Tag Archives: information literacy

August 2020

unCOILed 2020

On Friday, August 7, members of COIL and librarians from around the region gathered on Zoom for the annual summer workshop. The theme of the workshop was, “Information (Lite)racy: Bite-sized Instruction and Elevator Pitches.”

In the morning session, attendees learned about how to craft elevator pitches and spent some time in small groups practicing. In the afternoon, after a short presentation about short information literacy sessions, breakout groups tackled various instruction scenarios to create possible lesson plans.

If you weren’t able to attend, or would like to revisit some of your favorite parts, the workshop was recorded and can be viewed below.

Additionally, presenters have made their slides and resources available, and links to access them are listed below.

Morning session

Crafting Elevator Pitches: Advocating Library Services to Your Students and Faculty by Tracy Ashby

Lighting talks

Question Formulation Technique by Marla Lobley

Foraging for Truth: The Mis/Dis-Info Quest by Calantha Tillotson

Suddenly All Library Instruction Went Zoom by Tom Thorish

Afternoon session

Information (Lite)racy: Bite-sized Instruction by Ashley Bean