LIRT Committees
LIRT currently has 6 active committees, More complete information about the Committee's chairpersons is available in the LIRT Directory of Officers, Committee Chairs, and Coordinators.
This committee is charged with selecting the recipients for the LIRT Innovation in Instruction Award and the LIRT Librarian Recognition Award.
This committee shall be responsible for soliciting and distributing content, in both written and visual formats for all avenues of communication with LIRT membership. This includes, but is not limited to, preparing and distributing the Round Table's newsletter, curating all social media accounts and providing oversight of the LIRT’s online presence. The committee may create and update content, as well as solicit content and advise other committees regarding the creation and maintenance of content.
Conference Program Committee 2026
This committee shall be responsible for annual program preparation and presentation.
Conference Program Committee 2027
This committee shall be responsible for annual program preparation and presentation.
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Committee
This committee will be responsible for identifying and promoting innovative teaching methods, universal design for learning frameworks, and training resources, as well as technologies that enhance and adapt to varied learning environments. Activities can include developing programs, publishing articles and reviews, encouraging research, and fostering collaboration with ALA committees and related groups to strengthen the integration of teaching, learning, and technology across the profession.
This committee shall be responsible for monitoring the library instruction literature and identifying high quality library-instruction related articles from all types of libraries. Annually, this committee shall prepare and publish in the LIRT News a list of the Top 20 articles on library instruction.
Transitions to College Committee
This committee builds and supports partnerships between school, public, and academic librarians to assist students in their transition to the academic library environment.
