Teaching Reference Today

New Directions, Novel Approaches

By: Lisa A. Ellis (Editor)

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Paperback | 9 June 2016

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Reference and Information Services, if it may still be referred to by this term, is an evolving outreach service in libraries. This is not only due to Google and the Internet, but also other technological advances afford users online access to a plethora of content, free and proprietary. This evolution has also caused a shift in the theories and practices (especially, core functions and values) of reference and information services as library schools seek greater alignment with practitioners and libraries on the forefront of these changes.

As academics and practitioners work together to educate library students on the kinds of changes happening in reference and information services, they are rethinking their curriculum and assignments to incorporate real-world challenges adaptive to user needs. Likewise, libraries may work through their regional library consortia to plan professional development workshops or training sessions to teach new skills and methods of approach required for such changing services.

Here's a tool for library school instructors, library students, professional development instructors, and current librarians poised to change, which specifically addresses the pedagogy of reference and information services in flux. It will help answer questions such as:

How may we better educate a new and current generation of reference and information service professionals, given the challenges they will likely encounter?
What kinds of assignments could be devised to better promote active learning in a transformative field like reference and information services?
What new approaches or theories could be applied to assist library professionals in meeting the informational needs of users?

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Teaching Reference Today aims to educate those who are teaching tomorrow's reference professionals about what their students will need to know to be successful in a rapidly changing environment.... Footnotes and a bibliography are included at the end of each chapter, and a comprehensive index is provided at the end of the volume. Teaching Reference Today is an excellent tool both for those who are teaching others about providing reference services and those learning about the topic. It discusses the pedagogy of teaching reference and information services and provides answers to difficult questions that will continue to occur in a quickly changing information environment. It is recommended for any college which has a library school and for students interested in the library profession.

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