How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians

(Paperback, Second Edition)

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How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians is designed for librarians and other educators who must instruct library patrons on subjects ranging from research skills to understanding and using electronic tools to providing self-paced instruction. This book provides public, academic, school, and special librarians with practical applications based on theoretical approaches to adult learning; instructional design principles to help them plan, deliver, and assess learning; examples and model lessons illustrating face-to-face instruction and online training; and descriptions and step-by-step instructions showing them how to create self-paced materials to complement their teaching. Ready-to-use, customizable worksheets; handouts; and evaluation forms serve as models. Exercises in each chapter reinforce its content. URLs identify additional ideas and materials from librarian colleagues to enhance teaching.

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Beverley E. Crane has worked with librarians and information professionals for decades and has a deep devotion and understanding of teaching and learning. For someone who is considering his or her next role as an information professional and who has a passion for teaching and learning, this new edition of How to Teach will be an excellent resource. -- Ethel Salonen, chair, Leadership and Management Division, Special Libraries Association
Beverley E. Cranes How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians is the perfect bridge between learning theory and the practical application of these pedagogical models on lesson plans, templates, self-paced instruction, and many other methods of adult learning. The detailed models created for librarians in many settingsspecial, school, academic, and publicallow the use of theoretically sound technologies and strategies to be implemented with confidence. This book is an indispensable guide for novice and expert alike. -- Anne Caputo, 2010 president, Special Libraries Association and retired executive director, Knowledge & Learning Programs, Dow Jones & Company

Author Bio

Beverley E. Crane has taught both face-to-face and online courses to students, other educators, and librarians at three universities and middle and high schools in all types of libraries. In addition, while working for Dialog and ProQuest, she spent more than twenty years designing face-to-face and online webinars, as well as online materials including one-page how-to guides, short instructional videos, and other information to deliver concise training using images and text to librarians, educators, and the business community.