"I want you to know how useful these publications have been for me. I have used all of them many times and it's great not having to reinvent the wheel every time I'm asked to do something new."

Laurie Hathman
Rockhurst University

Students benefit from active learning!

That's the simple premise behind Library Instruction Publications and the Active Learning Series: provide creative, high quality lesson plans – designed and field tested by librarians – that emhpasize experiential learning and help students build essential research skills and techniques. Each book comes with a disk containing the handouts, worksheets and other materials from the lesson plans; these can be adapted or used as is.

New and Forthcoming

Available now to order... Teaching Non-Traditional Learners: Tools for Creative Instruction
Active Learning Series, no. 9
Unlike previous collections of lesson plans that focus on particular library skill building and information literacy exercises, this collection focuses on specific instructional techniques and pedagogical needs of non-traditional students and patrons. Non-traditional library users include: returning adults, older adults, non-native English speakers, international students, first generation students, and racial and ethnic minorities.

Lesson plans incorporate creative teaching approaches for a variety of skill building exercises including learning basic computer skills, locating books, preventing plagiarism, citing sources, creating keyword maps, evaluating sources, identifying elements of a citation, and using online learning environments.

Lessons are appropriate for any group of students where traditional instructional approaches might not be suitable or for librarians seeking more creative teaching strategies. Similar to other books in this series, the book is spiral bound for easier use and includes a CD of additional materials and handouts that may be freely used by anyone.

Visit our blog on Wordpress:
http://libraryinstructionpubs.wordpress.com/

Please support independent publishing –
order directly from Library Instruction Publications.