Karen's Short List


Teaching Librarians to Teach

Avery, Chris. Ketchner, Kevin. Do Instruction Skills Impress Employers? College and Research Libraries, May 1996, 249-259.

Clow, David. Cochrane, Clive. User Education and Staff Training in a Continuing Education Programme. Education for Information, March 1986, 17-24.

Frick, Elizabeth. Professional Training for User Education: The UK. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Summer 1987, 26-36.

Hogan, Sharon Anne. Training and Education of Library Instruction Librarians. Library Trends, Summer 1980, 105-127.

Kilcullen, Maureen. Teaching Librarians to Teach: Recommendations on What We Need to Know. Reference Service Review, Summer 1998, 7-18.

Kirk, Thomas G. Bibliographic Instruction, Library education, and the Role of the Academic Librarian. Russian-American Seminar on Critical Thinking and the Library, 1992, 97-112.

Leadly, Sarah. Teaching Meetings: Providing a Forum for Learning How to Teach. Reference Service Review, Fall/Winter 1998, 103-108.

Mandernack, Scott B. An Assessment of Education and Training Needs for Bibliographic Instruction Librarians. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Winter 1990, 193-201.

Shonrock, Diana. Mulder, Craig. Instruction Librarians: Acquiring the Proficiencies Critical to Their Work. College and Research Libraries, 1993, 137-149.

Smith, Barbara J. Background Characteristics and Education Needs of a Group of Instruction Librarians in Pennsylvania. College and Research Libraries, May 1982, 199-206.

Zachert, Martha Jane K. Teaching Skills for Library Educators. ED 300025, 1982 (2nd edition), 1-13.


Instruction in Higher Education

Carpenter, James O. Competence- Effectiveness of Instruction in Higher Education and How to Objectively Assess It and Improve It. ED 158663, 1977, 2-11.

Slotnick, Henry B. The Fargo Study Group: Faculty Helping Themselves to Improve Their Instructional Abilities. ED 240922, January 1984.


Web Searches for Continuing Education in the Field of Library Instruction

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  • 25 Most Wired Colleges

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