Happy New Year!

At this time when many are busy setting New Year’s resolutions and intentions – whether personal or professional – we in Library Learning Services are excitedly moving forward on the 2019 resolutions we set for ourselves with the Library Instruction Reboot! For us, it is Go Time!

So what’s happening? Just prior to the holiday break, our team gathered for one final pre-reboot meeting, and solidified our plans. We will be working in three strategic areas:

• Assessing opportunities for working with distinctive populations.
• Establishing what library support for foundational learners will look like through 2019 and beyond.
• Creating a framework for the Penn State Information Literacy Badges Program.

Each strategic area will be tackled by a team of LLS colleagues, who will work to assess the landscape within their assigned area. The teams will work to identify opportunities and key partners, determine strengths and weaknesses of past practice in each area, and – most importantly – lay the framework for what our future work will be.

During the first two weeks of the Spring Semester, each group is holding a kick-off meeting, further developing their charges, and establishing the steps they need to take to move forward with their work. As they dig into the work, you’ll hear from each group at least once about their charge and where their work is taking us.

The Reboot journey is beginning!  Stay tuned here for weekly updates!