As undergraduate students enter political science classrooms in this post-COVID, polarized social climate, teaching information literacy skills has become even more challenging and vital. Incorporating such critical skills into existing lessons and course content can be tricky and requires thoughtful planning.
Using the ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, this virtual workshop will explore practical approaches and active learning strategies for scaffolding these research competencies within your own syllabi.
Incorporating Information Literacy Skills into Your Syllabus
Join Kimberly MacVaugh of Georgetown University, for a 90-minute interactive session exploring the best practices in teaching information literacy skills to undergraduate students. All are welcome! Registration in advance is required.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Workshop Facilitator Bio:
Kim MacVaugh is the School of Foreign Service and Government Librarian at Georgetown University where she supports faculty and student research in their renowned political science and international relations programs. She has served as the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) liaison to APSA since 2020, working to increase collaboration between political science faculty and academic librarians. She is co-editing the forthcoming book Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (ACRL, 2025) and is co-author of the chapter “The Politics, Policy, and International Relations Section (PPIRS) Companion Document to the ACRL Framework: Process and Outcomes” (in Teaching Information Literacy by Discipline, forthcoming from ACRL Press, 2024). Kim holds a Masters in Library and Information Science from University of South Carolina, and a Masters in Arab Studies from Georgetown University.
Preprints: Incorporating Information Literacy Skills into Your Syllabus
This live event will be recorded and shared on APSA Educate. Please direct all questions to teaching@apsanet.org