Instruction Subcommittee Annual Report 2018
submitted by Andi Beckendorf, Chair
Current Roster
- Andi Beckendorf, Chair (2019)
- Mandi Goodsett (2019)
- Grace Haynes (2022)
- Lisa Lazar (2019)
- Angela Pratesi (2022)
- Veronica Wells (2021)
- Rachel Wishkoski (2021)
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- Present the subcommittee-proposed session, “Instruction Showcase: Tools and Strategies for Re Energizing Your Teaching” at the MLA 2018 meeting.
- Goal Area: Advocacy; Objective 5, Promote and encourage the use of music in all disciplines.”
- Completed.
- Participate in the panel discussion/presentation of “Diversity & Inclusion through the Lens of Critical Librarianship” at the MLA 2018 meeting. This session is co-sponsored by the Public Services Committee and the Diversity Committee.
- Goal Area: Membership; Objective 1, “Increase outreach efforts to members from underrepresented groups.”
- Completed.
- Determine the fate of the Music Information Literacy Repository.
- Goal Area: Advocacy; Objective 3, “Publish open access content on the web.”
- Ongoing.
- Conclude the working group on the MLA Response to the Framework for Information Literacy and deliver a list of recommendations to the Board.
- Goal Area: Advocacy; Objective 1, “Develop and disseminate official positions on intellectual property, access, and scholarly communication issues.”
- Ongoing.
List of Future Goals
- Survey the membership of MLA about the Framework for Information Literacy (the MLA Board approved the survey during the June, 2018 meeting).
- Goal Area: Advocacy; Objective 1, “Develop and disseminate official positions on intellectual property, access, and scholarly communication issues.”
- Conclude the working group on the MLA Response to the Framework for Information Literacy and deliver a list of recommendations to the Board.
- Goal Area: Advocacy; Objective 1, “Develop and disseminate official positions on intellectual property, access, and scholarly communication issues.”
- Determine the fate of the Music Information Literacy Repository.
- Goal Area: Advocacy; Objective 3, “Publish open access content on the web.”
- Participate in two Instruction Subcommittee-sponsored programs for MLA 2019: “Lessons in Diversity and Bias” and “Common Threads: Music Information Literacy as Community Practice” (co-sponsored with Cataloging and Metadata).
- Goal Area: Membership; Objective 1, “Increase outreach efforts to members from underrepresented groups.”