Engaging First-Year Students in Meaningful Library Research: A Practical Guide for Teaching Faculty

by Molly Flaspohler

Aimed at teaching professionals working with first-year students at institutions of higher learning, this book provides practical advice and specific strategies for integrating contemporary information literacy competencies into courses intended for novice researchers. The book has two main goals - to discuss the necessity and value of incorporating information literacy into first-year curricula; and to provide a variety of practical, targeted strategies for doing so. The author will introduce and encourage teaching that follows a process-driven, constructivist framework as a way of engaging first-year students in library work that is interesting, meaningful and disciplinarily relevant.

198 pages, Paperback

First published November 9, 2011

Reviews

[Katy]

started this today. the intro is not sitting well with me, I can't shake a feeling of elitism that i think lends itself to undergraduate library anxiety. curious about implementation, so i'll continue to read.

[Sinistmer]

Solid and overall readable review of concepts that I covered in library school. This addresses more of the theory and issues academic librarians face, rather than providing solutions. The one "solution" it emphasizes is building relationships with the teaching faculty.