1. LibraryInstruction Tools and strategies to empower users Presentation by Jennifer Kot and Shelly Miller

2. What do we mean by “Library Instruction”? Many names, many forms… Library Orientation Information Literacy Search Strategies Resource Discovery User Education Library Resources Research Planning Bibliographic Instruction Locations and Facilities Library Services

3. What do we mean by “Library Instruction”? “All the activities involved in teaching users how to make the best possible use of library resources, services and facilities, including formal and informal instruction delivered by a librarian or other staff member one-on-one or in a group.” Taken from the “Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science,” http://lu.com/odlis/index.cfm

4. Tools Tailored for Your Community Opportunities for instruction… for all ages and all types of institutions… Public libraries, school libraries, college and university libraries, special libraries Pre-schoolers, teenagers, professionals, teachers and students at all educational levels.

5. How libraries are organized Helping young children find their way around the library. Hours Librarians Check out desk Book drop Library card Fiction Non-fiction Shelf marker or dump cart

6. How to find available resources Help students and patrons find available resources Students Our Librarian Won’t Tell Us Anything, (Buzzeo, 2006) InfoQuest –process oriented program Dewey in the Classroom Patrons Out and About at the Public Library (Shea, 2006) InfoQuest before and after story times A Visit to the Library

7. A Visit to the Library

8. Library Detectives Learning About the Library

9. Motivated to Learn on Her Own!

10. Detectives Looking for the Inside Drop Box

11. Bubbles Make the Library the Place to Be

12. What is a media specialist According to Peggy Milam in 2002 “Library media specialist…are the individuals in each school whose special training in utilizing technology and information-seeking strategies should make them a valuable resource in assisting classroom teachers.” (p.41) How to accomplish this…PROBE P rovide an information rich environment R equire activities where students must seek information O ffer multiple opportunities to practice information-seeking B ring attention to a variety of information sources E ncourage the information seekers (Milam, 2002, p.44)

14. Big6 and Super3 Created by educators Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz http://www.big6.com/ Linda Jarvin, Ph.D., Associate Director, PACE Center, Yale University, says, “Data collected from thousands of students showed that students who were taught informative nonfiction using the Big6 approach with a combination of analytical, creative, and practical activities, outperformed students who were taught two alternative approaches. (www.yale.edu/pace) Used by library media specialist K-higher education The Big6 is an information and technology literacy model and curriculum

15. Research Techniques Super3 Technique used for PreK-3. Combines skills with appropriate vocabulary for young learners Super3 Dinos http://www.climbinghill.com/super3/super3.html Big6 http://www.big6.com/go/wp-content/2008/02/Big6Handouts.pdf There are 6 steps with 2 subset each Without knowing we use them Steps are not linear-we go back and forth between steps Game for 5-6 graders who have received some instruction http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/big6/overview.html

16. Services and Strategies for Adults Guidelines and Resources ACRL—Information Literacy and Instruction, www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/infolit.cfm LOEX—Clearinghouse for Library Instruction, http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/index.html ALA—Professional Tips Wiki on Information Literacy, http://wikis.ala.org/professionaltips/index.php/Information_Literacy ALA—Sample Programming Ideas to Showcase Library Resources, www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/publicawareness/campaign%40yourlibrary/prtools/sampleprogramming.cfm

18. Computer-assisted Instruction

20. Increases reported user satisfaction

21. Alleviates burn-out for staff

22. Standardizes library instruction

23. Provides alternatives for users with differing learning styles

24. Individualizes the learning experience

25. Increases staff’s and users’ exposure to technology.Kraemer, Lombardo, & Lepkowski (2007)

26. Services and Strategies for Adults Interfacing Tools The Online Tutorial The Embedded Librarian The Subject Guide “If libraries continue to evoke, for writing teachers and their students, images of the quick field trip, the scavenger hunt, the generic, stand-alone tutorial, or the dreary research paper, the fault remains, in large part, rhetoric and composition’s failure to adequately theorize the role of libraries and information literacy in its own rhetorical self-understanding and pedagogical practice.” (Norgaard, 2003, p. 124)

28. Available on the user’s schedule—accessible 24/7

29. Reviewable—users can revisit the resource as many times as necessary

31. Technological fluency—for the staff and for the user

33. The Online Tutorial http://staff.opal-libraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/renewing.html

34. The Embedded Librarian Part of the on-line instruction team Provides course-specific suggested resources Teaches research skills on an appropriate and applicable timeline Course-integrated instruction is the easiest way to bring together teachers and librarians in a common cause. (Bowles-Terry, Davis & Holliday, 2010)

36. Requires faculty buy-in

37. Increases the need for planning, collaboration and communication

39. Tools for Resource Discovery http://www.library.kent.edu/page/15072

40. Tools for Resource Discovery http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10114

41. Tools for Resource Discovery http://www.library.kent.edu/page/14042

42. Getting Beyond the Subject Guide Where can you find… subject-specific resources ways to submit ideas and share feedback tools for facilities orientation resources for information skill development tools for assessment and evaluation built-in chat features …all in one place?

43. Getting Beyond the Subject Guide www.springshare.com/libguides

44. Getting Beyond the Subject Guide http://library.osu.edu/find/subjects/design/

45. Getting Beyond the Subject Guide http://libguides.bgsu.edu/ampd

46. Getting Beyond the Subject Guide http://libguides.bgsu.edu/

47. Getting Beyond the Subject Guide http://libguides.bgsu.edu/

48. Getting Beyond the Subject Guide http://explore.westervillelibrary.org/

49. Opportunities Abound! Lots of chances to provide instruction all around… Assess needs Implement changes Evaluate results