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The National Institute of Aerospace’s (NIA) Center for Integrative STEM Education (CISE) presented an asynchronous session and interacted with conference participants at the in-person exhibit booth at the Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL) Conference, held November 3-5, 2021, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Joan Harper-Neely, STEM Education Specialist, and Betsy McAllister, Hampton City Schools Educator-in-Residence, showcased the NASA eClips, NASA Spotlite Design Challenge. The pre-recorded session was made available to over 400 conference attendees and showed participants how the Spotlite Challenge addresses information literacy standards for state and national library and media specialists. The Spotlite Design Challenge invites students to work in teams to produce videos addressing science misconceptions and show other students how to set up and conduct scientific investigations. Selected NASA Spotlite videos are made available on the NASA eClips website. (Award No. NNX16AB91A)