At our small, private liberal arts university, Information Literacy was recently added as a required category within the general education curriculum. This session will share the library’s journey in advocating for the inclusion of this requirement, collaborating with faculty and administrators, establishing shared learning outcomes, and designing a rubric to ensure consistency across courses. With only a few librarians responsible for supporting both on-campus and online students, we developed a flexible model that enables faculty across disciplines to offer IL-designated courses—ranging from media literacy to quantitative literacy—as long as their assessed assignment aligns with the IL rubric. Attendees will hear about the practical steps we took to support a broad instructional reach with limited staff, how we built campus-wide faculty buy-in, and how we approach assessing student learning in courses we don’t directly teach. We’ll also explore our lessons learned, continuing challenges, and future plans to grow and refine the program.
