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Sign up for our monthly email alertsIdeas for Librarians Who Teach
With Suggestions for Teachers and Business Presenters
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SUBJECTS
Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult Services
Children's & Young Adult Services » Children's & Young Adult Services (General)
Children's & Young Adult Services » Collection Development
Children's & Young Adult Services » Teacher Resources
Library & Information Science » Library Education
Library & Information Science » Ideas & Activities
Children's & Young Adult Services » Curriculum & Instruction
Library & Information Science » Library & Information Science (General)
REVIEWS
"Though many books dealing with library instruction already exist, this one stands out. With this new work, Lederer compiles the best ideas from her past teaching experience...the result is a multifaceted, practical handbook that can be used by librarians teaching in any library environment....Whether you've been teaching for many years or are just starting out, you'll find Ideas for Librarians Who Teach enormously handy and inspiring. Highly recommended."
—March/April 2007, PUBLIC LIBRARIES
DESCRIPTION
Containing nearly one thousand individual ideas and bits of advice for teaching, Ideas for Librarians Who Teach is tailored primarily to librarians, but most of the suggestions put forth can be applied to anyone who will be getting up in front of a group to teach (e.g. teachers, business trainers, workshop leaders, craft instructors). If someone has some knowledge or skill to share, this book will help him or her teach it with confidence.
Chapters cover diverse topics that range from preparing for a session to looking over the classroom, and from dealing with questions to using visuals, Web pages, and handouts. There are suggestions for teaching audiences with different learning styles as well as teaching foreign students (and vice versa). Group learning ideas and practical suggestions for what to put on feedback forms are also included. Promoting library instruction, teaching via distance education, dealing with disruptive students, and coping with burnout are addressed with applicable recommendations. There is an extensive bibliography and recommended resources throughout for additional or more detailed descriptions of some of the ideas. Also, example syllabi and a workshop outline are provided as appendixes.
Whether using this book as a base for a semester-long course or for a workshop on teaching, librarians who teach, or who are about to start teaching, will find this book very helpful. Every academic, public, school, and corporate library should have this book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Naomi Lederer is an Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at the Morgan Library at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
