Managing Library Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries:
Selected Papers Presented at the Twenty-Ninth National LOEX Library
Instruction Conference
Library Orientation Series: #33
Edited by Julia K. Nims and Eric Owen
Most instruction librarians learn how to teach by experience.
Granted, some have taken a course on bibliographic instruction or
courses that include a few sessions on bibliographic instruction or
even a practicum on instruction while working on their MLS degrees.
Some even have backgrounds in education and formal teaching
experience. However, most instruction librarians find themselves
teaching without the benefit of formal education on effective
teaching practices. As a result, they continually seek to hone their
skills to become better, more effective teachers.
Once instruction librarians have mastered teaching, they soon
find themselves managing an instruction program. They become
responsible for planning and implementing an instruction program,
supervising and mentoring other instruction librarians, and working
to convince faculty and administrators outside the library of the
necessity of integrating information literacy into all aspects of
the curriculum. As with teaching, only a few have backgrounds in
management. Most subsequently manage by trail and error. This LOEX
conference gives instruction librarians an opportunity to learn how
to manage better -- based on the experience of others.
Leading off the conference is Mary Jane Petrowski, Senior
Associate Executive Director for the Association of College &
Research Libraries. Her presentation covers developing a "management
repertoire."
Linda Dobb, Executive Vice President at Bowling Green State
University (BGSU) in Ohio, former Dean of BGSU's Library, is the
featured speaker. Her insights and observations provide readers with
a glimpse at how many in upper administration view library
instruction and information literacy, and presents suggestions on
how to integrate the goals of a library's information literacy
program with the goals and priorities of the university as a
whole.
Issues covered in breakout sessions range from staff scheduling
and workload to project management, and from collaborating with
faculty to devising staff development programs.
The papers included in these proceedings give an excellent
overview of problems library instruction managers face and examples
of how others in the field have successfully responded to them.
Ordering Information
- Library Orientation Series, No. 33
- ISBN 0-87650-367-9
- 8 1/2x11, 256p, paper, 2002, $45.00
Detailed Table of Contents
Preface
by Julia K. Nims
Articles
Managing Information
by Mary Jane Petrowski
Up, Down, All Around: Permeating the Campus with Information
Literacy
by Linda S. Dobb
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session No: 1
Instructor College: Staff Development for Library Instructors
by Patricia Yocum, Laurie Alexander, Doreen Bradley, Laurie Sutch
and Robert Tolliver (University of Michigan)
Sidebar: Imagine If You Would
Figure 1: University Library Instructor College
Breakout Session No: 2
What Do I Do Now? Helping Librarians Develop Teaching Skills
by Helene Androski, Dineen Grow, and Carrie Kruse (University of
Wisconsin, Madison)
Appendix A: Handout 1
Appendix B: Handout 2
Breakout Session No: 3
Peer Advising in the Research Process: A Year of Student Success
by Nicole J. Auer, Nancy H. Seamans, (Virginia Tech) and Laura
Pelletier (Student at Virginia Tech)
Breakout Session No: 4
When Six Heads Are Better than One: A Team Approach to Managing
Instruction
by Bryan Baine, Melissa Becher, Claire Dygert, and Mary Mintz
(American University)
Breakout Session No: 5
All Our Ducks in a Row: Essential Components and Challenges of
Managing an Instruction Program
by Lenora Berendt (Loyola University, Chicago) and Ellen Keith
(Illinois Institute of Technology)
Breakout Session No: 6
Completing the Learning Cycle: Managing the Cornell CreationStation
Experiment
by Tony Cocgrave (Cornell University)
Figure 1: CreationStation
Figure 2: The Learning Cycle
Figure 3: Screen Shot
Breakout Session No: 7
Librarians Hitting the Books: Practicing Educational Theory in
Library Instruction
by Liz Argentieri, Kimberly S. Davies, Katy Farrell, and Jeffrey A.
Liles (SUNY-Geneseo)
Figure 1: Video Clip Descriptions
Figure 2: Creating an Effective Lesson
Breakout Session No: 8
Grassroots Information Literacy
by Ned Fielden (San Francisco State University)
Figure 1: Grassroots Information Literacy
Figure 2: Information Literacy Sites
Breakout Session No: 9
Mining a User Education Database: The Iowa Experience
by Marsha Forys (University of Iowa Libraries) and John Forys
(University of Iowa's Engineering Library)
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Handout 1: User Education Report Results
Handout 2: User Education Report Form
Handout 3: User Education Report Form General Guidelines
Breakout Session No: 10
Teaching the Teachers
by Peter Giordano (Williams College)
Breakout Session No: 11
Library Safari: A Team-Based Approach to Serving Incoming
Students
by Trudi Bellardo Hahn (University of Maryland, College Park)
Appendix
Breakout Session No: 12
Double Jeopardy: Avoiding Duplication Among Freshmen While Making
Library Orientation Fun
by Lorene B. Harris (University of South Carolina, Lancaster)
Figure 1: Screen Shot
Figure 2: Screen Shot
Figure 3: UNIV 101
Breakout Session No: 13
Executive Coaching: Applications to Library Management, Reference,
and Instruction
by Karen Hunt (Winnipeg's Library)
Slide 12: Premise of Coaching
Slide 14: Flow of Coaching
Slide 19: Typical Mood
Slide 24: Andragog
Breakout Session No: 14
Your Virtual Front Door: Making Your BI Website Welcoming and
Valuable to Faculty and Student
by Anna Marie Johnson (University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library)
Breakout Session No: 15
To Test or Not Test: Is there a Question?
by Kate Manuel (New Mexico State University), Kristin Ramsdell,
Judith Faust, Elizabeth Ginno, and Jennifer Laherty (California
State University, Hayward)
Appendix A:
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Breakout Session No: 16
One Shot to a Full Barrel
by Angela Megaw and Jo McClendon (Gainesville College, Georgia
Breakout Session No: 17
Charting Instruction: Curriculum Mapping for Planning and
Documenting an Instructional Program
by Sandra Martin, Vanessa Middleton, Janet Nichols, and
Nancy Wilmes (Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan)
Figure 1: Screen Shot
Figure 2: Screen Shot
Figure 3: Sample SPSS Bar Chart
Breakout Session No: 18
Institutionalizing Information Literacy
by Kim L. Ranger (Grand Valley State University, Allendale,
Michigan)
Breakout Session No: 19
Making the Grade: Teaching Competencies for Academic Librarians
by Lori Ricigliano (University of Puget Sound's Collins Memorial
Library)
Figure 1: Three Elements of Competency
Figure 2: The Process of Competencies
Appendix A: Making the Grade Exercises
Appendix B: Professional Competencies for Library Instructional
Services at The University of Puget Sound
Breakout Session No: 20
Assessing Library Instruction for Distance Learners: A Case Study of
Nursing Students
by Judy Ruttenberg and Elizabeth Housewright (California State
University Fullerton)
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Appendix A: Library Skills Test-Sample Questions and Notes
Appendix B: User Satisfaction Survey
Breakout Session No: 21
Management by Opportunity: Leading the Library Instruction
Program
by Ruth Shoge (Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland)
Breakout Session No: 22
`Planning and Playdough': Designing a Retreat that Will Revise Your
Instruction Program and Rejuvenate Your Colleagues
by Doreen Simonsen (Willamette University, Oregon)
Breakout Session No: 23
Creating Partnerships Across Campus for Successful Instruction
Programs
by Terri Pedersen Summey and Sherry Hawkins Backhus (Emporia State
University, Emporia, Kansas)
Figure 1: Case Studies Used during the Presentation for
Discussion
Breakout Session No: 24
Moving to a Team Approach: A Library Instruction Success Story
by Cynthia Wright Swaine (Old Dominion University, Norfolk,
Virginia)
Roster of Participants
