Instruction is for Everyone: Including Technical Services Staff in Library Instruction Programs
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Technical services librarians have skills in finding, evaluating, and organizing information that can benefit library instruction programs by consulting on planning, co-teaching sessions, or embedding in online courses. Their expertise in areas like keywords, citations, copyright, and authority control align with information literacy frameworks and exposing them to more student interactions increases their visibility and understanding of user needs.
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Instruction is for Everyone: Including Technical Services Staff in Library Instruction Programs
- 1. Instruction is for Everyone: INCLUDING TECHNICAL SERVICES STAFF IN LIBRARY INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS SHANNON TENNANT ELON UNIVERSITY, BELK LIBRARY
- 2. Skills that Technical Services Librarians bring to Instruction •How to find information ◦ Keywords •How to evaluate information •How to organize information • Citations –parsing a bibliographic record
- 3. Technical Services Librarians use the Frameworks for Information Literacy • Information has Value oJust ask any acquisitions librarian! oCopyright and licensing • Authority is Constructed and Contextual oAuthority work
- 4. Strategies to involve Technical Services Librarians in Instruction •Consult during planning •Start small – short sessions •Co-teach •Embed in a (online?) course
- 5. Benefits to Technical Services Librarians •Increased visibility •Diversified skills •Deeper understanding of how students search the catalog and other resources