Join CCLI for this year’s conference at the University of San Francisco on Friday June 1, 2018. The conference theme is “Library Instruction by Design: Using Design Thinking to Meet Evolving Needs.”
*Deadline for submissions has been extended to Thursday, November 9!*
The California Conference on Library Instruction seeks to showcase the ways in which librarians have approached library instruction and information literacy problems through the lens of Design Thinking.
Design Thinking involves using a designer’s perspective to improve services through creative problem solving. A fundamental aspect of this process is that it is iterative, in that intermediate “solutions” are potential starting points that allow for experimentation and flexibility in piloting or revitalizing programs. Design Thinking allows for redefinition of the initial problem by stakeholders throughout all points of the design process. “The challenges facing librarians are real, complex and varied. And given the rapidly evolving information landscape, they need new answers, which requires new perspectives, new tools, and new approaches. Design thinking is one of these new approaches” (1). You may be using Design Thinking without knowing it!
We invite you to submit a proposal in the form of a breakout session (60 minute presentations or 75 minute workshops) or a lightning talk (5 – 7 minutes). We recommend that prospective presenters review our evaluation rubric for presentations and workshops at: cclibinstruction.org/ccli-rubric-2018/. Proposals should relate to the conference theme, clearly outline the session, and be timely and applicable to librarians. For presentations and workshops, please include 2 – 3 learning outcomes as well as how you plan to incorporate active learning into your session.
Proposals might entail descriptions of a way in which you have gathered inspiration and generated ideas, made those ideas tangible, and / or how you have communicated what worked and what did not. Specific questions that could be addressed are:
- What methods did you use to place library users at the center of your thinking?
- What data did you gather before undertaking a large change?
- What kinds of iterations did a large project undergo and how did you keep things on track?
- What did you learn from unfinished, or even failed, approaches?
Example topics include “the value of iterative approaches to instruction”, “models for gathering student-centered data to inform library services”, and “adapting to evolving student needs.”
Please use our submission form at bit.ly/CCLI2018.
The deadline for submissions is Thursday, November 9.
CCLI 2018 will be held at the University of San Francisco on Friday, June 1st, 2018.
We appreciate your consideration and look forward to hearing from you! For questions, contact Irene Korber (ikorber@csuchico.edu) or Ryne Leuzinger (rleuzinger@csumb.edu).