From the Outside Looking In: Lessons Learned about Library Instruction from Working as a Composition Instructor

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  • Amy Cooper White Pennsylvania State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/palrap.2016.118

Abstract

Librarians often teach instructional sessions through the one-shot model. While this model allows the library to embed itself into many courses, it leaves the librarian with a very limited view into how their instructional sessions fit into an overall course. The author, having a unique perspective as both a composition instructor and librarian, reports on her experience having viewed library instruction sessions through both lenses. The author describes lessons learned from her experience along with specific enhancements that she made to her library instruction sessions. While her experience is institution-specific and offers just one perspective, the article addresses how one could apply the lessons learned at other institutions.

Author Biography

Amy Cooper White, Pennsylvania State University

Amy Cooper White is an Instruction Librarian with Library Learning Services, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University.  She also teaches writing classes for the Rhetoric and Composition program at Penn State.

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Published

2016-11-17

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