Consulting and Education Services Update

At Amigos Library Services, we are proud of the valuable opportunities that we provide for ongoing training for information professionals. Check out some of our upcoming online course offerings and Know & Go’s. You don’t want to miss them!

• Balancing and Embracing Change: Strategies for Preparing Staff in the Library
  January 27, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. CST
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  Early Bird Deadline: January 5

  Libraries are constantly changing and adapting for many reasons. Managers, however, are not always sure how to help their staffs understand and embrace the upcoming changes. This two-hour course is designed to help managers and supervisors learn strategies for a successful transition, identify potential pitfalls, and anticipate staff response to a pending change in the library.

• Information Literacy: Adapting to the New Framework
  February 17-18, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. CST
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  Early Bird Deadline: January 26

  In February of 2015, the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. This framework sharply contrasts with the standards of information literacy instruction developed in the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Where the Standards listed performance indicators and outcomes to assess during information literacy instruction, the new Framework applies a much more theoretical and interpretable approach.

  In this two-day course, we will inspect the six frames that make up the new framework, comparing them with the rather rigid structure of the old competency standards. We will also identify possible curriculum examples in response to each frame, all the while discussing what the new framework predicts for the future of information literacy.