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List of contents
Introduction Part 1: Constructing the academic teaching librarian 1 Shaping the academic teaching librarian 2 Defining the academic teaching librarian 3 Becoming an academic teaching librarian Part 2: Excelling as an academic teaching librarian 4 Technology and the academic teaching librarian 5 Leading and co-ordinating for the academic teaching librarian 6 Advocacy and the academic teaching librarian
About the author
Claire McGuinness is Assistant Professor and current Deputy Head of School at the School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland. She has a long-term interest in researching and teaching information and digital literacy and has published extensively in these areas and others including academic librarianship, reflective practice and teaching skills for librarians. She has designed and taught multiple information and digital literacy modules over the past two decades, and currently leads several courses on the MLIS and BSc Social Sciences programmes at UCD. Since 2004, her advanced teaching librarian course on the MLIS and Diploma programmes at UCD has prepared trainee librarians for the instructional work that is increasingly part of their professional remit in different sectors.
Summary
The Academic Teaching Librarian’s Handbook is a comprehensive resource on teaching and professional development for information professionals and instructors at all career stages. It explores the current landscape of teaching librarianship, and highlights and discusses the important developments, issues, and trends that are shaping current and future practice.
