Teaching Information Literacy through Faculty Development

Name: Teaching Information Literacy through Faculty Development
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Teaching Information Literacy through Faculty DevelopmentAuthor(s): Jane Hammons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc\nISBN-13: 9798216186403, 979-8216186403\nSynopsis\nProvides an approach to information literacy centered around faculty development to support academic librarians in building more scalable, sustainable, and impactful information literacy programs.\n\nAcademic librarians devote significant effort to teaching information literacy, often in one-shot sessions. However, the one-shot has received criticism for its pedagogical ineffectiveness and its impact on librarians professional status and personal well-being. \n\nThis resource provides an overview of an alternative approach, the faculty-focused model, also known as the teach the teachers or train the trainers approach. In this model, librarians concentrate their efforts primarily on faculty development, which has the potential to allow them to develop.