Creating The One-Shot Library Workshop by Jerilyn Veldof

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Comprehensive, curriculum-integrated information literacy programs may be the gold standard for academic librarians, but in reality many campuses still rely on the one-shot research skills session, whether for first-year students or upper-level research methodology courses. This is a timely, assessment-conscious, 20-step guide for a rigorous instructional design process, focusing on in-person, low-tech sessions. Topics include needs assessment, writing objectives, evaluation tools, selection of teaching methods, and workshop critique. The various steps are enhanced with quotes from practitioners, case studies, tips, illustrations, and checklists. Curiously, neither the Internet nor the World Wide Web appears in the index. Several web sites are referenced for supplemental information, however. Consult Developing Web-Based Instruction, edited by Elizabeth A. Dupuis, (Neal-Schuman) and Barbara Allen's E-Learning and Teaching in Library and Information Services (Facet) for online pedagogical ideas and smart classroom tips. Veldof, chair of the Instruction Librarians Group for the Committee on Institutional Cooperation consortium and director of undergraduate initiatives, University of Minnesota Libraries, has served on the Association of College and Research Libraries' Information Literacy Advisory Committee and writes extensively about information literacy, instructional design, and teaching. Recommended for all academic libraries. Betty J. Glass, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.