from architecture praxis and used in multiple design disciplines, a charrette is a structured period of intense feedback where participants work together to solve a design problem. The activity can easily be used by instructors to improve lesson plans or teaching artifacts in collaboration. Beginning with a warm-up practice activity where participants can learn how charrettes work, this session will primarily be comprised of focused small-group sharing, feedback, and brainstorming. Each participant should bring a lesson plan, teaching artifact, or other instructional challenge about which they would like to receive feedback. Small groups will be facilitated by …