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CHICAGO — A comprehensive but concise roadmap specifically for librarians who are new to instruction, or who are charged with training someone who is, has remained elusive. Until now. “,” published by , cuts through the jargon and rhetoric to ease the transition into library instruction. Authors Candice Benjes-Small and Rebecca K. Miller offer support to all those involved, including library supervisors, colleagues, and trainees. Grounded in research on teaching and learning from numerous disciplines, not just library literature, this book:

• shows how to set up new instruction librarians for success, with advice on completing an environmental scan, strategies for recruiting efficiently, and a training checklist;
• walks readers step by step through training a new hire or someone new to instruction, complete with hands-on activities and examples;
• explores the different roles an instruction librarian is usually expected to play, such as educator, project manager, instructional designer, and teaching partner;
• demonstrates the importance of performance evaluation and management, including assessment and continuing education, both formal and informal; and
• provides guided reading lists for further in-depth study of a topic.

The authors co-founded The Innovative Library Classroom, a very popular regional information literacy conference that won the 2016 Beta Phi Mu Conference Support Award. Benjes-Small is the head of information literacy and outreach and university coordinator of information literacy for the general education curriculum at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. She has written numerous publications on information literacy and was lead author on an article about cognitive development and web evaluation which was selected as a Top 20 article by the Library Instruction Round Table. Miller is the head of library learning services at Penn State University Libraries in State College, Pennsylvania. A 2012 91��ý Emerging Leader, she has authored and coauthored a number of books, technical reports, and articles, including Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets, Tablet Computers in the Academic Library, Mobile Devices: Service with Intention (2015), and ARL Spec Kit 349: “Evolution of Library Liaisons.”

purchases fund advocacy, awareness and accreditation programs for library professionals worldwide. publishes resources used worldwide by tens of thousands of library and information professionals to improve programs, build on best practices, develop leadership, and for personal professional development. 91��ý authors and developers are leaders in their fields, and their content is published in a growing range of print and electronic formats. Contact 91��ý Editions at (800) 545-2433 ext. 5052 or editionsmarketing@ala.org.

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