Cultivating collaboration: Building AUS’s information literacy community of practice

Central to the American University of Sharjah (AUS) Library’s mission is “partnering with the AUS academic community to educate thoughtful, information literate citizens”. AUS librarians have played a long-standing role as advocates for information literacy learning and continue to collaborate with departments to ensure IL remains integral to curriculum programming and ongoing support efforts. In an attempt to reach beyond the standard ‘one-shot’ IL instruction workshops, Faculty teaching in WRI 102 and ENG 204 courses were invited to join librarians with the common goal of learning about, discussing, exploring and implementing a range of teaching and assessment strategies in support of information literacy.
This session explores the formation of AUS Library’s Information Literacy Community of Practice (IL CoP) and strategies for faculty collaboration. Learn from our experiences and discover actionable strategies for fostering a similar collaboration at your institution.