Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Chapter 1: What is active learning?


Introduction
What is active learning?
Importance of active learning in library teaching

Chapter 2: Active learning tips


Starting and finishing the session
In the middle
The model literature review
Mobile phones and other gadgets
Web 2.0
Inductions

Chapter 3: Lesson plans


Citation searching and impact factors
Current awareness made easy
Evaluating web resources
The information cycle
Referencing and plagiarism
Search smarter, search faster
Types of information resources
What can the library do for you?

Index

About the Author

Andrew Walsh is a Chartered librarian at the University of Huddersfield. He chairs the information skills teaching group at the University of Huddersfield library and regularly gives talks at conferences across the UK, particularly in relation to information literacy and its teaching. Padma Inala is a Chartered librarian at Manchester Metropolitan University supporting the field of education. Her research interests include Information Literacy and the teaching of information skills.