Information Specialist in the Public Library Community

1. Read the setting described on the following pages.

2. Analyze the setting according to the steps listed for it. (Maximum value = 20 points, as described below)

Description 4 points
Argument/rationale 4
Key considerations 4
Components 4
Steps 4

Points will be awarded on the basis of the instructor’s judgment of the quality of each section as indicated on the following pages.

3. Post a 3-4 page analysis (maximum = 4 pp. of text; you may add an extra page for references) by midnight Sunday, July 21. It should be written as a discussion guide you’d use to present your ideas to whoever has to authorize the program. Please create it in a Word document, double spaced, in 12-point type, and with 1” margins all around.

Note: You are not required to write a reflection about the following readings.
However, these as well as all the others you’ve read and discussed during the
past three weeks will be useful as you prepare your “Learning Context” CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
assignment:

Textbook Chapters 13 & 14

Available through the class Electronic Reserves:

Head, A. J., & Eisenberg, M. E. (2010). How today’s college students use Wikipedia for
course-related research. First Monday, 15(3).

Kuhlthau, Carol C. (2004). Information Search Process in the workplace. In Seeking
Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services: 165-188.

VanDeusen, J. D. (1996). The school library media specialist as a member of the teaching
team: “Insider” and “outsider.” Journal of Curriculum and Supervision 11(3): 249-258.

Setting: The Information Specialist in the Public Library Community

Background: Public libraries have become increasingly important as community learning spaces. Instruction in information access and use is often delivered through scheduled workshops designed for groups of various ages. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!

Task: As an experienced reference librarian in your library branch, you want to develop an exemplary information literacy program for the branch. You must explain the content and context for the program to the branch’s advisory committee.

Audience: The branch’s director, other key staff, and community members on the committee

Purpose: To alert your audience to the potential of your program for enhancing patrons’ information literacy satisfaction with the library’s services. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!

Procedure:

1. Describe the general context of your site—its administrative structure, instructional level, stakeholders, resources, etc. State the target group (e.g., children, senior citizens) for your program.
2. Create an argument for the importance of the program you plan to offer and for your role as its leader. (Remember that you are arguing for a general program related to information literacy; you are not creating a lesson.)
3. Describe the key background considerations you must address in planning the program (i.e., learner analysis, setting, goal and objectives, evaluation). Note that you do not have to complete these tasks, only describe how you would plan to do so. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
4. Delineate the components of the program you plan to offer (i.e., the specific concepts and skills you will teach). Choose a few key concepts; don’t try to fit everything into your program at once.
5. List and explain the logistical and/or procedural steps you will take to get the program in place.

Setting 4: The Information Specialist in the Workplace

Background: The private sector has become increasingly interested in providing employees training in information access and use. Instruction is often delivered through scheduled workshops and targeted to specific work groups.

Task: As the head librarian for your company or firm, you want to develop an exemplary information literacy program you for the organization. You must explain to top management the content and context for your program.

Audience: The CEO, vice presidents, department heads, senior partners, or other group that is representative of the top management in a workplace setting of your choice

Purpose: To alert your audience to the potential of your program for enhancing employees’ information literacy and effectiveness in solving information problems for the organization.

Procedure:

1. Describe your context—its administrative structure, instructional level, stakeholders, resources, etc. State the type of workplace (e.g., financial house, law firm, manufacturing company, etc.) and the target group (e.g., research staff, midlevel managers, junior attorneys) for your program.
2. Create an argument for the importance of the program you plan to offer and for your role as its leader. (Remember that you are arguing for a general program related to information literacy; you are not creating a lesson.)
3. Describe the key background considerations you must address in planning the program (i.e., learner analysis, setting, goal and objectives, evaluation). Note that you do not have to complete these tasks, only describe how you would plan to do so.
4. Delineate the components of the program you plan to offer (i.e., the specific concepts and skills you will teach). Choose a few key concepts; don’t try to fit everything into your program at once.
5. List and explain the logistical and/or procedural steps you will take to get the program in place. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!