Information Basics for College Students
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.
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Information Basics for College Students
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.
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Information Basics for College Students

Information Basics for College Students

by Karen Sobel
Information Basics for College Students

Information Basics for College Students

by Karen Sobel

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216102540
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 04/17/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 164
File size: 813 KB
Age Range: 7 - 17 Years

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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
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