The University Libraries’ Community of Practice (COP) leadership team has changed membership for the 2017-2018 year. Anne Behler has handed the reins to Erin Burns, who will serve as team leader from 2017 to 2019.

Members of the leadership team include Hailley Fargo, Ben Hoover, Bernadette Lear, Andrew Marshall, Rebecca Miller, Rebecca Peterson, Beth Seyala, Tig Warluft, and Alessia Zanin-Yost.

The Community of Practice is a discussion-driven group for matters of instruction. We hold various Zoom sessions on specific instructional topics, listserv discussions on current instruction-related articles, and plan the COP annual workshop. We also have a few members of the Instruction Steering Committee working with us (Tig, Bernadette, and Rebecca).

If you are new to the University Libraries, or have not participated in the COP before, we would love to have you. Please contact Andrew Marshall (adm135@psu.edu) to be added to the COP listserv.

Feel free to contact us if there are any instruction topics or articles you would like to open a discussion on.

Special thanks to the previous year’s committee: Bernadette Lear, Nancy Adams,Anne Behler, Amanda Clossen, Russ Hall, John Meier, Rebecca Peterson, and Beth Seyala. The May 2017 workshop was a wonderful way to showcase our instruction initiatives and expand the dialogue about instruction at the University Libraries.

The current committee would like to say THANK YOU many times over to Anne and John for their dedication to this group over the years. We are grateful for the service and leadership you provided in starting this group about five years ago.

– submitted by Erin Burns