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LIBRARIAN’S INSTRUCTIONAL ROLE


                                   NEW                                               User-Centered

                                 Engaging Diverse                                    Design for First-Year
                                 Learners                                            Library Instruction
                                 Teaching Strategies for                             Programs
                                 Academic Librarians                                 CINTHYA M. IPPOLITI
                                                                                     AND RACHEL W. GAMMONS
                                 MARK AARON POLGER
                                 AND SCOTT SHEIDLOWER                                Tap into the tools, techniques,
                                                                                     and resources necessary for
                                 This book connects teaching                         enhancing the freshman library
            February 2017        practical strategies and ideas   November 2016      experience by utilizing this
            164pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4   with educational theories to give   186pp, 7x10     how-to guide that applies an
            Print: 978-1-4408-3850-7   you techniques to use in the   Print: 978-1-4408-3852-1   innovative approach to literacy
            $60.00, £47.00, €55.00   classroom to capture students’   $60.00, £47.00, €55.00
            eBook: 978-1-4408-3851-4                            eBook: 978-1-4408-3853-8  and library instruction for college
                                 attention and engage them with                      freshmen.
                                 instruction.                   FEATURES
            FEATURES
                                                                •  Offers tools, techniques, and resources for creating a successful
            •  Describes engagement techniques that work even for shy   first-year information literacy and library instruction program
              librarians or instructors who aren’t naturally comfortable with   •  Defines user-centered design
              performance aspects of teaching
            •  Covers working with adult learners at different age groups
              and students with different English language abilities, from
              different socioeconomic backgrounds, or with various levels            Free Government
              of technological competence, not just the “traditional”                e-Resources
              undergraduate
                                                                                     for Youth
                                                                                     Inform, Inspire,
                                   NEW                                               and Activate
                                 The School                                          DOROTHY ORMES
                                                                                       In the age of cutbacks
                                 Librarian as                                         “ and limited funding for
                                 Curriculum Leader                                     education, books like [this]
                                 JODY K. HOWARD                 August 2016            can be quite handy for
                                                                146pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4     librarians and researchers
                                 As one of the only books to    Print: 978-1-4408-4131-6   alike.
                                 offer a behind-the-scenes      $50.00, £39.00, €46.00     ”
                                 look at the multifaceted role   eBook: 978-1-4408-4132-3      —VOYA, December 6, 2016
            March 2017           of school librarians in student
            116pp, 7x10          success, this instructional guide   Specifically focusing on the resources on federal government
            Print: 978-1-59884-990-5   offers everything you’ll need   available online, this book supports the education of young
            $45.00, £35.00, €41.00   to develop, align, and evaluate   citizens and supplies directions for conducting programs for youth
            eBook: 978-1-4408-4407-2                            on the government.
                                 curriculum with your library
                                 collection in mind.            FEATURES
            FEATURES                                            •  Introduces librarians to a vast range of no-cost resources that
            •  Includes charts, tables, models, and discussion questions to aid   can be added to their services repertoire, including reference,
              school library professors                          programming, and displays
            •  Provides strategies for developing, aligning, and evaluating   •  Helps librarians educate young citizens about their government
              curriculum                                         and how it works







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