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Present	Reference & Instruction Librarian for Education, Loyola Marymount University ‐ William H. Hannon Library
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Library and Information Science

information literacy

William H. Hannon Library

Loyola Marymount University

1 LMU Drive, MS 8200

Los Angeles, CA 90045

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Articles (2)

Patience, Persistence, and Process: Embedding a Campus-wide Information Literacy Program ...

Journal of Academic Librarianship (2016)

Glenn Johnson-Grau, Susan [Gardner] Archambault, Elisa Acosta and Lindsey McLean

This article discusses strategies for academic libraries to collaborate with faculty to institutionalize important information literacy training. The discussion is ...

Information Literacy Standards for Teacher Education

College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) (2011)

EBSS Instruction for Educators Committee 2006-2011. (2011). Information literacy standards for teacher education: Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, ...

Contribution to Book

Fighting Infobesity: Creating A Healthy News Diet

The Critical Thinking About Sources Cookbook (2020)

Aisha Conner-Gaten, Jennifer Masunaga and Elisa Slater Acosta

We live in a continuous news culture where the average consumer must learn how to deal with information overload. We ...

Contribution to Book

Taste Testing for Two: Using Formative and Summative Assessment

The First-Year Experience Cookbook (2017)

Elisa Slater Acosta and Katherine Donaldson

This activity was created to introduce first-year students to library resources they can use for their annotated bibliography assignment. In ...

LMU Information Literacy Program recognized as an Exemplary Program

Elisa Slater Acosta, Susan [Gardner] Archambault and Lindsey McLean

The Association of Colleges and Research Libraries (ACRL) has added LMU to its Exemplary Programs page. These programs are recognized ...

English 110 LibGuide selected for inclusion in PRIMO

Elisa Slater Acosta and Susan [Gardner] Archambault

Our English 110 LibGuide was recognized by the Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section’s PRIMO Committee for excellence ...

Using A Rubric to Assess Freshman English Library Instruction

Susan Gardner Archambault and Elisa Acosta

Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) Reference Department redesigned their freshman English library instruction so that all freshmen get a consistent and ...

The Misinformation Pandemic: Who Can You Trust?

National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) (2021)

Elisa Slater Acosta, Susan [Gardner] Archambault, John M Jackson and Alexis Weiss

During the Trump presidency, “fake news” was a term often used as a synonym for “news that comes to a ...

Jumping into the Virtual Deep End: Real World Lessons of ...

ACRL Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session (2021)

Darlene Aguilar, Elisa Slater Acosta, Susan [Gardner] Archambault and Alexis Weiss

This presentation addresses the universal challenge that many librarians faced due to COVID-19, “How can we move our first-year instruction ...

Dialogue is a Bridge: Mapping Information Literacy, Social Justice, and ...

Catholic Library Association (2019)

Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet and Elisa Slater Acosta

In the spirit of what Pope Francis calls a “culture of encounter” created through dialogue, first we map points of ...

Missing Information Has Value: Climate Change the and the EPA ...

Library Instruction West (2018)

Elisa Slater Acosta

What happens when government web pages are hidden, moved, or deleted? In the age of “alternative facts” and the “politicization ...

A Change Is Gonna Come: Renewing Information Workers’ Commitment to ...

California Academic & Research Libraries (2018)

Aisha Conner-Gaten, Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet, Elisa Slater Acosta, Rhonda Rosen, et al.

Libraries have always tried to uphold the Library Bill of Rights but are we just a neutral bridge to information ...

What's Social Justice got to do with Information Literacy?

Association of College & Research Libraries (2017)

Lisa Burgert, Margaret Brown-Salazar, Elisa Slater Acosta and Joe Garity

Social justice is a critical component of information literacy (IL). As librarians we have an obligation to critique the power ...

Revitalizing Instruction through Active Learning and Assessment

Catholic Library Association (2016)

Lisa Burgert and Elisa Slater Acosta

This session will demonstrate and explore active instruction and assessment methods used successfully in instruction sessions at two Catholic academic ...

When Active Learning Goes Flat: Using Gamification to Motivate Student ...

California Conference on Library Instruction (2015)

Lindsey McLean and Elisa Slater Acosta

What happens when an active learning activity goes flat? You rapidly transform your lackluster exercise into an engaging activity midway ...

Integrating Information Literacy into the Core Curriculum: Creating Sustainable Models

Association of College & Research Libraries (2015)

Susan [Gardner] Archambault, Glenn Johnson-Grau, Elisa Slater Acosta, Jennifer Fabbi, et al.

Campus collaboration to embed information literacy learning outcomes into curricula, courses, and assignments is essential to achieving the academic library’s ...

(Form)ative Assessment: Using Google Forms to Evaluate Active Learning.

Lifelong Information Literacy (LILi) Meeting (2015)

Katherine S Donaldson and Elisa Slater Acosta

Taking Active Learning to the Next Level: Increasing Student Engagement ...

European Conference on Information Literacy (2014)

Lindsey McLean and Elisa Slater Acosta

The instruction librarians at a four-year, private university developed a multi-year information literacy instruction program to meet recently implemented information ...

Faculty Power: A Renewable Energy Source for Teaching Information Literacy

Library Instruction West (2014)

Elisa Slater Acosta and Susan Gardner Archambault

How can instruction librarians best utilize diminishing resources to support expanding information literacy initiatives on their campus? To be successfully ...

Information Literacy in the New Core Curriculum

WASC Academic Resource Conference (2014)

Elisa Slater Acosta

Faculty and librarians at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) are partnering to embed important information literacy skills into the new core ...

Training the Trainers: Faculty Development Meets Information Literacy

European Conference on Information Literacy (2013)

Susan Gardner Archambault and Elisa Slater Acosta

Librarian and faculty collaborations are the most essential component of any successful information literacy program. How can librarians entice faculty ...

The Campaign for Information Literacy: Politics, Personalities, & Perseverance

WASC Academic Resource Conference (2013)

Elisa Slater Acosta

In early 2010, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) adopted information literacy as an Undergraduate Learning Outcome. How did this transpire? Several ...

The Rubric: An Assessment Odyssey

Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (2013)

Elisa Slater Acosta and Susan [Gardner] Archambault

Navigating the One-Shot Instruction Session: Using Assessment to Drive Instruction

LOEX of the West Conference (2012)

Elisa Slater Acosta

Every year we use assessment to improve library instruction for freshman English students. This presentation addresses the perennial problem that ...

The Assessment Buffet, Coming Back for Thirds

Elisa Slater Acosta

Every year we use assessment to bake a better batch of library instruction for freshman English students. This presentation addresses ...