Web-Based Instruction - Softcover

Sharpless Smith, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838910564 ISBN 13: 9780838910566

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2010

Synopsis

Expanding on the popular, practical how-to guide for public, academic, school, and special libraries, technology expert Susan Sharpless Smith offers library instructors the confidence to take Web-based instruction into their own hands. Smith has thoroughly updated Web-Based Instruction: A Guide for Libraries to include new tools and trends, including current browsers, access methods, hardware, and software. She also supplies tips to secure project funding and provides strategic guidance for all types of libraries. This completely revised edition also

• Builds Web instruction advice on a foundation of the latest research in how learning takes place
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  Translates technical Web-speak into plain English, so even nonexperts can make effective use of the Web in their teaching
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  Includes an accompanying Web gallery, providing examples of screen shots and links to exemplary programs
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  Shows instructors best practices for incorporating the Web into teaching

A proven winner, this newly revised hands-on manual remains indispensable. Librarians facing the challenge of creating a Web-based instruction program will find easy-to-understand guidance to deliver a productive and memorable experience.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Sharpless Smith is the Technology Team Leader for Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She has also served as the library's electronic resources librarian and in this capacity managed and authored the reference department Web site and library instruction program. Smith received a master's degree in Educational Technology Leadership at George Washington University where her concentration was on the development of educational Web sites, and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Smith chairs the North Carolina Library Association's Technology and Trends Round Table.

From Library Journal

While many libraries are already using the web effectively as a tool for library instruction and training, this practical guide by an academic librarian and technology team leader at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, is ideal for those libraries that would like to but don't know where to begin. Smith clearly states the goals of each chapter. Starting with an introduction to the concept of web-based instruction, she then discusses the types of web-based library instruction and the designing and development cycle; selecting project development tools, including software and hardware; designing the user interface; using multimedia; introducing interactivity; and evaluation and testing. Smith's book focuses on preproduction, the most important stage of any web project, but it also provides a good overview of web technology in general (even though it's not intended as an HTML guide) and contains useful tips obviously garnered from years of experience. Good "face to face" library instruction will never be replaced, and, as the author states, web-based instruction is not for everyone. However, this method can be used to either enhance traditional library instruction or reach nontraditional audiences, such as those with limited language skills and distance education constituencies. Recommended primarily for academic librarians responsible for bibliographic instruction. Public librarians may also find it useful, and it can serve as supplemental reading in appropriate library science courses. Robert L. Battenfeld, Long Island Univ.
Southampton Coll. Lib., NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0838910564
• ISBN 13: 9780838910566
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 236