Library Instruction Round Table
Annual Conference Programs
How to Train Employees for an Information Commons
The idea of an information commons is becoming more and more common
in the conversation of services provided in an academic library.
This presentation will discuss areas that need to be considered
when training library employees to serve patrons of an information
commons. Ideas of what and how to train will be presented.
Speaker: Michael Whitchurch, Brigham Young University
When: Friday, May 13th, 10:30 - 11: 30am, Room 102
Information Literacy and Library Instruction in a Large General
Education Course: Biology 100 at Brigham Young University
This session will describe recent attempts to teach information
literacy and library skills to students in Biology 100, a large
general education course at BYU. Also, the session will present
results from focus groups held with Biology 100 students and teaching
assistants.
Speaker: Betsy Spackman, Brigham Young University
When: Friday, May 13th, 1:15 - 2:15 pm, Room 201
LIRT Business Meeting
Date: Thursday, May 12th
Time: 8:30 - 9:00 am
Location: Room 102
Other Instruction Related Sessions
Can We Tell a Difference? Large and Small-Scale Instruction
Assessment in a Utah Academic Library
Utah State University Librarians present: Goals, logistics, and
findings from a large, formal study of English composition students;
Formal and informal assessment techniques for classroom instruction;
Highlights of ACRL workshop on Assessment in Higher Education.
Speakers: Britt Anna Fagerheim, USU; Robert Morrison, USU; Wendy
Holliday, USU
When: Thursday, May 12th, 2:30 - 3:30pm, Room 102
Serving the Google Generation: One Year Later
See what we've learned about offering federated searching of our
online resources through trial, error, ongoing vendor relations,
and changes to our web page and our library instruction: what's
worked, what hasn't, and what will have to change.
Speakers: Chuck Malenfant, Westminster; Jennifer Foy, Westminster
When: Thursday, May 12th, 4:00 - 5:00pm, Room 102
Problem-Based Learning Approach as a Key to Successful Research
Instruction
This session focuses on how problem based learning (PBL) can be
a great tool for integrating information literacy in the classroom.
Examples of classes will be discussed. All participants will engage
in brainstorming possible methods for incorporating PBL into their
own library instruction programs.
Speakers: Emily Paladino, UU Marriott Library; Anna Sveinbjornsson,
UU Marriott Library
When: Friday, May 13th, 3:45 - 4:45pm, Room Executive
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