Committees and Work Groups

The charge of the Information Literacy Task Force is to elevate information literacy in the Commonwealth by leveraging KYVL resources and the expertise and reach of KYVL member libraries.

The tasking of the Information Literacy Work Group is to:

• Accept and review submissions and develop KYVL InfoLit Gallery.
• Implement communication plan.
• Research and communicate value add of information literacy across the education continuum.
• Engage in outreach and training to promote the collection to educators outside the library.

May 2022

• Curation Team
  • Develop and implement a curation process for submitted resources
  • Create a sustainability plan for repository content and digital lifecycle
  • Establish baseline toolkit; work with KYVL to migrate toolbox content to repository, including chunking of videos
• Communication Team
  • Develop a communication plan which includes strategic actions and messaging to promote the collection:
    • Encouraging librarians to submit quality resources and promote the collection.
    • Collaborating with librarians to promote the collection to educators outside the library.
  • Conduct training in the use of the collection.
  • Prepare PD / faculty resource kit to train faculty in use of collection

Revised May 2021

The tasking of the Information Literacy Task Force is to:

• Crosswalk the Information Literacy Skills Progression with the Kentucky Academic Standards for Library Media.
• Develop a sustainability plan for information literacy resources repository content and digital lifecycle.
• Review Air Table tool and determine if this or another tool will work best for organizing current and future instructional materials and submissions. This tool must consider the submission process and tagging options.
• Develop and implement a review process for submitted resources.
• Review current instructional materials and continue to develop & compile instructional materials at all audience levels.
• Continue to look for opportunities to collaborate with / recruit librarians and to present to educators outside the library.

Revised 10.23.2020

The tasking of the Information Literacy Task Force is to:

• Within three overarching goals (find, evaluate, use), identify specific skills / SLOs for the prepared student transitioning to each audience level
• Review KYVL information literacy tutorials (How to Do Research, middle and high school; Research Rocket, elementary school) for consistency with these skills / SLOs and for potential future development
• Continue to develop & compile instructional materials at all audience levels
• Develop and implement a review process for submitted resources
• Look for opportunities to collaborate with  / present to educators outside the library

The tasking of the KYVL-LIRT Task Force (F18-19) is to:

• Identify information literacy needs for students transitioning to postsecondary education in Kentucky
• Identify priorities for information literacy instruction of Kentucky's K12 students
• Prioritize development of instructional materials
• Create instructional materials based on KYVL resources for preparing Kentucky's students for a successful transition to postsecondary education research

Revised 11.30.18

In September 2018, the KYVL Leadership Team approved creation of an ad hoc KYVL-LIRT Task Force, in partnership with the Kentucky Library Association's Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT), to work toward creation of shareable information literacy instruction based on resources available through KYVL, particularly as it applies to students transitioning from K12 to postsecondary education.

Following the initial one-year pilot, the group agreed to continue for an additional two years as the KYVL Information Literacy Task Force. In May 2021, Leadership Team promoted the task force to a KYVL work group.

The work group is led by co-chairs representing K12 and academic libraries. LIRT membership is optional. The work group also includes KYVL staff and a Leadership Team liaison. The work group seeks to include librarians representing primary, elementary, intermediate, secondary and secondary grade bands. The group's target size is approximately 12 to 15 members. The work group is authorized to create subcommittees.

Updated 8.1.2022