Librarians’ Competencies in Teaching Information Literacy in the Online Environment

Abstract

The shift to online library instruction during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for librarians and staff because of the lack of online teaching and technological competencies. This study examines the competencies of academic and school librarians in teaching information literacy online. The findings have implications for librarians who teach information literacy in the online and environment and library managers who offer support to librarians to enable them to teach online.

Keywords:

• Information literacy
• library instruction
• online teaching
• academic librarian
• school librarian

Conflict of interest

The author has no conflicts of interest to report.