Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the transformation from a face-to-face environment to an online or hybrid mode in higher education posed new challenges for predominantly face-to-face libraries and their efforts to foster information literacy. The NUC University library, Río Grande Campus, implemented the use of infographics as Virtual Learning Object (VLO) for Information literacy instruction to promote information literacy topics with the dual purpose of providing an instructional alternative and reaching a greater number of students virtually. Infographics were prepared addressing specific information literacy topics using the web-based graphic design platform, Canva. Infographics were sent weekly to the global student email list in PNG image format (with descriptive alternative text) and PDF format. This project was conducted for 11 weeks from September to November 2021, sending 11 infographics to students. The results obtained were the following: the use of the infographics by students as tutorials for their academic work, and an increase in the frequency of consultations with library staff on the subject. This resulted in greater visibility of the library and its services in the midst of the limitations of their face-to-face visit.
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