Chapter 4. Choosing Content-Creation Products

Authors

  • John J. Burke
  • Beth E. Tumbleson

Abstract

Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 52, no. 2) Learning Management Systems: Tools for Embedded Librarianship

Embedded librarians can create course-specific content, such as course guides to library resources, presentations, instructional videos, and interactive tutorials. In addition to creating their own content, librarians may also borrow shared content from other librarians when fitting to an instructional need in the course. Key guidelines for designing online content are provided.

Author Biographies

John J. Burke

John J. Burke is the Director of the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University (Ohio) and holds the rank of Principal Librarian. John is a past president of the Academic Library Association of Ohio and recipient of its Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award, former chair of the Southwest Ohio Council on Higher Education Library Council, and current board member of OhioNET. He holds an M.S. in library science from the University of Tennessee and a B.A. in history from Michigan State University. John has worked in library administration, public services, instruction, collection development, web design, and systems. His scholarship centers on LMS embedded librarianship, makerspaces, and technology for library staff.

Beth E. Tumbleson

Beth E. Tumbleson is Assistant Director of the Gardner-Harvey Library, on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University (Ohio) and holds the rank of Associate Librarian. She earned her M.S. in library science from Simmons School of Library Science and M.A. in church history from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She also earned a B.A. in English and French from Dickinson College. Beth has worked as an academic, high school, and corporate librarian. She has worked in library administration, distance library services, instruction, and collection development. Her scholarship focuses on LMS embedded librarianship and academic integrity.

References

Ruth L. Baker, “Designing LibGuides as Instructional Tools for Critical Thinking and Effective Online Learning,” Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning 8, no. 3–4 (2014): 107–17.

Smore.com, “Research Resources,” Villa Maria College, accessed October 28, 2015, www.villa.edu/academics/library/research-resources.

Christine Forbes, “Free Web-Based Tools for Information Literacy Instruction,” Library Hi Tech News 31, no. 10 (2014): 1–5.

Katie Greer, Amanda Nichols Hess, and Elizabeth W. Kraemer, “The Librarian Leading the Machine: A Reassessment of Library Instruction Methods,” College and Research Libraries preprint, accepted April 2015, anticipated publication date May 1, 2016, http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2015/05/11/crl15-719.full.pdf+html.

Mandi Goodsett, “Creating Interactive Tutorials Using Free Resources: Home,” Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, 2015, http://researchguides.csuohio.edu/interactivetutorials.

Janice (Ginny) Redish, Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content That Works (San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann, 2007).

Downloads

Published

2016-02-18

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 2 (2016): February/March

Section

Chapters