Embedding Librarianship In Learning Management Systems

by Beth E. Tumbleson, John J. Burke

Overview

Information literacy instruction is best when it is integrated into actual research, and in higher education that means embedding librarianship into the learning management system (LMS).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555708856
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	06/12/2013
Series:	How-To-Do-It Manuals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	166
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Beth E. Tumbleson is assistant director of the Gardner-Harvey Library, on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University (Ohio). She earned her M.S. in library science from Simmons School of Library Science, M.A. in church history from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and B.A. in English and French from Dickinson College. Throughout her career, she has worked as an academic, school, and corporate librarian. She has co-authored book chapters and journal articles.

John J. Burke is the director of the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University (Ohio). He holds an MS in library science from the University of Tennessee and a BA in history from Michigan State University. His past work experience includes service as both systems/public services librarian and program director for a web-based associate's degree in library technology at the University of Cincinnati–Raymond Walters College and also as a reference and electronic resources librarian at Fairmont State College (West Virginia). A past president of the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) and past chair of the Southwest Ohio Council on Higher Education (SOCHE) Library Council, he has authored or co-authored numerous books, including the three previous editions of The Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion: A Basic Guide for Library Staff, IntroNet: A Beginner's Guide to Searching the Internet, and Learning the Internet: A Workbook for Beginners. He has presented on a variety of technology topics at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and American Library Association (ALA) conferences, the Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) National Forum, and various regional and state conferences.