unCOILed 2011: Get Schooled!

Five Birds with One Stone: Long- and Short-term Planning for Library Instruction

Presented by: Jessica E. Moad, Paul Stenis

Paul and Jessica will discuss the various issues that arise while planning for instruction sessions, including communication with professors, script writing, creating assignments, and using blogs, LibGuides, and wikis. Attendees will split up into groups, be given several scenarios, and will plan for those scenarios.

I'm really interested to hear about communication with professors- in my experience, it's so hit-or-miss!! 

Me too! It's easy to connect with the ones who are already love the library/information literacy, the trick is moving beyong preaching to the choir. Connecting with adjuncts is also tricky, and these days increasingly vital.

I agree, Sarah, reaching those professors/adjuncts that don't already love the library can be tricky. This particular topic is ongoing in the professional literature and is so important that could be addressed in its own session. In fact, Embedded Librarians: Moving Beyond One-Shot Instruction, newly published by ACRL, discusses approaches to faculty/librarian communications within faculty/librarian collaborations. I hope that Paul and I will be able to get everyone thinking about communication with professors and adjuncts with regard to instruction session planning.

I hope so too   I could really use some help in that department.