The COVID-19 pandemic required library instruction to move into online environments. However, many academic librarians lacked basic competencies to provide online library instruction. This research used a competency-based needs assessment to identify competencies academic librarians need to be successful in providing online library instruction. In…

The Foundations of Inquiry (FOI) course at Illinois State University was a required freshmen course designed to prepare incoming students for the requirements of their various academic programs. One of the course's goals was for students to receive instruction in information literacy (IL) skills and become accustomed to locating and retrieving…

This research was conducted to investigate the relationships between conceptions and practice of information literacy in academic libraries. To create a structure for the investigation, the research adopted the framework of Argyris and Schon (1974) in which professional practice is examined via theories of action, namely espoused theories and…