Full Description
The new ACRL information literacy concepts brings renewed interest in information literacy instruction and skills for librarians. The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best Practices offers guidance in planning for and implementing information literacy instruction programs in a wide range of instructional situations, including:
·Course-related instruction
·Freshman composition courses
·Professional medical education
·New course development and delivery
·One-shot sessions
·Formal, credit courses
·Distance education
·Visual literacy
·and more
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As librarians take a new look at information literacy instruction, this essential book will help guide you in creating and maintaining a quality instruction program.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Supporting Specific Academic Programs
Chapter 1. Think Like A Researcher: Integrating the Research Process Into the Introductory Composition Curriculum
Susan Mikkelsen and Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
Chapter 2. Pairing Course Assessment with Library Instruction Assessment of Freshmen Composition: A Collaborative Project
Heidi Slater, Michelle Rachal, and Patrick Ragains
Chapter 3. Best Practices in Information Literacy Instruction in Health Science Education: Case Study of Developing an Information Literacy Program in a College of Medicine
Suzanne Shurtz and Laura Ferguson
Chapter 4. Developing, Teaching, and Revising a Credit-bearing Information Literacy Course: Research in the Information Age
Patrick Ragains
Chapter 5. Building Bridges for Student Success
Cindy A. Gruwell
Part II: Innovative Models for Information Literacy Instruction
Chapter 6. Right on Time: Best Practice in One-Shot Instruction
Heidi Buchanan and Beth McDonough
Chapter 7. The Role of the Flipped Classroom in Information Literacy Programs
Sara Arnold-Garza
Part III: Branching Out: Teaching Special Literacies
Chapter 8. Visual Literacy
Benjamin R. Harris
Chapter 9. Information and Scientific Literacy Support: Aligning Instruction with Standards and Frames to Prepare Students for Research and Lifelong Learning
Michele R. Tennant, Mary E. Edwards, Hannah F. Norton, and Sara Russell Gonzalez
Chapter 10. Diving into Data: Developing Data Fluency for Librarians
Scott Martin and Jo Angela Oehrli
Chapter 11. Teaching Spatial Literacy: Location, Distance, and Scale
Eva Dodsworth and Larry Laliberté
Chapter 12. Best Practices for Teaching with Primary Sources: A Case Study
Ellen Swain
Chapter 13. Digitizing History: A New Course That Brings History to Wider Audiences
Patrick Ragains
Index
About the Contributors
