Introduction and purpose

Hi! I'm Amy. I'm a librarian in North Carolina at a medium-sized academic library. From 2006-2009, I was the First-Year Instruction Librarian. As of January 4, I'm the Information Literacy Program Coordinator. What does this mean? I don't really know yet. My previous position was very well-defined: plan, coordinate and teach 100-level classes at the university. This new one, not so much. I'm really excited to see how it all unfolds.
We've always thought of our program as a library instruction program. Thank goodness they'd already dispatched with "BI" before I got here. But now, a combination of forces has lead us to take the next step, which means going worldwide! Or, campuswide, at least. At the same time, I'll be doing a self-study of our program as it exists now and trying to make sure we have what we need. For this undertaking, I'm using the Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices. I'll be blogging about this process as well as other random musings about library instruction and information literacy and where they meet (and don't).