Meredith Powers, Laura Costello

Broschiertes Buch

Reaching Diverse Audiences with Virtual Reference and Instruction

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Beschreibung

Reaching Diverse Audiences with Virtual Reference and Instruction features practical advice for teaching and serving diverse audiences using a mix of new technologies and old-school librarianship. The guidebook aims to provide a range of options that can be adapted for your community's needs.

Autor

Meredith Powers is a reference and instruction librarian at York College, part of the City University of New York and one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world. Previously she worked in young adult services at Brooklyn Public Library, where she developed programs, taught technology workshops, and provided library services for incarcerated populations. She received her MS in Library & Information Science from Pratt Institute, where she focused on user experience and information experience design. She specializes in information literacy, young adult services, and online library resources and services. Laura Costello is the virtual reference librarian at Rutgers University. She formerly served as the head of research and emerging technologies at Stony Brook University Libraries and as the head of library materials and acquisitions at EdLab at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her MLIS from the University of Wisconsin and BA in English literature from the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include emerging technologies in content and service, education technology, and designing digital and physical library learning spaces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 271g
• ISBN-13: 9781538116890
• ISBN-10: 1538116898
• Artikelnr.: 54812291