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Instruction coordinators & directors in academic libraries may have a variety of titles and wear an entire wardrobe's worth of hats, but we face many of the same challenges in developing, promoting, and evaluating our instruction programs.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Textboxes, Tables, and Figures
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Intentional Instruction Coordinator
Chapter 2: Taking Stock of an Instruction Program
Chapter 3: Creating a Culture of Teaching & Learning in the Library
Chapter 4: To Frame or Not to Frame?
Chapter 5: Writing an Instruction Program Statement
Chapter 6: Advocating for an Instruction Program
Chapter 7: Assessing an Instruction Program
Chapter 8: When an Instruction Program Goes Astray
Chapter 9: Growing as an Instruction Coordinator
Conclusion
Appendix A: An Instruction Coordinator's Bookshelf
References
Index
About the Author
About the author
Melissa Mallon is the Director of the Peabody Education Library at Vanderbilt University, and Director of Teaching and Learning for the Vanderbilt Libraries, which includes planning and directing system-wide involvement in campus teaching and learning initiatives including strategies for the development of information literacy instruction, library involvement in assessment of student learning, and training and mentoring of library staff. Melissa received her MLIS from Louisiana State University. Before joining Vanderbilt in 2015, Melissa was a faculty member and instruction coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown and Wichita State University. Melissa has published, presented, and taught professional development courses in the areas of digital and information literacies, online learning, the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, and creative use of emerging technologies in assessing student learning. Melissa’s previous books include The Pivotal Role of Academic Librarians in Digital Learning (Libraries Unlimited, 2017), and co-edited a book titled The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ACRL, 2019).
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Instruction coordinators & directors in academic libraries may have a variety of titles and wear an entire wardrobe’s worth of hats, but we face many of the same challenges in developing, promoting, and evaluating our instruction programs.
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Melissa Mallon's book examines an instruction program as a whole and explores issues librarians face while leading instruction programs. It addresses a gap in the scholarly literature on coordinating library instruction programs and is a must-read for librarians who direct instruction programs. I wish that Partners in Teaching and Learning had been published during the time that I served as Coordinator of Library Instruction. It would have made my life a lot easier!
