Karen Sobel

Information Basics for College Students (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Librarians have long looked for a single, comprehensive text to provide a solid introduction to the art and craft of instruction. With this book, now they have it.

Information Basics for College Students provides critical information and knowledge relevant to library instructors-both for those just starting out in the field as well as experienced and seasoned pros-all in a single volume. It approaches topics directly relevant to instruction, such as preparation, assessment, teaching techniques, and communication with academic faculty. It also provides invaluable guidance for new instructors in developing personal processes by which they can continue learning, such as strategies for evaluating new classroom technologies and recommended national organizations for library instructors. The book also details the various roles that library instructors can play in campus planning and governance-activities that can be instrumental to career growth and advancement.

Information Basics for College Students is essential reading for academic library instructors as well as those who are training to provide academic library instruction. Academic faculty and teachers interested in development of research skills at the college level will also benefit from selected sections of this book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216102540
• Artikelnr.: 68354106

Autorenporträt

Karen Sobel, MLS, is associate professor and research and instruction librarian for art, architecture, music, and urban planning at the University of Colorado Denver.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION I WHAT FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS
REALLY KNOW 1 Information Literacy Skills 2 Technology in the Library
Instruction Classroom SECTION II ASSESSING NEEDS AND LEARNING 3 Assessing
Your Students' Knowledge and Needs Prior to Class 4 Assessing Learning
During and After Instruction SECTION III PLANNING YOUR INSTRUCTION 5
Teaching, and What Happens Before and After SECTION IV SPECIAL STUDENT
POPULATIONS 6 Nontraditional and Economically Disadvantaged Students and
Developmental Readers 7 Students with Special Linguistic Needs SECTION V
THE LIBRARY AND THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY 8 Collaborating with Academic Faculty
9 Librarians' Roles within the University SECTION VI CONTINUING TO BUILD
YOUR INSTRUCTION SKILLS 10 Keeping Current with Innovations and Methods 11
Performing Original Research 12 Sharing Your Knowledge with Others
Appendix A: Goals for New Teachers Appendix B: Sample Classroom Assignments
Index