MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize
Forecasted
The MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize honors outstanding faculty-librarian partnerships that integrate information literacy into literature or language coursework.
Funder: Modern Language Association
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027
Funding Amounts: Up to two annual awards of $500 each; award shared between instructor and librarian.
Summary: Recognizes outstanding faculty-librarian partnerships that integrate information literacy into literature or language coursework.
Key Information: Submissions must represent courses taught in the current or previous calendar year.
Description
The MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize, presented by the Modern Language Association, honors exemplary coursework that emerges from partnerships between department faculty and academic librarians in literature, language, or related disciplines. This annual award recognizes courses that effectively blend disciplinary learning objectives with information literacy goals, as outlined in the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The prize aims to spotlight innovative pedagogical approaches that foster both subject mastery and critical information skills, emphasizing the importance of collaboration in higher education.
