Char Booth. Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators. Chicago, Ill.: American Library Association, 2011. 180p. alk. paper, $60.00 (ISBN 9780838910528). LC 2010-14026

نویسنده

  • Paul Lai
چکیده

management software, both proprietary and open-source. Chapters 8–10 discuss newer developments in access to library materials. Chapter 8 covers the use of social media, especially Facebook, as a means of providing remote access to library materials and whether this would be effective, given copyright restrictions. Chapter 9 discusses mobile technologies such as smartphones, tablets, and netbooks, and the resulting ability to access library materials anywhere, whenever needed. Chapter 10 discusses virtual libraries, with a focus on e-books, the specific technology necessary to read them, and the limitations to their use. Chapter 11 explores the technological problems that remote access can create. It focuses on the technological means of ensuring that only authorized users have access to materials, but it also touches on the problems of resources that cannot be viewed on mobile devices, collections that are difficult to search, and the occasional need to enter multiple passwords to access remote resources from off-campus. Chapter 12 is a summary of the whole book, tying together chapters 1–11 but also surveying the means by which libraries can improve their service to users via remote access to resources and future developments that could make an even greater number of resources accessible to even greater user populations. Fulkerson does not follow the popular conception that increased remotely accessible materials means an end to libraries, rather: " Libraries will not go out of existence, but they will offer more services to their remote users because of improvements in technology. […] The library of [the] 21st century will be a place where users can find the resources they need without having to set foot in the building. " Remote Access Technologies for Library Collections: Tools for Library Users and Managers is easy to read, containing thorough discussions of the issues in short chapters. In addition to the general bibliography, each chapter contains its own list of references , allowing it to stand alone if need be, and it is well-indexed. As higher education in general, and libraries in specific, move forward in pace with technological developments, the demand for remotely accessible materials will only continue to grow; therefore, this book is vital reading not just for librarians who work directly with digital materials, but for academic librarians in all disciplines.—Deborah DeGeorge, University of Michigan. Stepping into the classroom as a teacher can be daunting for the novice and experienced educator alike. To help prepare librarians for …

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • C&RL

دوره 73  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012