Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)

LIRT Homepage

Currently the LIRT site is located at: http://fleetwood.baylor.edu/lirt

Founding Purpose and Mission

The Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) was founded in 1977. Its purpose is to advocate library instruction and information literacy as a part of lifelong learning. LIRT supports librarians engaged in library instruction and information literacy in all types of libraries.

Our goals:

To increase professional and public awareness of the need for library instruction and information literacy.
To encourage the development of American Library Association policy promoting library instruction and information literacy.
To assist library practitioners in the development, improvement, and promotion of library instruction and information literacy activities.
To broaden the base of LIRT membership by attracting members from all types of libraries, and to encourage active involvement of LIRT members in the organization.
To create programming that appeals to instruction librarians from all types of libraries.
To provide opportunities in which librarians from all types of libraries can share ideas about library instruction and information literacy.
To encourage the networking of professional library instruction and information literacy groups.
To maintain an organizational structure that enables the implementation of the goals and objectives of the Library Instruction Round Table.

About These Pages

Member leaders and volunteers are actively working to migrate this Round Table's collection of online resources onto the American Library Association's redesigned website. Please contact the staff liaison listed below for more information on this Round Table's activities and materials.