Library Instruction

Links

California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction North Depository

http://clics.ucsd.edu/scil/

Provides information literacy materials including catalog guides, subject guides, syllabi, tutorials, and tours.

Collaboration Between the Library and Business Faculty

http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mo2294w3.htm

Article discusses the experiences of a business librarian and business faculty member who team-taught a course in business research. It covers some of the content and applications of that material in developing students' knowledge and skills in Information Literacy, and includes a limited list of search engines used and a short list of the required outside readings.

Find it Fast: Enticing Faculty to Library Instruction Workshops

http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mo2470may.htm

Article which looks at ways librarians can get faculty to library use workshops.

ILI-L

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/ilil.htm

Discussion group on information literacy instruction, including bibliographic and library instruction.

Lessons Learned: Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation

http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/checs98.html

Stategies and resources for teaching students to evaluate Web resources are described here.

Library Instruction

http://www.geocities.com/danamao2002/homework2.html

Provides a brief literature review highlighting good practice in bibliographic instruction.

Library Instruction Resources

http://www.smith.edu/libraries/research/class/libinst.htm

Brief list of web resources relating to bibliographic instruction.

Library Instruction Tutorials

http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtproj.html

A guide to evaluating web sites for use in a library and links to tutorials.

Library Instruction Wiki

http://instructionwiki.org/Main_Page

A collaboratively developed resource for librarians involved with or interested in instruction. All librarians and others interested in library instruction are welcome and encouraged to contribute.

LibraryInstruction.Com

http://www.libraryinstruction.com

Includes library instruction articles and lesson plans. Encourages submissions from teachers and librarians.

LIRT

http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/

Interest group of the American Library Association provides resources and articles relating to library user education and information literacy.

LIRT Research Committee -- Library Instruction Teaching Tips

http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/brochures.html

Provides access to a series of brief brochures on teaching issues like classroom management and presentation skills. Each brochure includes a bibliography. Developed by the Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association.

LOEX Clearinghouse

http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/loex.html

National organization advocating library user education issues. Includes information on related conferences and workshops, the LOEX newsletter, and best practices in bibliographic instruction.

Measuring Up? Assessment and Library Instruction

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KLA/divisions/lirt/measure.html

Partially annotated bibliography of sources relating to bibliographic instruction and assessment.

OBE and Library Instruction

http://www.library.unp.ac.za/id37.htm

Examines the concept of outcome-based education as it relates to library instruction.

Personalization Tools for Active Learning in Digital Libraries

http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v8n1/active.pdf

Article analyzing the use of active learning in libraries as it relates in media tools.

Remember the Gin and Tonic! Using Alcohol to Teach Boolean Searching

http://www.libraryinstruction.com/alcohol.html

Humorous article describes how drink mixing can be used as an analogy for Boolean search construction when teaching students.

Round Table on User Education

http://www.ifla.org/VII/s42/rtued.htm

IFLA group dedicated to international library instruction and information literacy education.

The Infography about Library Instruction

http://www.infography.com/content/295656751513.html

Sources recommended by a librarian whose research specialty is library instruction.

Understanding Call Numbers

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/callno.html

Guide to help students understand how call numbers work.

Wikipedia - Library Instruction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Instruction

Encyclopedia article on the library instruction movement. Includes information on history and leaders.