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6-1-2022\u003Cbr>Perspective-Taking and Perspectival Expansions: A Reflection and an Invitation\u003Cbr>Andrea Baer\u003Cbr>Rowan University, [baera@rowan.edu](baera@rowan.edu)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit](https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit)\u003Cbr> Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Library and Information Science Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you. |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nBaer, A. (2022) . Perspective-Taking and Perspectival Expansions: A Reflection and an Invitation.  \nCommunications in Information Literacy, 16 (1), 38–41 . [https://doi.org/10.15760/](https://doi.org/10.15760/)[ ](https://doi.org/10.15760/)[comminfolit.2022.16.1.4](comminfolit.2022.16.1.4)  \nThis open access Perspective is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4 .0) . All documents in PDXScholar should meet accessibility standards. If we can make this document more accessible to you, contact our team.  \nPerspective-Taking and Perspectival Expansions: A Reflection and an Invitation  \nAndrea Baer, Rowan University  \nAbstract  \nOver the past two+ years, many of us have been recalibrating our views on teaching and learning, our approaches to information literacy education, and our orientations to everyday life in and outside of work. As I imagine how I want my own engagement in teaching and learning to continue unfolding, I’ve also been reflecting on what I value about Communication in Information Literacy’s (CIL) Perspectives section and what I hope for it asthe journal, information literacy, and education continue to evolve. In this short essay, I consider different ways of thinking about the term perspectives; reflect on Perspectives as a space for exploring questions, issues, and experiences from new vantage points; and invite members of the information literacy community to share through CIL’s Perspectives their unique ways of seeing.  \nKeywords: critical reflective practice, perspective-taking  \nPerspectives  \nedited by Andrea Baer  \nBaer, A. (2022). Perspective-taking and perspectival expansions: A reflection and an invitation. Communications in Information Literacy, 16(1), 38–41.  \nPerspective-Taking and Perspectival Expansions: A Reflection and an Invitation  \nLast fall I transitioned into the role of Perspectives editor for Communications in Information Literacy (CIL), and this is the first issue of the journal for which I am the sole editor. My move into this new role at CIL has occurred at the same time that we’ve all been adjusting toa more manageable stage of the pandemic. Over the past two+ years, many of us have also been recalibrating our views on teaching and learning, our approaches to information literacy education, and our orientations to everyday life in and outside of work. As I imagine how I want my own engagement in teaching and learning to continue unfolding, I’ve also been reflecting on what I value about CIL’s Perspectives section and what I hope for it as the journal, information literacy, and education continue to evolve. 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