Librarians as Teachers: An ACRL Immersion WorkshopRebecca Miller Waltz. Penn State University and
Mary Broussard, Bucknell University
This interactive workshop aims to help participants explore their roles as educators by offering the space to reflect on core aspects of information literacy, teacher identities, and strategies for professional well-being. During this workshop, participants will engage in discussion around the multifaceted role of librarians as educators and identify some of the knowledge and tools needed to advocate for information literacy, reflect on their teaching practices, sustain themselves professionally, and engage with the larger Immersion community.
OutcomesParticipants will:
- Articulate the importance of information literacy in order to tell the story of the role of librarians as teachers
- Reflect on their identity as a teacher in order to understand teaching perspectives and inform instructional practices
- Discuss strategies and boundaries needed to sustain ourselves and to nurture and maintain professional communities
- Describe learning opportunities with ACRL Immersion in order to continue to engage with the Immersion community
