Liaison Librarian Task Force 2012 - 2013, The University of Maryland Libraries, Final Report, 31 May 2013 (original) (raw)

TEACHING, LEARNING AND LITERACIES Librarians are involved in instruction through face-to-face, online, and/or blended classes in areas of their specialty, as well as in general, core and other courses. They offer training on databases, research tools, bibliographic management programs, and in other specific areas to support education and research in the academic units. Technological advancements coupled with drastic changes in users' information needs and expectations are having a great impact on library instruction. The existing information literacy models are outdated, as undergraduate students are more technologically savvy, and their expectations are higher. Librarians should avoid developing a library-centric program and should set information literacy discourse within a framework that is relevant and valuable to classroom faculty and align it with the educational goals and mission of the institution. Some experts considered the possibility that librarians