A small group of Oregon librarians and educators have recently shared their work on the Information Literacy Reflection Tool (ILRT). The project started when Team Lead, Sara Robertson, saw a need for a metacognitive self-assessment for information literacy. When used thoughtfully, a metacognitive assessment approach has the potential to increase equity by positioning students as […]
The following is a statement from the OLA EDI Anti-Racism Special Committee. ACRL-Oregon endorses this statement. Dear colleagues, The social events we have witnessed in the past months triggered a series of new statements, training, and resources offered by professionals of different fields and institutions to reaffirm their commitment with Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). […]
University of Portland (UP) librarians Jane Scott, Heidi Senior, and Diane Sotak, along with two library student workers, offered a Digital Privacy Checkup pop-up event on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, that we thought other ACRL-OR members would like to know about. We were inspired by similar events (Sullivan et al., 2018) elsewhere that have been […]
Tell us a little bit about your background. How did you get into librarianship? My first library job was as a shelver in my neighborhood branch of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library. My education in art history, Spanish and Italian at Indiana University led me to working in the Fine Arts and Slide Libraries, but […]
Tell us a little bit about your background. How did you get into librarianship? Growing up, the public library was like a second home to me. One of my earliest memories is negotiating to go to the library before nap time. In college, my favorite part of any paper was doing the literature review and […]
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