Information Literacy Instruction for Specific Audiences
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Library Instruction for Diverse Populations Bibliography
The Instruction for Diverse Populations Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Instruction Section has compiled this bibliography to meet the needs of librarian-instructors for information about teaching diverse populations within college and university settings. The Bibliography includes print and electronic resources key to the development of effective methods and materials for providing library instruction and teaching information literacy competencies to diverse student groups. -
Library Outreach: Overcoming Health Literacy Challenges
The authors contend that there is a great deal that can be done throughout the modern health care system to address problems of health literacy by improving information access, processing, and understanding. -
Peep Research – A study of small fluffy creatures and library usage
The research that follows documents Peeps’ visit to the library and provides some evaluative commentary on our assessment of Peeps and library usage. (For fun) -
Teaching and Learning from Generation Y
This presentation focuses on library instruction for modern learners, including their learning styles, and active teaching techniques to use in library instruction programs. -
Teaching Information Literacy to Generation Y: Tested Strategies for Reaching the Headphone-Wearing, Itchy Mouse-Fingered and Frequently Paged
With the goal of improving students’ performances and attitudes, librarians at California State University, Hayward began researching the emergent literature on Generation Y's learning styles.