Instruction Column debuts in MLA News - February 2011

[Ms. VAbooklover]

Good Afternoon Libraries in the Curriculum SIG,
I hope this email finds you in good health and spirits as you prepare
the holiday season in your respective cities. In an effort to spread
some holiday cheer, the LIC SIG Conveners wanted to share some
exciting news that will affect the SIG in 2011! Beginning with the
February 2011 issue, MLA News will feature an Instruction column that
will run on a bi-monthly basis.

While Donna O’Malley and I will serve as the column co-editors, we
need your support to turn the column into an informative and engaging
addition to MLA News.

So if you have a topic you want to feature or are doing something cool
in your instruction program that you want to share with the rest of us
this is definitely the opportunity for you. In addition, a bylined
contribution to MLA News is worth 1 AHIP point.

All interested participants should send your idea to Shannon
(sdj...@vcu.edu) or Donna (donna....@uvm.edu).

Potential article topics include but are not limited to:

* Teaching with technology
* Strategies for embedding your library instruction in the
curriculum
* Librarian/faculty partnerships in instruction
* Tips for managing an instruction program
* Large group instruction
* Asynchronous instruction
* Using social media tools in instruction
* Evaluating instruction
* Classroom Assessment techniques
* Instruction for different groups, not necessarily curriculum
based: nurses, researchers, preceptors, etc.
* Marketing and promoting instructional opportunities

All suggestions are welcomed!

Libraries in the Curriculum SIG Conveners
Shannon D. Jones, Associate Director, Research and Education, Tompkins-
McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, VCU Libraries, sdj...@vcu.edu

Donna O’Malley, Library Associate Professor, Dana Medical Library,
University of Vermont, donna....@uvm.edu