Information Literacy Instruction That Works: A Guide to Teaching by Discipline and Student Population - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555708609 ISBN 13: 9781555708603

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Information literacy and library instruction are at the heart of the academic library's mission. But how do you bring that instruction to an increasingly diverse student body and an increasingly varied spectrum of majors? In this updated, expanded edition, over twenty library instructors share their best practices for reaching out to today's unique users. Readers will find strategies and techniques for teaching college and university freshmen, community college students, students with disabilities, and those in distance learning programs. You will also find proven approaches to teaching students in the most popular programs of study, including: English Literature Art and Art History Film Studies History Psychology Science Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Hospitality International Marketing Music Anthropology Engineering Three additional chapters guide instructors through teaching legal, government information, and patent searching. Each chapter covers instructional design, lesson planning, library/faculty collaborations, marketing programs, assessment. Also included are sample lesson plans, presentations, brochures, worksheets, handouts, and evaluation forms.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick Ragains is Business and Government Information Librarian at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. He has published articles in American Libraries, Communications in Information Literacy, Journal of Government Information, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, and Research Strategies, two of which were recognized by ALA s Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) as among the best 20 articles on library instruction published in 1995 and 2001. In 2008 the first edition of this book received the Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award from the Instruction Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Ragains is former chair of the ACRL Research Committee and is active in the ACRL Instruction Section.

Edition details

• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555708609
• ISBN 13: 9781555708603
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Ragains Patrick