Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2012
Abstract
Developing and sustaining a team of passionate instruction librarians willing to conduct training and go the extra mile is hard to do, especially with limited resource. Successful instructional programmes depend on teamwork and collaboration especially in academic libraries. In this paper the author who is Head of Instructional Services at the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University, will share how this has been done with a team of thirteen, each with different levels of skills and competencies. The first part of the paper will cover some of the new ways information literacy programmes are being delivered at the library. Woven within this description are some of the skills needed to teach effectively. The author then discusses the different techniques used to develop the team such as co-training and training coordination meetings as a platform for communication and sharing. A selection of survey data is presented showing how the instruction librarians are evaluated for trainer preparedness and content delivery. This is useful in identifying intervention strategies and professional development opportunities to address the ‘nature or nurture’ question. An overview of the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment as part of the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications programme is presented in the concluding section of the paper as a possible ‘out-sourced’ training model for the instruction librarians.
Keywords
Information literacy, professional development, academic libraries, Singapore Management University
Discipline
Asian Studies | Human Resources Management | Information Literacy
Publication
The road to information literacy: Librarians as facilitators of learning
Editor
Roisin Gwyer, Ruth Stubbings, Graham Walton
First Page
117
Last Page
132
ISBN
9783110281002
Identifier
10.1515/9783110281002.117
Publisher
De Gruyter Saur
City or Country
Berlin
Citation
MUNOO, Rajendra.
Nature or nurture? Case study perspectives on developing a team of passionate instruction librarians at the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University. (2012). The road to information literacy: Librarians as facilitators of learning. 117-132.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/library_research/223
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110281002.117