Academic librarians have long been responsible for teaching information literacy competencies on college campuses, even as many are hesitant to accept the title of teacher. With inadequate instructional design preparation and one-shot sessions serving as a popular, if limited, instructional medium, librarians' design processes are often developed…

The literature on academic librarians' teaching experience consistently reflects a disconnect between the education Library and Information Science (LIS) graduates receive and the knowledge and skills they need to perform their jobs. The goal of this study is to assess the current state of instruction and user education courses in graduate…

This document contains handouts from a panel discussion by a school library media specialist, an academic librarian, and a library educator that focused on what library schools are doing to prepare future librarians to teach. The handouts include: (1) a brief bibliography; (2) a survey of LIS (Library and Information Science) program BI…