Promising Practices in Instruction of Discovery Tools

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Main Authors: Buck, Stefanie, Steffy, Christina
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2013
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author Buck, Stefanie
Steffy, Christina
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Steffy, Christina
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Steffy, Christina
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contents Promising Practices in Instruction of Discovery Tools Buck, Stefanie Steffy, Christina Instructional Innovation Educational Practices Library Instruction Librarian Attitudes Teacher Attitudes Interviews Academic Libraries Educational Strategies Teaching Methods Information Literacy Online Surveys Search Engines Search Strategies Active Learning Instructional Materials Information Skills Libraries are continually changing to meet the needs of users; this includes implementing discovery tools, also referred to as web-scale discovery tools, to make searching library resources easier. Because these tools are so new, it is difficult to establish definitive best practices for teaching these tools; however, promising practices are emerging. A promising practice is "a program, activity, or strategy" that shows early promise for being effective in the long term and generalizable across institutions (Dare Mighty Things, n.d.). The researchers used three methods to develop a list of promising practices for teaching discovery tools--a review of the current literature on the tools, a survey for practicing instruction librarians, and interviews with teaching librarians. More research and assessment is needed to determine whether these promising practices are in fact best practices for teaching discovery tools.
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spellingShingle Promising Practices in Instruction of Discovery Tools
Buck, Stefanie
Steffy, Christina
Instructional Innovation
Educational Practices
Library Instruction
Librarian Attitudes
Teacher Attitudes
Interviews
Academic Libraries
Educational Strategies
Teaching Methods
Information Literacy
Online Surveys
Search Engines
Search Strategies
Active Learning
Instructional Materials
Information Skills
Promising Practices in Instruction of Discovery Tools Buck, Stefanie Steffy, Christina Instructional Innovation Educational Practices Library Instruction Librarian Attitudes Teacher Attitudes Interviews Academic Libraries Educational Strategies Teaching Methods Information Literacy Online Surveys Search Engines Search Strategies Active Learning Instructional Materials Information Skills Libraries are continually changing to meet the needs of users; this includes implementing discovery tools, also referred to as web-scale discovery tools, to make searching library resources easier. Because these tools are so new, it is difficult to establish definitive best practices for teaching these tools; however, promising practices are emerging. A promising practice is "a program, activity, or strategy" that shows early promise for being effective in the long term and generalizable across institutions (Dare Mighty Things, n.d.). The researchers used three methods to develop a list of promising practices for teaching discovery tools--a review of the current literature on the tools, a survey for practicing instruction librarians, and interviews with teaching librarians. More research and assessment is needed to determine whether these promising practices are in fact best practices for teaching discovery tools.
title Promising Practices in Instruction of Discovery Tools
topic Instructional Innovation
Educational Practices
Library Instruction
Librarian Attitudes
Teacher Attitudes
Interviews
Academic Libraries
Educational Strategies
Teaching Methods
Information Literacy
Online Surveys
Search Engines
Search Strategies
Active Learning
Instructional Materials
Information Skills
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1089010