Past MILEX Events
Dates in red indicate meeting minutes posted in PDF format. All other resources linked in red vary by type.
2024
- October 25, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Textiles & Tea
- October 11, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- September 27, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Textiles & Tea
- September 13, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- August 23, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Textiles & Tea
- August 9, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- July 12, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Summer Meeting
- June 14, 2024 (MSEA, Annapolis MD)
- MILEX Summer Meeting
- May 10, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- April 19, 2024 (MSEA, Annapolis, MD)
- MILEX Spring Conference: "OneShotPlus: Information Literacy Instruction Beyond the Single-Session Model" with presentations from a variety of librarians from University of Baltimore, MICA, Anne Arundel Community College, and McDaniel College.
- Agenda
- April 12, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- March 8, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- February 9, 2024 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- January 26, 2024 (Zoom)
- Winter Meeting: "Academic Freedom and Library Instruction" with Danya Leebaw (Social Sciences Department Director at the University of Minnesota Libraries)
- Flyer
2023
- December 8, 2023 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- November 17, 2023 (RLB Library at University of Baltimore)
- November 10, 2023 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- October 13, 2023 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- September 8, 2023 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- July 21, 2023 (Odenton branch of AACPL, Odenton, MD)
- Short program on Helping Faculty Understand Current Conversations around Critical Race Theory presented by Dr. Patrick Tiedemann, Georgia Gwinnett College
- Agenda
- July 6, 2023 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- June 9, 2023 (Severna Park branch of AACPL, Severna Park, MD)
- Short program on Culturally Responsive Teaching: Classroom Methods and Activities presented by Erika Harris, CCBC Essex
- Agenda
- May 19, 2023 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- April 21, 2023 (Zoom)
- Spring Conference: DEIA + Information Literacy Instruction
- MILEX 2023 Spring Conference Flyer
- Keynote address: "Information Intersections: Mis- and Disinformation at the Convergence of Critical Information, Critical Pedagogy, and Critical Race Theory" by Laura Saunders (Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University) and Don Simmons, Jr. (Information Literacy Coordinator and Student Engagement Librarian at SUNY Weschester Community College)
2022
- December 9, 2022
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- November 18, 2022 (Hybrid: University of Baltimore & Zoom)
- Fall Workshop: Information Literacy Librarians + ACRL's Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity: A Framework
- MILEX 2022 Fall Workshop Flyer
- Keynote Speaker: Mark A. Puete, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Organizational Development, Inclusion, and Diversity for Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
- October 13, 2022 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- September 8, 2022 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- August 12, 2022 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- July 15, 2022 (Zoom)
- Short program by Nneka Chisholm, UMD Libraries' Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer:
- June 10, 2022 (Zoom)
- Short program by Kiyomi D. Deards (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and Leo S. Lo (Pennsylvania State University) authors of "Plan Your Impact: Stacking Your Skills to Make Yourself Irreplaceable" (2019)
- April 29, 2022 (Zoom)
- MILEX Spring Conference: "Assessing Online Information Literacy Instruction"
- Conference Flyer
- Keynote Presenters:
- Anthony Bishop, Assistant Professor of Instructional Design for the Borough of Manhattan Community College's Library
- Sara Lowe, Associate Dean for Educational Services at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI): Presentation; Post-Survey Questions
- April 8, 2022 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- March 10, 2022 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- February 11, 2022 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- January 28, 2022 (Zoom)
- Mini program by Jill Burke & Anne Sleeman (CCBC) on Student Competencies + SLOs for LI Programs
2021
- December 10, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- November 12, 2021 (Zoom)
- Fall Workshop: Online Instruction Tech Show + Tell
- October 8, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- September 10, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- August 13, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- July 16, 2021 (Zoom)
- July 9, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- June 18, 2021 (Zoom)
- June 11, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- May 14, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- April 23, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Spring Conference: "Digital Literacy and Identity: Implications for Equity and Social Justice in Library Instruction"
- Conference Flyer
- Keynote presenters: Julia Feerrar (Head of Digital Literacy Initiatives, Virginia Tech) and Kelsey Hammer (Digital Literacy and Multimedia Production Librarian, Virginia Tech)
- Panel presenters: Maryland high school librarians led by Laura Hicks (Education Specialist for School Library Media, Maryland State Department of Education)
- April 9, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- March 12, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- February 12, 2021 (Zoom)
- MILEX Musings: A Zoom Coffee Break with Colleagues
- January 28, 2021 (Zoom)
2020
- August 28, 2020 (Zoom)
- Special Zoom Workshop: "Ideas for Interactivity in Synchronous Online Instruction"
- Workshop Facilitator: Professor Cedric Harris, Anne Arundel Community College
- July 17, 2020 (Zoom)
- Mini-discussion on Coping with COVID-19
- April 17, 2020 - Cancelled
- Spring Conference: "Assessment in the Age of The Framework"
- Conference Flyer
- January 16, 2020 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Open House: "Empowering Connections: Relatinoal Practices and Library Instruction"
- Program
- Guest Speaker: Joanna Gadsby, UMBC: Presentation
2019
- October 30, 2019 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Fall Workshop: "Evolutions and Revolutions in Library Instruction"
- July 26, 2019 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Mini Program: Discussion of ACRL & other conferences recap
- June 14, 2019 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Mini Program by Sarah Crest, Research & Instruction Librarian, Towson University: "Adult Learners in Information Literacy Instruction"
- April 25, 2019 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Spring Conference: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Libraries
- Save the Date Flyer
- Program
- January 12, 2019
(Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Mini-program by Brian Palmer, Director of Digital Media Services; Ande Hearn, Assistant Director of Digital Media Services; and Marianne Sade, Research & Information Literacy Librarian, Washington College: "Making it in your Library: The IDEAWORKS Makerspace at Washington College" & Resources mentioned in the presentation
2018
- November 15, 2018 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Fall Conference: Negotiating Assignment Design & Learning Outcomes for Faculty and Librarians
- Save the Date Flyer
- July 13, 2018 (Salisbury University, Salsibury, MD)
- June 8, 2018
(Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Mini-program by Jessame Ferguson, Library Director, McDaniel College: "IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grant: IL Framework Cooperative Project for At-Risk Student Success in Smaller Colleges"
- April 11, 2018 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Spring Conference: The Future of Teaching Librarianship
- Conference Flyer
- Program
- January 19, 2018 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
2017
- July 18, 2017 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Workshop: The One-Shot Clinic
- July 14, 2017 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- June 15, 2017 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- April 14, 2017 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Mini-program by Jill Burke, Reference Librarian, CCBC: "STOP Marketing Your Library's Instruction Program"
- January 27, 2017 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
2016
- November 11, 2016 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- ACRL-MD & MILEX joint Fall Conference: Considering #CritLib: Inclusion and Diversity in Libraries.
- Program poster
- July 15, 2016 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- June 17, 2016 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- March 18, 2016 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Spring Conference: Connecting the Dots: Libraries, Campus Collaborations, and Student Success
- Keynote presented by Rebecca K. Miller, Head, Library Learning Services at Penn State University Libraries
- January 22, 2016 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
2015
- November 20, 2015 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- ACRL-MD & MILEX joint Fall Conference: Your Student is My Student: Information Literacy and the Transfer Student Experience
- October 9, 2015 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- July 10, 2015 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- June 19, 2015 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- March 20, 2015 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Spring Conference: The ACRL Framework for Information literacy for Higher Education
- January 23, 2015 (UMBC, Baltimore, MD)
- Sarah Sheehan, GMU: "Data Management Overview for Instruction Librarians"
2014
- November 14, 2014 (Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
- Fall Conference: New Identities: Adapting the Academic Library
- July 11, 2014 (Howard Community College, Columbia, MD)
- June 20, 2014 (Howard Community College, Columbia, MD)
- March 21, 2014 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Workshop: TU's Excellent Rubric Assessment Adventures: On The RAILs
- January 10, 2014 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
2013
- November 8, 2013 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- July 12, 2013 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- April 19, 2013 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- MILEX Conference 2013: Success in Information Literacy Instruction,
- February 22, 2013 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
2012
- December 7, 2012 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- July 13, 2012 (Howard Community College, Columbia, MD)
- Mini-program: The Best Thing I Learned at a Recent Conference or Workshop
- April 12, 2012 (Alewife in Baltimore, MD)
- So Happy Together (Happy Hour)
- March 21, 2012 (Towson University, Towson, MD)
- Workshop: Assessing the Value of Academic Libraries: Strategies, Tools and Techniques
Presenter: Megan Oakleaf, MLS, PhD, http://meganoakleaf.info
- Workshop: Assessing the Value of Academic Libraries: Strategies, Tools and Techniques
2011
- October 28, 2011
- Fall Conference
- September 9, 2011 (Loyola Graduate Center, Timonium, MD)
- July 15, 2011 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD) - MILEX Summer Session II
- Brandy Whitlock, AACC & Mike Kiel, UB: "What I learned from teaching a for-credit info lit class"
- Claire Holmes & Lisa Sweeney, TU: "Using mobile phones as classroom response devices"
- June 10, 2011 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD) - MILEX Summer Session I
- Kay Kazinski, TU: "IT for the Rest of Us"
2010
- November 12, 2010 (Loyola Graduate Center, Timonium, MD)
- "Gadgets, Guides and Giggles: Fostering Fun in Your Learning Space"
- Marianne Sade, MICA: "The Giggles Part: Keeping Instruction Light and Enlightening"
- Joanna Gadsby, UMBC: "Simple Ways to Engage Students in Library Instruction" links for more information
- Simmona Simmons, UMBC: "More Thoughts on Keeping it Interesting: Video Clips, Visuals and Other Low-tech Ideas"
- Stephen Ford, SU: "Clickers in the Classroom"
- MILEX Workshop on Instructional Design
A workshop on instructional design for librarians focused on ways that our limited face-to-face contact
with students in a classroom can be moved outside of the classroom in creative ways using technology.
Instructional designers, faculty and librarians will share their tips and tricks for good instructional design.
Each session will have an interactive component. The workshop will be based on the ADDIE Model
[Assessment, Development, Design, Implementation and Evaluation]. See ADDIE Model at Learning-
Theories.com at http://www.learning-theories.com/addie-model.html.
2009
- December 4, 2009 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- October 23, 2009 (Cancelled)
- September 18, 2009 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- August 21, 2009 (Cancelled)
- June 26, 2009 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- April 24, 2009 (Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD)
- March 27, 2009 (Stevenson University, Owings Mills, MD)
- January 16, 2009 (Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
2008
- November 21, 2008 (CCC, Westminster, MD)
- October 24, 2008
(Loyola, Timonium, MD)
- MILEX Conference 2008 - How in the World?: Getting Students to Think Critically
- October 10, 2008 (Loyola, Timonium, MD)
- Sept. 5, 2008 (Loyola, Timonium, MD)
- August 1, 2008 (Ort Library, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD)
- Presentation by Sean Henry,Frostburg State University, on Second Life
- July 18, 2008 (Loyola, Columbia, MD)
- June 13, 2008 (TU, Towson, MD)
- March 14, 2008 (Loyola, Timonium, MD)
- January 17, 2008 (TU, Towson, MD)
2007
- November 9, 2007
(Loyola Graduate Center, Columbia, MD)
- Assessment Workshop 2007 - Measuring Up: Tools for Assessing Information Literacy
- September 7, 2007 (MICA, Baltimore, MD)
- July 12, 2007 (VJC, Stevenson, MD)
- June 1, 2007 (FSU, Frostburg, MD)
- March 16, 2007 (HCC, Bel Air, MD)
- February 2, 2007 (UMUC, Dorsey Station, MD)
2006
- November 17, 2006 (Loyola, Columbia, MD)
- October 26, 2006
- The 1st Annual MILEX Conference - Academic Integrity Conversations: Librarian/Faculty Collaborations
- October 13, 2006 (Cancelled)
- August 16, 2006, (UMUC, Hyattsville, MD)
- July 12, 2006, (UB, Baltimore, MD)
- June 1, 2006 (Towson University, Towson, MD)
- Meet & Greet Program - Invitation Letter (PDF)
- Brief demo on using Macromedia Captivate software to create library tutorials (Dr. Sean Henry, Frostburg State University) - Macromedia Captivate for Information Literacy 'Show-Me' Tutorials (PPT & Flash)
- Presentation on how UMUC is promoting information literacy (Ms. Beth Mulherrin and Mr. Robert Miller, UMUC)
- Brainstorming session on programs and projects that MILEX may pursue to assist in promoting information literacy at their own institutions (Mr. Thomas Arendall-Salvetti and Mr. Stephen Ford, Moderators) - MILEX Brainstorming Session (PDF)
- May 4-5, 2006
(Ocean City, MD)
- MILEX Poster Session at MLA Annual Conference - Brochure (PDF)
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May 12, 2006 (UMUC, Annapolis, MD)
- March 21, 2006 (UMBC, Baltimore, MD)
- February 17, 2006 (Salisbury U, Salisbury, MD)
- January 20, 2006 (Cancelled)
2005
- December 16, 2005 (TU, Towson, MD)
- November 18, 2005 (UMUC, Hyattsville, MD)
- October 14, 2005 (FSU, Frostburg, MD)
- August 16, 2005 (TU, Towson, MD)
- July 25, 2005 (UMBC, Baltimore, MD)