Conference Agenda

Who cares. . . and how?

This session addresses how faculty can incorporate pedagogies of care that effectively dismantle barriers to learning in post-covid undergraduate and graduate teaching, advising, and community outreach. Issues such as intrenched ableism, identity discrimination, and mental health stigma will be examined along with various strategies of how to address students’ needs as an act of care and effective pedagogy. Strategies include: the role of accessibility in student advising, , identifying ableist practices vs. transformative practices (and strategies) community building, and addressing barriers to care that are embedded in models of professionalism. Presentations will be followed by audience participation via Survey Monkey that solicits the experiences of others, strategies, solutions, and questions.

Panel members are: Mary Natvig (chair and moderator); Eric Hung, Colin Roust, Colette Simonot with Kyla Kelsey, Sarah Teetsel, and Alexa Woloshyn.

Changes in our shared information landscape have necessitated new approaches to information literacy that go beyond library skills or traditional bibliography. These new directions have made collaboration between librarians and music faculty increasingly important, and they have expanded the role of librarians in teaching and supporting student learning. They have also put pressure on faculty teaching music history and research or bibliography as these courses are often viewed as the point in the curriculum when students develop information literacy skills. Yet, it is impossible to address all of information literacy’s interconnected knowledge practices, dispositions, and disciplinary context in a single course or area of study. This presentation and workshop will introduce two tools that participants can use to reconceptualize the role of information literacy across music curricula. It will also offer a supportive forum for attendees to enhance their instructional practices around these skills.

In 2016, the Association of College and Research Libraries adopted the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education as a guiding document, introducing six core threshold concepts; however, despite the creators’ attempts to be discipline-neutral, the application of the Framework in the context of music and other creative disciplines is not always straightforward. In 2023, the Music Library Association adopted the Music Companion to the Framework for Information Literacy as a supplement for applying the Framework to music studies. This document can help faculty partner with librarians to address common and emerging issues in student work and learning, including generative AI, new forms of digital and multimodal scholarship, and rapidly changing information formats and platforms.

This 60-minute session, attendees will learn about recent changes in information literacy practices and conceptualization and become familiar with elements of the Framework and Music Companion. Presenters will highlight key findings from the qualitative research that informed Music Companion development, including opportunities and challenges for faculty-librarian partnerships. Through a flexible participatory activity (20 minutes), attendees will explore possibilities for increasing information literacy integration in their courses and collaborating with librarians. Attendees will leave with new ideas for continuing the conversation around information literacy and the music curriculum at their home institutions.