Congratulations to Minnesota Library Association (MLA) members, Trent Brager, Amy Mars and Kim Pittman, who have been chosen to receive the 2018 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation award for their work on 23 Framework Things, a free online professional development opportunity that helps librarians engage at their own pace through readings, activities, reflection and discussion. The annual award recognizes a project that demonstrates creative, innovative, or unique approaches to information literacy instruction or programming.
With 23 Framework Things, the librarians created a unique and accessible approach to help colleagues explore different aspects of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education using readings, videos, or examples of the Framework in practice. Participants are able to earn prizes or badges as they complete each “Thing” and respond to the resources using various methods.
Originally created for use by Minnesota librarians, 23 Framework Things garnered so much interest it has now been made available to any interested librarians. Currently, there are more than 300 registered participants from more than 42 states, plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico as well as nine other countries.
Trent Brager is education and social sciences librarian at the University of St. Thomas; Amy Mars is research, instruction, and outreach librarian at St. Catherine University; and Kim Pittman is information literacy and assessment librarian at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
