The TILC conference is paused for 2026.
LOEX, the national library instruction conference, will be holding its 2026 offering in Norfolk in May. As that audience overlaps with ours, the TILC co-chairs decided to skip 2026. Hope to see you in Williamsburg in 2027
TILC 2025 - "Teaching for a Sustainable Future" was held Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6, 2025 at William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
This conference explored the multifaceted concept of sustainability within the realm of library instruction and information literacy, focusing on both ecological and educational perspectives. The TILC 2025 keynote address was given by Dr. Don Simmons. For more information about this year's conference see the TILC 2025 conference page. The 2025 William & Mary Libraries Travel Grant recipients can be seen here.
If you have any questions, email us at [email protected]
About TILC
The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC) is a day-long conference dedicated to the exploration of innovative practices related to teaching and learning in libraries. TILC is an experience that grew out of the regional LEO (Libraries Exchange Observation) project. LEO was originally created by instruction librarians from three southwest Virginia institutions: Radford University, Hollins University, and Virginia Tech. The goal of the group was to promote cross-institutional peer-observation, and now includes group meetings and workshops that take place each semester. LEO also includes participants from Roanoke College, Virginia Western Community College, and New River Community College. The first TILC conference was held in May 2014 at Radford University. Radford University hosted TILC from 2014-2018. In 2019, TILC moved to William & Mary where it has been hosted ever since. The 2025 conference was held on June 5-6 at William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
William & Mary acknowledges the Indigenous peoples who are the original inhabitants of the lands our campus is on today – the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Nottoway, Pamunkey, Patawomeck, Upper Mattaponi, and Rappahannock tribes – and pay our respect to their tribal members past and present.
The Innovative Library Classroom is committed to recognizing the Indigenous past, present, and future of our conference location. We also realize that land acknowledgements alone can be problematic. As the Native Governance Center says in its Beyond Land Acknowledgment Guide, “Every moment spent agonizing over land acknowledgment wording is time that could be used to actually support Indigenous people. It’s easy for land acknowledgments to become yet another form of optical allyship. They often lack a call to action and next steps. Without these components, land acknowledgments are just empty words.”
One step TILC is taking at this time is offering a reduced registration fee for participants who self-identify as indigenous. We will not tie this information to any individuals, although we will keep a tally of how many people select that category in the registration process.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
William & Mary acknowledges the Indigenous peoples who are the original inhabitants of the lands our campus is on today – the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Nottoway, Pamunkey, Patawomeck, Upper Mattaponi, and Rappahannock tribes – and pay our respect to their tribal members past and present.
The Innovative Library Classroom is committed to recognizing the Indigenous past, present, and future of our conference location. We also realize that land acknowledgements alone can be problematic. As the Native Governance Center says in its Beyond Land Acknowledgment Guide, “Every moment spent agonizing over land acknowledgment wording is time that could be used to actually support Indigenous people. It’s easy for land acknowledgments to become yet another form of optical allyship. They often lack a call to action and next steps. Without these components, land acknowledgments are just empty words.”
One step TILC is taking at this time is offering a reduced registration fee for participants who self-identify as indigenous. We will not tie this information to any individuals, although we will keep a tally of how many people select that category in the registration process.
Conference Steering Committee
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2025 Sponsors
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