Engaging First-Year Students in Meaningful Library Research

A Practical Guide for Teaching Faculty

Molly Flaspohler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

198 Seiten

2011
Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84334-640-1 (ISBN)

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Aimed at teaching professionals working with first-year students at institutions of higher learning, this book provides practical advice and specific strategies for integrating contemporary information literacy competencies into courses intended for novice researchers. The book has two main goals - to discuss the necessity and value of incorporating information literacy into first-year curricula; and to provide a variety of practical, targeted strategies for doing so. The author will introduce and encourage teaching that follows a process-driven, constructivist framework as a way of engaging first-year students in library work that is interesting, meaningful and disciplinarily relevant.

Molly R. Flaspohler is Special Projects Librarian at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota where she has worked for 19 years. She has published and presented on a range of library issues including program assessment, information literacy in first-year composition courses, and librarian sabbatical leave trends.

Dedication

List of figures and table

Foreword

About the author

Introduction

Purpose

Background

Organization

Chapter 1: The Millennials go to the library: or do they?

Abstract:

Introducing the Millennials

Characteristics of this new generation

What is information literacy and do contemporary undergraduates really need it?

Attitudinal shifts: addressing truculence in the faculty lounge

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Information literacy in the context of the first year

Abstract:

Introduction

Attending to novice researchers

Process-centered library research

How can course content and information literacy co-exist?

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Pragmatic pedagogical approaches

Abstract:

Introduction

From the start: advice from librarian colleagues

Creating effective library experiences

The next step: advancing information literacy beyond the first year

One final note

Conclusion

Appendix: resources about integrating information literacy in the undergraduate classroom

References

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2011
Reihe/Serie	Chandos Information Professional Series
Verlagsort	Witney
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-84334-640-0 / 1843346400
ISBN-13	978-1-84334-640-1 / 9781843346401
Zustand	Neuware