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Information Literacy Instruction: Selecting an Effective Model (Chandos Information Professional)
Information Literacy Instruction Selecting an Effective Model - Chandos Information Professional Author:John Walsh Walsh, from the University of Arizona, offers an invaluable guide for librarians seeking to select the most effective method of library instruction based on their users, the objectives of the instruction, and the delivery environment. Here, in one source, are thorough descriptions of the different methods available and in what circumstances the ... more »methods are most effective. This thorough resource includes descriptions of curricula for the methods currently available and describes a range of objectives the curricula meet and the common environments librarians use for instruction. Information Literacy Instruction also introduces two new ideas for methods of instruction: one which combines information literacy with cyber-literacy (MLI) forming an instructional method appropriate for internet users and internet information and the Fully Automated Reference Instruction (FARI) that actively involves users with the instruction while completing research they are currently involved in for specific targeted classes. Walsh s guide to one to which users will return time-and-time again.« less