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LIBRARIAN’S INSTR UCTIONAL R OLE
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Instructional Design for

LIS Professionals

A Guide for Teaching Librarians and
Information Science Professionals

MELISSA A. WONG
“ following in Geoffrey Chaucer’s footsteps who would gladly learn and
This practical, straightforward guide is highly recommended for those
” —Library Journal, August 1, 2019
gladly teach.

Many librarians are thrust into positions where they are asked to teach colleagues. Others May 2019, 280pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
choose to share their knowledge and experience by preparing the next generation of Paperback: 978-1-4408-6713-2
$85.00, £63.00, €74,00
librarians in graduate programs. However, few such librarians have received any formal eBook: 978-1-4408-6714-9
education in instructional design. In this book, Melissa A. Wong, an expert instructional
designer, helps information professionals to prepare for their roles as teachers of current MELISSA A. WONG has been an adjunct
and future librarians. instructor at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of
FEATURES Library and Information Science since
• Faculty and librarians new to teaching will appreciate the concise, practical advice for 2001 and currently teaches courses in
designing courses for effective learning instruction, eLearning, reference, and
• All faculty will appreciate tips on authentic assignment design and effective feedback, academic librarianship.
engaging and supporting students, and managing their workload
• The book has a unique focus on teaching graduate students and adults in the LIS field

Transforming Information
Literacy Instruction

Threshold Concepts in Theory and Practice

AMY R. HOFER, SILVIA LIN HANICK, AND LORI TOWNSEND
“ offer academic librarians involved in the design and delivery of information
...Hofer, Lin Hanick, and Townsend have produced a book with much to
” —Public Services Quarterly, June 4, 2019
literacy instruction.

A model that emerged from the Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments project in
Great Britain, threshold concepts are those transformative core ideas and processes in a November 2018, 255pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
given discipline that define the ways of thinking and practicing shared by experts. Once Paperback: 978-1-4408-4166-8
a learner grasps a threshold concept, new pathways to understanding and learning are $65.00, £49.00, €57,00
opened up. The authors of this book provide readers with both a substantial introduction eBook: 978-1-4408-4167-5
to and a working knowledge of this emerging theory and then describe how it can be
adapted for local information literacy instruction contexts. AMY R. HOFER , MLIS, is coordinator of
Statewide Open Education Library Services
Five threshold concepts are presented and covered in depth within the context of how at Open Oregon Educational Resources.
they relate and connect to each other. The chapters offer an in-depth explanation of SILVIA LIN HANICK , MLIS, MA, is the first
the threshold concepts model and identify how it relates to various disciplines (and our year experience librarian and an assistant
own discipline, information science) and to the understandings we want our students professor at LaGuardia Community College,
to acquire. This text will benefit readers in these primary audiences: academic librarians a CUNY institution.
involved with information literacy efforts at their institutions, faculty teaching in higher LORI TOWNSEND , MLIS, is learning services
coordinator and an associate professor for
education, upper-level college administrators involved in academic accreditation, and high the University Libraries at the University of
school librarians working with college-bound students. New Mexico (UNM).
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