The mission of the Arizona Library Association shall be to promote library service and librarianship in libraries of all types in the state of Arizona.

• Developed statewide materials purchasing contracts
• Lobbied and obtained the end of use taxes on books
• Provide continuing education credits for school librarians
• Sponsor the Horner Fellowship
• Provide regional forums to obtain statewide input to the association
• Nominate young librarians to the Snowbird Leadership Institute

Title: Building sustainable instruction practices with a shared repository: A case study from UA Libraries

Date: Thursday, January 8, 2025

Time: 1 pm

Webinar Description:

Library instruction takes many forms. With ever-expanding delivery methods, formats, and literacy topics, designing engaging lessons and effective learning objects is time-intensive, even for familiar subjects. It can leave us feeling like we’re either reinventing the wheel or creating a quick stopgap until more time, energy, and creativity allow. To make instruction more sustainable, The University of Arizona Libraries’ Student Learning and Engagement department developed a collaborative instructional repository, the Teaching Tools Hub, to encourage sharing, reusing, and adapting of learning objects. This session will outline the development process, practical use cases, and small steps (and larger lifts) for participants to adopt similar practices at their libraries. Participants will understand the need for sustainable instruction practices, implement small steps for creating a collaborative instructional tool or framework, and learn strategies for pitching the idea and gaining buy-in for a culture of collaboration around instructional materials.

Presenters:

Lara Miller Rivera is the Unit Lead for Strategies for Teaching and Research and a STEM Librarian at the University of Arizona Libraries. She focuses on research skills development for upper-division students, instructional design, and collaborative models that strengthen student success and instructor partnerships.

Robin Vickery is the Business Research and Experiential Learning Librarian at UA Libraries and serves as a liaison to Social Sciences disciplines. She teaches strategies for finding, understanding, and synthesizing information and data, emphasizing the importance of cultivating a curious mindset and thinking critically. New to her role, she is excited to explore connections between maker literacies, design thinking, and business research.