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Book SynopsisInstruction coordinators & directors in academic libraries may have a variety of titles and wear an entire wardrobe’s worth of hats, but we face many of the same challenges in developing, promoting, and evaluating our instruction programs.
Trade Review'The goal of this book is to provide a roadmap for the successful development and maintenance of a library’s teaching and learning program.' The author recognizes the need to take institutional context into account, so is careful to identify a range of alternatives rather than prescribe a particular approach. As noted in the Conclusion: 'While an instruction program can take many different shapes and sizes (from formal to informal and from small to large), it is a crucial and necessary component for positioning the library as a comprehensive and integral leader of teaching and learning on campus.' The Appendix 'An Instruction Coordinator’s Bookshelf ' provides helpful guidance for further study of library instruction, teaching and learning beyond libraries, and keeping up with higher education. The book should be useful to instruction coordinators seeking to enhance their effectiveness in various facets of their role (e.g., creating a culture of teaching and learning in the library, advocating for an instruction program, assessing an instruction program) as well as helping to better equip those who aspire to fill such roles in the future. -- Linda C. Smith, Professor Emerita, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois
Melissa Mallon's book examines an instruction program as a whole and explores issues librarians face while leading instruction programs. It addresses a gap in the scholarly literature on coordinating library instruction programs and is a must-read for librarians who direct instruction programs. I wish that Partners in Teaching and Learning had been published during the time that I served as Coordinator of Library Instruction. It would have made my life a lot easier! -- Camille McCutcheon, Coordinator for Administrative Services and Collection Development, University of South Carolina Upstate
