NC LIVE 2024 Annual Conference

Library Instruction is a significant community-building element of an academic librarian’s role as it serves as an avenue to connect with students, develop stronger librarian-faculty relationships, and functions as an outreach component. To create an inclusive space, each instruction session should offer elements that welcome accountability and ensure successful research practices that will later contribute to scholarly conversations. This session will focus my experience on integrating intentional DEI practices into my instruction practices, using Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT), a teaching framework, developed by Dr. Mary-Ann Winkelmes. Using the fundamentals of this framework, combined with instructional tools and interactive tools, allows for improved library and student relationships, stronger research skills that will transfer beyond their undergraduate experience, and encourages students to invest in their research interests using their background experience.