Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships

by Barbara I. Dewey (Editor)

Overview

"...Material presented here is replete with concrete new ideas not only for collaboration, but also for funding, training, personal involvement, Web-based instruction, and other concepts too numerous to mention. And the best thing about these ideas is that they are not the usual endlessly-discussed theories-these are ideas that have worked-and some which have failed-in the real world...Despite the myriad new works available today related to library instruction in general and information literacy in particular, none is devoted solely to collaborative efforts between teaching faculty and librarians. This is where Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships shines-just as in the real world, it's all about collaboration." -Angela Weiler, Portal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780585386010
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/09/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Barbara I. Dewey is Dean of libraries for the University of Tennessee and a former director of Information and Research Services at the University of Iowa.

Editorial Reviews

The papers in this volume were initially delivered at the dynamic information environment symposium held in November 1999 at the University of Iowa, where the editor was formerly the director of information and research services (she is now dean of libraries at the U. of Tennessee). The papers reflect the premise that librarians require the partnership of teaching faculty to bridge the digital divide. The 42 papers by librarians and faculty at US academic institutions are grouped broadly according to theme: campus strategies, faculty development programs, faculty-librarian partnerships, partnering with technology centers, instruction and faculty outreach, information literacy, web-based library instruction, specialized user populations, partnerships with health sciences communities, and program assessment and modeling. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

...indispensable volume of papers...This collection advances significantly our understanding of the current "state of the art" in campus collaborations and partnerships in building dynamic information literacy programs...The richness of thought brought to bear upon instructional, programmatic, and institutional challenges is compelling.

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Despite the myriad new books available today related to library instruction in general and information literacy in particular, none is devoted solely to collaborative efforts between teaching faculty and librarians. This is where Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships shines—just as in the real world, it's all about collaboration.

Portal: Libraries and the Academy

The chapter authors reveal strategies to free libraries to harness the future.

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

A useful snapshot of where library user education stands at the turning of the century, and where it might be headed in the next decade or so...a handy book to have around.

Public Services Quarterly

Despite the myriad new books available today related to library instruction in general and information literacy in particular, none is devoted solely to collaborative efforts between teaching faculty and librarians. This is where Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships shines—just as in the real world, it's all about collaboration.

vol. 2 no. 1 Portal: Libraries and the Academy

The chapter authors reveal strategies to free libraries to harness the future.--Medical Reference Services Quarterly

A useful snapshot of where library user education stands at the turning of the century, and where it might be headed in the next decade or so...a handy book to have around.--Public Services Quarterly

...indispensable volume of papers...This collection advances significantly our understanding of the current "state of the art" in campus collaborations and partnerships in building dynamic information literacy programs...The richness of thought brought to bear upon instructional, programmatic, and institutional challenges is compelling.--Journal of Academic Librarianship

From the Publisher

Despite the myriad new books available today related to library instruction in general and information literacy in particular, none is devoted solely to collaborative efforts between teaching faculty and librarians. This is where Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships shines—just as in the real world, it's all about collaboration.

vol. 2 no. 1 portal: Libraries and the Academy