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The ACRL Institute for Information Literacy 
is excited to announce that a third track 
has been integrated into its 2008 National 
Immersion Program. Previously offered as 
a stand­alone program, “The Intentional 
Teacher: Renewal through Informed Refl ec­
tion,” will join the highly regarded Teacher 
and Program Tracks of Immersion. The In­
tentional Teacher track offers professional 
renewal for experienced academic librar­
ians who want more self­awareness in their 
teaching. Participants will examine their 
practice through various lenses and explore 
four areas important to teaching: philoso­
phy/values, pedagogy, student impact, and 
experimentation. Combining these three 
tracks will offer a more cohesive Immer­
sion experience and will allow Immersion 
faculty a greater degree of participation in 
all three programs. 

• Teacher Track. This track focuses 
on individual development for those who 
are interested in enhancing, refreshing, or 
extending their individual instruction skills. 
Curriculum includes classroom techniques, 
learning theory, leadership, and assess­
ment framed in the context of informa­
tion literacy. Participants selected for the 
Teacher Track will prepare a description 
of an instructional situation and a related 
presentation in advance of the Immersion 
program. 

• Program Track. This track focuses 
on developing, integrating, and managing 
institutional and programmatic information 
literacy programs. Participants selected for 
the Program Track will develop individual 
case studies in advance of the Immersion 
program. Change dynamics, systems think­
ing, institutional outcomes assessment, 

scalability, and the integration of teaching, 
learning, and technology will be brought 
to bear on analyzing the various program­
matic challenges presented in the case 
studies. Immersion participants will be 
expected to develop the case studies into 
an action plan for implementation at the 
home institution. 

• Intentional Teacher Track. This 
track is aimed at the experienced academic 
librarian (five or more years of teaching 
experience, in a library or other setting) 
who wants to become more self­aware 
and self­directed as a teacher.This program 
facilitates the process of critical refl ection 
through peer discussion, readings, and 
personal reflection as a pathway to pro­
fessional growth and renewal. Intentional 
Teacher is the newest track in Immersion 
joining Teacher Track, which assists teach­
ers to enhance, refresh, or develop their 
instruction skills, and Program Track, which 
focuses on developing, integrating, and 
managing institutional and programmatic 
information literacy programs. Please note, 
previous Immersion experience (in either 
Teacher or Program Track) is not required 
to participate. 

Immersion ’08 will be held at the Univer­
sity of California­San Diego, July 27–August 
1, 2008. (Immersion ’08 is not sponsored by 
the University of California.) 

Acceptance to Immersion ’08 is competi­
tive to ensure an environment that fosters 
group interaction and active participation. 
The application deadline is Monday, Decem­
ber 3, 2007. Complete details about Immer­
sion ’08 as well as the online application 
form and instructions are online at www.ala. 
org/acrl/events (click “Immersion ’08”). 

The ACRL Institute for Information Literacy Immersion Program has a new track 

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