Critical Literacies and Pedagogies Team Annual Report 

Submitted by Lauren Mabry, Incoming Team Lead 

June 27, 2024 

Charge: 

The Critical Literacies and Pedagogies Team (formerly, the Instruction Team) provides leadership for library-wide instruction initiatives, and supports CUL in its commitment to effective instruction and comprehensive information and related literacies (data literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, primary source literacy), by serving as a clearinghouse for information, facilitating a community of practice, and partnering with other groups on initiatives and projects of shared import. 

From: 2022-2023 Critical Literacies and Pedagogies Team Annual Report, submitted by Reanna Esmail 

Team: 

Our 2023-2024 membership comprised of: 

 1. Leadership Team

• Reanna Esmail, Outgoing Team Lead and Specialized Humanities and Social Sciences representative 
• Lauren Mabry, Incoming Team Lead and Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library representative 
• Christina Sheley, Director Sponsor 

 2. Cluster Reps/Liaisons

• Reanna Esmail, Humanities and Social Sciences representative 
• Tracey Snyder, Music, Fine Arts representative 
• Julia Gardner, RMC representative 
• Jeffrey Petersen, Kroch Asia representative 
• *Hyunjung Lee, Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship representative (until Jan 2024, left Cornell in 2023) 
• *Devin Sanera, Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship representative (starting Feb 2024, member-at-large prior) 
• Diana Hackett, Life Sciences representative 
• Nina Scholtz, Law representative 
• Christian Miller, ILR representative 
• Lauren Mabry, Veterinary Library representative 
• Patricia Abraham, Africana representative 
• Robin Gee, Mann representative 

 3. Member(s)-at-large

• Julia Mizutani, member-at-large 
• Emily Beran, member-at-large 
• Marcie Farwell, member-at-large 
• Maddie Reynolds, member-at-large 
• Hannah Toombs, member-at-large  

*Indicates partial-year membership 

Outputs: 

1. Expanded upon co-led professional development in critical instruction and librarianship during CLAP Team meetings, as relevant expertise and experience levels varied widely within the team. 

a. A portion of each monthly CLAP Team meeting was devoted to professional development.  

b. Topics were selected based on interest, and CLAP member(s) self-selected to lead these sessions, with attention to theory and practical applications.  Topics included: Introduction/knowledge base development, anti-racist instructional practice, incorporating social justice into instruction, and primary sources. 

c. Most sessions included a chapter or article for pre-reading to build background professional knowledge. 

2.  Re-visited evaluation of LibGuides for efficacy and explored alternatives. 

a.  H5P was proposed as an alternative, but was not pursued due to the inertia of the Springshare platform. 

i. If H5P is considered in the future, it is currently provided to CVM by the CVM Educational Support Services group; it would be reasonable to anticipate that it has passed IT’s accessibility testing.  No budget information was collected, but H5P does appear to have free-level accounts. 

3.  Annual event for CUL Instructors was postponed from June, 2024 until Fall Semester due to the Team’s lack of capacity for organizing and hosting the event. 

Budget: 

None requested for FY24. Potential request pending for FY25 for Fall event. 

Preliminary Goals for 2024-2025: (drafted by Julia Gardner and Chris Miller, incoming Team Leads) 

1.  Hold Fall semester event for CUL Instructors 

2.  Engage with adjacent committees (Outreach & Engagement, Liaison Steering) to explore areas of collaboration 

3.  Collaborate on Orientation Workshops 

4.  Hold monthly meetings that explore instruction topics of current interest (AI’s impact, inclusive classrooms, etc.) 

5.  Update Resource List for New Instruction Librarians