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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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1988
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| author | Ohles, Judith K. |
| author_facet | Ohles, Judith K. Ohles, Judith K. |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Training Coordinator's Manual: A Handbook for Training Preprofessionals at a Reference Desk. Ohles, Judith K. Academic Libraries Graduate Students Guidelines Higher Education Instructional Development Interlibrary Loans Job Training Nonprofessional Personnel Online Searching Personnel Evaluation Reference Services Student Responsibility Worksheets A training manual created by a reference librarian at Kent State University who was responsible for training and supervising graduate library science students for reference work, this handbook is offered as a guide to librarians for developing a training program for preprofessionals or nonprofessionals who work at a library reference desk. The manual first briefly discusses four aspects of training--planning, preparation, execution, and evaluation--and then provides examples of resources used for training student reference assistants (SRAs). These examples include: (1) an outline of the duties and responsibilities of training coordinators and SRAs; (2) sample letters for responding to queries about employment in the reference department; (3) student work schedules; (4) an SRA information sheet; (5) forms for listing projects; (6) an itinerary for a library tour; (7) copies of worksheets used to test understanding of library procedures together with the answers; (8) copies of OCLC exercises used to test understanding of OCLC procedures and the answers; (9) a library guide on interlibrary loan searching, with sample questions and answers; (10) letters explaining midterm discussions with, and evaluation of, SRAs; and (11) a guide to indexes on current events, with questions and answers on the indexes. (20 references; 8 notes) (CGD) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 1988 |
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| spellingShingle | Training Coordinator's Manual: A Handbook for Training Preprofessionals at a Reference Desk. Ohles, Judith K. Academic Libraries Graduate Students Guidelines Higher Education Instructional Development Interlibrary Loans Job Training Nonprofessional Personnel Online Searching Personnel Evaluation Reference Services Student Responsibility Worksheets Training Coordinator's Manual: A Handbook for Training Preprofessionals at a Reference Desk. Ohles, Judith K. Academic Libraries Graduate Students Guidelines Higher Education Instructional Development Interlibrary Loans Job Training Nonprofessional Personnel Online Searching Personnel Evaluation Reference Services Student Responsibility Worksheets A training manual created by a reference librarian at Kent State University who was responsible for training and supervising graduate library science students for reference work, this handbook is offered as a guide to librarians for developing a training program for preprofessionals or nonprofessionals who work at a library reference desk. The manual first briefly discusses four aspects of training--planning, preparation, execution, and evaluation--and then provides examples of resources used for training student reference assistants (SRAs). These examples include: (1) an outline of the duties and responsibilities of training coordinators and SRAs; (2) sample letters for responding to queries about employment in the reference department; (3) student work schedules; (4) an SRA information sheet; (5) forms for listing projects; (6) an itinerary for a library tour; (7) copies of worksheets used to test understanding of library procedures together with the answers; (8) copies of OCLC exercises used to test understanding of OCLC procedures and the answers; (9) a library guide on interlibrary loan searching, with sample questions and answers; (10) letters explaining midterm discussions with, and evaluation of, SRAs; and (11) a guide to indexes on current events, with questions and answers on the indexes. (20 references; 8 notes) (CGD) |
| title | Training Coordinator's Manual: A Handbook for Training Preprofessionals at a Reference Desk. |
| topic | Academic Libraries Graduate Students Guidelines Higher Education Instructional Development Interlibrary Loans Job Training Nonprofessional Personnel Online Searching Personnel Evaluation Reference Services Student Responsibility Worksheets |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED301221 |