It’s Here! In-Depth Guidance for Conducting Online Information Literacy Classes

It’s Here! In-Depth Guidance for Conducting Online Information Literacy Classes

August 13, 2020

In 2018, Credo released our IL Strategy Handbook. It was written (by me!) to help Credo’s customers and other librarians to begin or improve an information literacy program at a college or university, and included the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1: The Value of IL for Your Users

  • Chapter 2: Designing a Program with Your Community and IL Standards in Mind

  • Chapter 3: Creating a Dynamic, Interactive Curriculum Across Disciplines

  • Chapter 4: See Your Program Come to Life

  • Chapter 5: Library Marketing 101: Promoting the Value of Your IL Program

You can see that the handbook covered the entire life of an IL program, from the initial planning stages to improvements to the program over time. It’s still a comprehensive look at IL work, but 2020 has brought up a new need: coverage of online IL programs. 

While the original guide does discuss the needs of online students here and there, and much of the material can be applied to courses that are online, there’s no section devoted to online IL specifically. But, good news! We have released a new edition of the handbook that includes guidance on conducting IL classes online, covering both curriculum ideas and ways to engage students. 

Check out our new handbook! Also, take a look at this Twitter thread from Dr. Nicole Campbell, a professor at Western University in London, Ontario. She offers some great tips for putting online students at ease, ideas that will be quick to implement.

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About The Author

Henrietta (Etta) Thornton, a librarian and author of the Credo IL Strategy Handbook, is Infobase’s Information Literacy Content and Strategy Manager. She previously worked at public libraries, where one of her favorite tasks was helping elderly patrons learn to use email, and at an academic institution, where she developed IL curricula and taught science and engineering undergrads to find reliable research materials. Etta then worked for years as an editor at School Library Journal and Library Journal.

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