Beyond One Shots: Increasing Visibility and Building Sustained Partnerships with a Library Instruction Menu

Connecticut State Community College Manchester’s librarians “made our own luck” by reimagining the library’s instruction program post-Covid during the summer of 2023. The project’s goals were to reintroduce our information literacy instruction program to the campus community, boost faculty engagement, diversify and standardize offerings, and move beyond the "one-shot" model. This session will cover menu development, impacts, assessment, and program refinements. Attendees of this session will gain practical strategies for creating, promoting, and fine tuning a menu of instructional offerings that can be tailored to address not only the specific needs of individual courses but also emerging trends in higher education and information technology that require significant shifts in pedagogical practices. By sharing our process – including successes, unexpected challenges, and assessment results – this session will equip participants with actionable ideas for enhancing the visibility of library instructional services, deepening faculty-librarian collaborations, and redefining its library instruction program to better meet the evolving needs of students and faculty in a post-COVID campus environment. This presentation will appeal to those looking to refresh their library’s instructional approach and cultivate an inclusive, responsive, and sustainable program.