This session will share the rewards, challenges, and learnings involved in adopting and adapting library instructional practices to enhance a student library advisory committee. With a focus on reflecting on the first year of this re-envisioned approach, the session will highlight experiences in launching a facilitation team, experimenting with multi-modal and online opportunities for participation, and incorporating elements of curriculum design, appreciative inquiry, and informal assessment. Participants will leave with strategies to foster collaboration, engagement, and experiential learning with student-focused groups in their own settings, as well as ideas to kindle collaboration among their library and campus colleagues.
Participants will: 1. Describe strategies to incorporate instructional practices in informal student learning settings 2. Identify aspects of curriculum and syllabus design to foster student engagement 3. Explore opportunities to build a learning community through shared facilitation and multiple modes of participation