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A Primer for New Teachers
Candice Benjes-Small
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
- recognize the growing role of instruction in academic libraries in order to develop a teaching identity;
- discuss the benefits and challenges of collaborating with teaching faculty in order to build successful relationships;
- analyze the instructional environment and student needs in order to identify audiences;
- design a lesson plan in order to meet workshop goals;
- assess learning experiences for success in order to evaluate workshop effectiveness;
- describe the peer observation process in order to employ it for self-improvement;
- consider ways to build a teaching portfolio in order to document professional learning; and
- identify ways to be a lifelong learner in order to grow as a teacher.
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Grant Proposals for the Working Librarian: From Idea to Implementation
Lois Stickell and Lisa T. Nickel
Fewer employees, shorter hours, diminished collection budgets, reduced programs and services—all at a time of record library usage. Don't fret and fritter away scarce resources. Be frugal! In this book, library expert Carol Smallwood demonstrates that despite the obvious downsides, the necessity of doing business differently can be positive, leading to partnering, sharing, and innovating. This collection speaks to universal concerns, presenting creative and resourceful solutions from dozens of librarians representing a wide variety of institutions. The Frugal Librarian helps library professionals
- Find supplementary funding sources, including grants
- Save money by sharing resources, using tiered staffing for technical services, and implementing green IT
- Tap into grassroots movements to save neighborhood libraries
- Preserve and enhance important library functions like programming, outreach, and staff development, despite a tight budget
This book offers plenty of ideas that can be implemented immediately.
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The Landscape of the College Cost Debate
Robert B. Archibald and David H. Feldman
This chapter introduces the subject matter and the mode of analysis in the book. This chapter explains why costs and prices are quite different at colleges and universities. The way one thinks about changes in college costs and college prices depends on where one sits. In particular, a close-up view focused exclusively on colleges and universities will lead to quite different conclusions than an aerial view that places colleges and universities in a broader economy-wide perspective. This chapter explains why the book adopts the aerial view rather than a close-up view. The chapter ends with a preview of the results in the remainder of the book, emphasizing the critical role of technological progress. The pace of technological progress and the type of technological progress have significant influences on college costs and prices.
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Collaborating with Faculty and Instructional Technology Staff
Lisa T. Nickel
As more and more students are completing their college degree without ever stepping foot on the main campus, libraries must now find new and innovative ways to serve virtual and remote users. In this timely collection, Susan Clayton brings together over 20 experienced distance instruction librarians from across the country University of Western Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of North Carolina to share their effective strategies for designing, delivering, collaborating, and assessing distance instruction. Coverage explores scheduling and marketing classes; utilizing virtual classroom software, online tutorials, and Web tools; collaborating with faculty and information technology professionals; and more. This unique collection provides the advice and best practices to help you go the distance whether creating an introduction to library research or supporting faculty in advanced courses and take the library to where your users are.
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