The New Instruction Librarian: A Workbook for Trainers and Learners, Second Edition - Paperback

by Candice Benjes-Small (Author), Rebecca K. Miller (Author)

Written by a team of library instructors whose "experience and expertise in this field is evident throughout" (VOYA), this one-stop starter kit has been praised as "a solid overview of academic instruction librarianship for both supervisors and novices" (Library Journal). Now the authors have updated it to better address differing perspectives and experiences in librarianship while thoroughly reflecting the significant ways in which the field has changed since the book's first edition in 2016. Easing the transition into library instruction while supporting all those involved, including supervisors, colleagues, and trainees, this hands-on workbook

• incorporates research on teaching and learning from numerous disciplines, including but not limited to library literature, that has been sharpened and refreshed for this edition;
• guides readers through training a new colleague or someone new to instruction, complete with reflection questions, sample lesson pans, activities, and advice from experts throughout the field;
• explores the different roles an instruction librarian is usually expected to play, such as colleague, instructional designer, teaching partner, advocate, project manager, and learner;
• adopts a person-centered approach to the role, with new chapters on critical information literacy and sustainable practices; and
• provides tips on self-assessment, self-care, resiliency, and continuing education, both formal and informal, to set readers on a successful path of teaching, learning, and professional growth.

Author Biography

Candice Benjes-Small began her career at the University of Southern California and is currently the head of research services at William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Previously, she head of information literacy and outreach and university coordinator of information literacy for the general education curriculum at Radford University. Under her leadership, the library instruction program was recognized as an Exemplary Information Literacy program in numerous categories by the ACRL. She received her BA in history from Haverford College in 1995 and her MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997. She has served as president of the Virginia chapter of ACRL (VLACRL) and has been active on numerous ALA, ACRL, and VLACRL committees. She and Rebecca founded The Innovative Library Classroom, a very popular regional information literacy conference that won the 2016 Beta Phi Mu Conference Support Award. She has written numerous publications on information literacy and was lead author on an article about cognitive development and web evaluation which was selected as a Top 20 article by the Library Instruction Round Table. She has served as an adjunct professor for the library science graduate programs at Syracuse University and Old Dominion University.

Rebecca Miller Waltz is the Associate Dean for Learning and Engagement at Penn State University Libraries in State College, Pennsylvania. A 2012 ALA Emerging Leader, Rebecca earned an MAEd in instructional design and technology from Virginia Tech in 2014, an MSLS from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007, and a BA in English and Religion from the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 2004. She has served as an adjunct instructor for Syracuse University's School of Information Studies and a facilitator for the ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program since 2017. Rebecca has been active in regional, state, and national library organizations and has authored and coauthored a number of books, book chapters, technical reports, and articles on teaching, learning, and instructional technologies in libraries, including publications in College & Research Libraries News, Journal of Learning Spaces, Library Leadership & Management, and Journal of Library Administration. More information about Rebecca's work is available on her website: www.rebeccamillerwaltz.com