Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators

Librarians are often in the position of educating their users, colleagues, and peers to successfully locate and evaluate information. Booth's practical approach to developing personal instructional literacy empowers library professionals to become better and more confident educators. The new second edition of this text expands its focus to include program coordinators and library administrators, and provides a framework for effective teaching, including tools for improving learning in the moment, evidence-based strategies, methods for evaluating and integrating technology, a systematic process for developing and assessing learning experiences, new material on strategy and scaffolding, collaboration, institutional partnerships, working with faculty, and program development. Booth's work helps librarians become better learners and teachers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2023
Publisher: American Library Association

Librarians, despite not always having "instruction" in their job titles, play a crucial role in educating their users, colleagues, and peers. This education involves guiding individuals in effectively locating and evaluating information, regardless of their level of expertise. Booth's practical approach to developing personal instructional literacy, a method that empowers library professionals at all experience levels to become better and more confident educators, made the first edition of this text a runaway bestseller.

To further enhance its relevance, the new second edition of the book has been updated to encompass program coordinators and library administrators as well. It cements its status as a peerless resource for day-to-day use in the library profession, as well as for LIS courses.

In the second edition, Booth lays the foundation for effective teaching by outlining a comprehensive framework that includes:

Tools for improving learning in the moment and developing a teacher identity through self-assessment.
Evidence-based strategies in learning and instructional research.
Methods for evaluating and integrating technology in learning, using a practical toolkit approach.
A systematic and outcomes-based process for developing and assessing learning experiences.
New material on strategy and scaffolding, with discussions of collaboration, institutional partnerships, working with faculty, and program development through curriculum mapping.
Thoughts on leadership, management, and career development.

Booth's work not only provides templates for instructional planning and technology evaluation but also offers practical advice drawn from those working in the field. By helping librarians become better learners and teachers, his work contributes to the advancement of the library profession.

Weight: 333g
ISBN-13: 9780838915011
Edition number: 2 Revised edition