An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries

By Elizabeth Connor

Book Overview

With real-world case studies culled from over three dozen prominent librarian-instructors from across the US and Canada, the essays collected here provide librarians with detailed methods for and accounts of approaches to implementing experiential learning, hybrid models of library instruction, interdisciplinary inquiry through collaboration, information literacy programs for ESL students, information literature for the non-traditional student, an advanced curriculum for graduate students, online classroom librarianship, and teaching distance education students. An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries features numerous planning documents, survey instruments, handouts, active learning exercises, and extensive references which make it an ideal resource for educators and librarians everywhere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789037084
• ISBN13: 9780789037084
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"