Support the Move to Remote Instruction: Rethinking Information Literacy Instruction during the Pandemic

In response to the current pandemic, Library Services at Delaware County Community College had to quickly pivot to meet the needs of students and faculty members during the transition to remote learning. With an information literacy instructional program designed primarily to meet the needs of students taking classes on campus, Library Services increased the number of synchronous workshops offered and offered additional synchronous and asynchronous instructional options to support remote learning. This presentation will discuss what we have learned during the spring, summer, and fall semesters in terms of what virtual instructional models meet the needs of faculty to ensure students gain information literacy instruction. Specifically, this presentation will examine the new instructional models and review the data from the information literacy program to determine what best met the needs of students and faculty.

Michael LaMagna
Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator, Associate Professor, and Reference Librarian
Delaware County Community College, Media

Michael LaMagna, Ed.D., is the Information Literacy Program and Library Services Coordinator, Associate Professor, and Reference Librarian at Delaware County Community College and previously served as the Coordinator of Electronic Resources at a small liberal arts college. Michael’s current research interests center of academic libraries and include eBook usage, open educational resources, digital badges and microcredentials, synchronous instruction, and copyright education. Michael served as the guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship focused on the use of digital badges and micro-credentials in academic libraries and his scholarship has appeared in publications such as Internet Reference Services Quarterly, the Journal of Access Services, and Computers and Libraries. Michael speaks frequently on issues related to academic libraries at national, regional, and local conferences. Michael received his Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University. His dissertation examined how community college English faculty members teach information literacy in their online courses. Michael received his M.L.S. from St. John’s University, M.A. in History from Villanova University, and his B.A. in History from Susquehanna University.

Support the Move to Remote Instruction: Rethinking Information Literacy Instruction during the Pandemic

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