Teaching information skills : theory and practice

Teaching information skills and using technology to empower users is now a crucial part of most information professionals' jobs, but very few have been formally trained to teach.

In order to be effective at teaching and supporting learning it is necessary to take a professional approach and to understand the processes involved in learning.

This practical book shows the reader how to implement vital teaching skills in their role as information manager.

The text covers both the theory and the practice of library instruction.

Each chapter has two parts: a section explaining the principles of learning and teaching, followed by a section analysing successful learning and teaching activities, rooted in personal experience. The book draws best practice examples and case studies from a broad range of sectors and organizations.

Each of the main chapters is based around one of the key elements of successful learning and teaching, specifically applied to the LIS context school students as the subject becomes more widely taught. All library and information professionals who have to instruct others - either students or colleagues - as part of their job, whether working in an education, public, health or workplace library context, need this book.

It is an essential text for library school students as the subject becomes more widely taught.