Overview

"Using practical examples from librarians in the field, this book lays out current issues in online learning and teaches librarians how to adapt a variety of library services—including instruction, reference, and collection development—to online education. Recent studies highlighting the challenges faced by online learners show that skills librarians are uniquely qualified to teach, such as information and digital literacy and source evaluation, can improve academic performance in online courses and enhance the online learning experience. Just as embedded librarianship was developed to answer the needs of online courses when they emerged in the early 2000s, online learning librarian Christina Mune now teaches ""online librarianship"" as a set of realistic strategies for serving a variety of online education models. Each chapter of Libraries Supporting Online Learning addresses a different strategy for supporting online students and/or faculty, with all strategies derived from real-world practices. Librarians will find information on best practices for creating digital literacy tutorials and dynamic content, providing patrons with open access and open educational resources, helping patrons to avoid copyright issues, promoting peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing, posting to social media, and developing scalable reference services. The tools and practical examples in this book will be useful for all educators interested in increasing the efficacy of online learning."

Full Product Details

Author:   Christina D. Mune
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Weight:   0.198kg
ISBN:  

9781440861758

ISBN 10:   1440861757
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   07 October 2020
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part One Facilitating Access Chapter 1What Is Online Librarianship? Chapter 2Understand How You Help: Evaluating Services to Online Learners Chapter 3Help Them Find What They Need: Making Resources Discoverable, Sharable, and Affordable Part Two Creating Community Chapter 4Help Them Help Each Other: Facilitating Peer Interactions and Creating Online Learning Communities Chapter 5Help Them Connect with You: Deploying Effective Online Communication Tools Part Three Building Engagement Chapter 6Help Them Help Themselves: Information and Digital Literacy for the Online Learner Chapter 7Keep a Digital Toolbox: A Bibliography of Useful (and Mostly Free) Tools for Supporting Online Learning Glossary Index

Reviews

"""Timely, valuable, and essential reading for all librarians and educators."" - Library Journal Online, Starred Review ""This book is explicitly recommended for individuals working in the field of LIS."" - Choice ""This is a well-organized and thoughtfully comprehensive treatment of the subject and a great place to find practical guidance and inspiration for many different roles within libraries of all types."" - Technical Services Quarterly"

Timely, valuable, and essential reading for all librarians and educators. - Library Journal Online, Starred Review

Timely, valuable, and essential reading for all librarians and educators. - Library Journal Online, Starred Review This book is explicitly recommended for individuals working in the field of LIS. - Choice

Author Information

Christina D. Mune, MLIS, was online learning librarian for San José State University, in San José, CA, before serving as director of information technology services and most recently as associate dean of innovation and resource management.

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