There have been many changes to higher education in Utah recently, and many directly impact our libraries. At Weber State, it has been particularly consequential for our information literacy (IL) education program: our long-standing IL General Education requirement is ending, and a new program to sustainably deliver high-quality IL education is needed. To that end, a team of librarians spent Summer 2025 working with the English department to build a pilot program, strategically mapping the curriculum and using backward design to embed IL skills and concepts into the English 2010 curriculum. During Fall 2025, the pilot team embedded in six classes, providing course content (including mini-lecture videos, learning activities, discussions, and practice assignments) and making three structured classroom visits. In Spring 2026, the pilot expanded to ten librarians embedded in 31 in-person and online classes. Assessment for both semesters will be conducted at the end of the spring semester, including data from embedded classes as well as ENGL 2010 classes with no embedded librarian or library content to allow for comparison. We will also collect feedback from students, librarians, and faculty involved in the pilot. This session will describe the curriculum mapping/design process, share lessons, course materials, and assessment mechanisms, review assessment results, and share success and lessons learned. Part of our time will be dedicated to a workshop where participants will have an opportunity to plan their own embedded programs, including curriculum mapping, IL learning activities, and assessment. Participants are invited to bring a syllabus or course outline from a class where an embedded librarian might benefit the students to use for the workshop. We will wrap up with an open discussion where participants can ask questions and share experiences with embedded programs, collaborations, partnerships, outreach, faculty and administration, roadblocks, and successes.
