Creating a Sustainable Information Literacy Program Using the Train-the-Trainer Model

Things to Bear in Mind  Scheduling can be a challenge!  Approach faculty with specific ideas  Be open to compromise  Trainers will have different levels of comfort and understanding of material The Train-the-Trainer model, in which experts train non-experts how to teach specialized topics, has been a staple in fields such as education, healthcare, and the military. However, seldom has it been employed in academic libraries for information literacy. As the demand for such classes grows, librarians must find ways of expanding their programs despite time and staffing deficiencies. At the University of Kentucky, we accomplished this by using the Train-the-Trainer model to train Biology Teaching Assistants to teach our information literacy content. Introduction