Packed with useful tips and techniques, this handy guide offers advice on working with both students and instructors to develop successful assignments that integrate your library’s resources. Managing relationships among faculty and students can be complicated, and Building Bridges shows how you can establish effective liaisons, with Tips to alert instructors of the library’s ever-changing resources in order to craft stimulating, up-to-date assignments Straightforward, practical discussion of relationships among students, faculty, and information professionals, and how these groups can work better together Resources, references, and more for librarians who wish to better understand library assignmentsThe information in this book will help you bridge the gap between the library, faculty, and students to make sure your library’s resources are being utilized to their fullest potential.

Building Bridges: Connecting Faculty, Students, and the College Library

McAdoo, Dr. Monty L.

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Being a great teacher is part and parcel of being a great librarian. In this book, veteran instruction services librarian McAdoo lays out the fundamentals of the discipline in easily accessible language. Succinctly covering the topic from top to bottom, heOffers an overview of the historical context of library instruction, drawing on recent research in learning theory to help the instructor choose the most effective strategies for any situationShows readers how to assess the information needs of a given audience, how to develop a curriculum for teaching information literacy, and how to fit an appropriate amount of content into the allotted timeAddresses the pros and cons of online versus face-to-face instructionIncludes methods for publicizing the availability of the library s learning opportunitiesWith expert guidance for putting theory into practice, McAdoo s book helps librarians connect with students as effectively as possible.

Fundamentals of Library Instruction (ALA Fundamentals)

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Jumping head first into a research project is a surefire recipe for stress and confusion. But if you're a newbie, how do you know where to begin, let alone where to go from there? Library instruction expert McAdoo has penned a primer specifically tailored to novice researchers, offering beginning-to-end guidance for every step of the research process, from planning and preparing to conducting and writing. Structured in a way that's easy to digest, McAdoo shows students
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<li>what research is and what it entails, the stages of research, and the elements of a term paper;</li>
<li>the essential steps in preparing for research, and how to understand the assignment;</li>
<li>how libraries and librarians can help;</li>
<li>pointers for selecting a research topic and appropriate information tools;</li>
<li>strategies for conducting searches that will save time and effort, from using keywords to constructing more sophisticated searches;</li>
<li>how to understand, read, and evaluate search results;</li>
<li>the dos and don'ts of conducting research ethically, including how to cite sources and how and why to avoid plagiarism; and</li>
<li>guidance for shaping research results into quality writing.</li>
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Students will appreciate the book's clear and concise language regarding the research process, while teachers, faculty, YA staff, and academic librarians will find it a valuable tool for information literacy.

The Student's Survival Guide to Research

ALA Neal-Schuman

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Building Bridges: Connecting Faculty, Students, and the College Library

Fundamentals of Library Instruction (ALA Fundamentals)

The Student's Survival Guide to Research