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Online Instruction Show & Tell Series Every other Wednesdays 10:00am - 11:00am Pacific / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern Location: Zoom |
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Community agreements are collaboratively-developed documents outlining key values and guidelines for meetings and conferences or any space, online or face-to-face, where communities gather. Community agreements create an inclusive environment, and actively engage the community in which members from different backgrounds can all feel welcomed, safe, and supported. In the process of creating a community agreement values statement, a group can also build trust and begin normalizing honest discussions about organizational culture, harm, and other difficult topics.
With this agreement, LILi hopes to take steps toward making LILi a truly equitable organization and to uplift and welcome all members. Please see the Community Agreement below.
April 16, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern
Pedagogy, Personability, and Library Intimidation: Recommendations for Instruction Librarians
Natasha Griffin
Resident Librarian
University Library Faculty
American University
Library anxiety inhibits students’ progress toward research goals and often deters them from viewing the library as a supportive space. By utilizing principles from Relational Cultural Theory (RCT), which argues that students understand class content through connection, instruction librarians can integrate personability into teaching. This ensures that the class remains active everything from instruction to lessons to students is continuously engaging. While we possess prior knowledge and expertise and understand the professor’s expectations for the library session, we come prepared with preconceived notions about how the lesson will be. Nonetheless, this process can influence the overall classroom environment, as some students may still struggle to engage or grasp the skills being taught. This presentation offers recommendations for librarians to cultivate practical instructional techniques rooted in RCT that alleviate library intimidation and enhance student engagement.
April 30, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern
First Year Seminar is Canceled, Now What? Navigating Information Literacy Instruction in Times of Curriculum Change
Jessica Rardin (she/her/hers)
First Year Engagement Librarian
Education and Research Services
University of Wyoming Libraries
The University of Wyoming “paused” the First Year Seminar general education requirement in Fall 2022 and in Fall 2024, the First Year Seminar and any specific first-year student class was removed from the general education curriculum. This webinar will focus on the initiatives undertaken by the University of Wyoming Libraries to engage first-year students in information literacy post-"FYS pause." While some strategies were successful, others did not yield the desired results. I will share positive outcomes from orientation programming, asynchronous learning materials, and initiatives targeting other first-year focused courses. The webinar will also examine less successful programs, including ongoing challenges in attracting students to attend out-of-class workshops. As similar cuts to first-year seminars may occur at other institutions, this webinar aims to provide support and guidance for librarians facing challenges related to shifting curriculums and campus dynamics.
May 14, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern
Enhancing Library Instruction Videos with AI-voiceover Software
Cynthia Soll
Research Librarian | McLennan Community College, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, the Language, Literature, and Communication Department, and the Alternative Teacher Certification Program.
This session will focus on integrating AI-voiceover software into library instruction videos. Specifically, it will highlight the presenter's use of ElevenLabs' software, since it is a simple and provides an outstanding range of voices.
Goals:
- Provide participants with practical knowledge of the process for utilizing AI-voiceover software and integrating the results into videos.
- Inspire attendees to create videos with AI voiceovers for their institutions.
The session will include:
1. A sample video created by combining an AI voiceover and instructional material in Camtasia.
2. An overview of ElevenLabs' interface.
3. Tips for using the ElevenLabs' software and exporting the files.
3. An overview of the process for integrating the resulting audio clips into a Camtasia project.
4. Tips for using Canva instead of Camtasia (if attendees lack the Camtasia software).
5. A sample video created using ElevenLabs and Canva.
6. Reminder that there are numerous versions of AI-voiceover software, as well as multiple versions of video software, so attendees are not locked into the choices I demonstrated.
7. Encouragement to inspire attendees to try their hand at creating videos with AI voiceovers.