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Are you considering incorporating badges into your information literacy instruction or other library initiative? This informative article by Nicole Pagowsky from the ACRL publication “Keeping up with…” can help you understand digital badges and how you might use them. The article includes a bibliography and many links to additional information and resources.

Have you used digital badges in your library? Please tell us about it!

Submitted by: Dorothy Ryan Hemmo
University of Illinois – Springfield

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While many of us dutifully read our library blogs and journals, we are often talking to ourselves. What has inspired you lately outside of our own profession? Have you gotten a great programming idea from a sports team? How about picking up on promotional tactics at the grocery store? Or thinking about a new library layout based on a well-designed web site?

Do you actively expose yourself to ideas outside of our field? Are you reading publications other than those in your subject areas? Are you attending classes or events on topics you know nothing about?

Has inspiration ever hit you as you go about your daily life? What were the circumstances? Have you found a way to increase the odds of adding new and creative ideas to your repertoire?

Even more difficult than generating lots of shiny and new creative ideas is the daily work of continuing to improve current offerings. How do you keep some of your most basic library offerings fresh and relevant? Academic librarians: Are you continuing to tweak your information literacy sessions each quarter? Public librarians: Are you reassessing summer reading programs each year? Special librarians: Are you ensuring you are continuing to meet the information needs of your patrons?

Your fellow Illinois librarians want to learn from you. Share the most off-the-wall thing that has inspired you, and how you translated that initial spark into a successful service or offering for your patrons.

Hilary Meyer

Chicago, IL

The Communications and Library faculty of the Moraine Valley Community College have developed an Information Literacy Expectations page. The site fosters a better understanding of Information Literacy by helping students understand how to locate, evaluate, and use materials for assignments and projects. Faculty resources contain links to documents and videos useful for teaching different skills.


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