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VIRTUAL LIBRARIAN

VIRTUAL LIBRARIAN. Information Literacy Skills for ESL Students . What is an Embedded or Virtual Librarian?.

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VIRTUAL LIBRARIAN

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  1. VIRTUAL LIBRARIAN Information Literacy Skills for ESL Students

  2. What is an Embedded or Virtual Librarian? • “Embedded librarianship involves the delivery of highly customized and highly valued information and knowledge services to a customer group with well-defined needs” (Shumaker, D., 2010).

  3. Objectives of the Virtual Librarian • Outreach to students • Promote Information Literacy • Create online teaching and learning environment (Angel LMS) • Collaboration with EAP Faculty

  4. Benefits of the Virtual Librarian • Guide students through the research process • Post content to explain research process • Improve and evaluate students’ research skill in collaboration with faculty

  5. EAP1520 Virtual Librarian

  6. Ask A Librarian

  7. Ask A Librarian

  8. Tutorials

  9. Research Guide

  10. Assessments

  11. What is a Library Database?Assessment

  12. What is a Library Database? Assessment Results

  13. Challenges • Students e-mail questions instead of posting in the discussion forum • Librarian/Faculty need to remind students to complete assessments • Collaboration with willing faculty

  14. Conclusion • Virtual Librarian facilitates interdisciplinary learning • Instructor and librarian partnership in course-specific endeavors help students develop 21st century (information literacy) skills Selected Learning Outcomes of MDC Communicate effectively using listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Formulate strategies to locate, evaluate, and apply information. Demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultures, including global and historical perspectives. Use computer and emerging technologies effectively.

  15. Literature Review • Dewey, Barbara I.. "The Embedded Librarian: Strategic Campus Collaborations." Resource Sharing and Information Networks 17.1/2 (2004): 5-17. Library Lit & Inf Full Text. Web. 27 Sep. 2011. • Freiburger, Gary, and Sandra Kramer. "Embedded librarians: one library's model for decentralized service." Journal of the Medical Library Association 97.2 (2009): 139-142. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. • Hearn, Michael R.. "Embedding a librarian in the classroom: an intensive information literacy model." Reference Services Review 33.2 (2005): 219-27. Library Lit & Inf Full Text. Web. 28 Sep. 2011. • Hui-fang, Shang. "Content-Base Instruction in the EFL Literature Curriculum." henshu2dworld. WordPress.com, 25Dec, 2010. Web. 28 Sep. 2011. • Macdonald, Katrina. "ESL Library Skills: an information literacy program for adults with low levels of English literacy." Australian Library Journal 57.3 (2008): 295-309. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. • Prucha, Christina, Mary Stout, and Lisa Jurkowitz. "Information Literacy Program Development for ESL Classes in a Community College." Community & Junior College Libraries 13.4 (2005): 17-39. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. • Ramsay, Karen M., and Jim Kinnie. "The Embedded Librarian." Library Journal (1976) 131.6 (2006): 34-5. Library Lit & Inf Full Text. Web. 28 Sep. 2011.

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