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Interview Questions for Event Mapping – Library Instruction Lesson Planning
1. Describe step-by-step the process you go through when you’re planning a one-shot instruction
session. What do you do first, second, etc.?
2. What kinds of information do you need in order to prepare a lesson?
3. How do you get that information?
4. What resources do you use to guide your lesson planning? How did you find out about those
resources? Where do you go to access those resources?
5. What are the most important aspects of planning to make sure a class goes well?
6. What are the most difficult things about lesson planning for library instruction?
7. How much time do you usually allow yourself for lesson planning?
8. How much time is ideal for planning a lesson for library instruction?
Research Process Interview – Discussion Questions
1.
Were there any moments in the video that could be turned into actionable results?
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What could you do, change, say, or think based on these observations?
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How could this help you in planning, teaching, providing library services?
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Artifacts of Learning: Charting a Library Ethnographic Study |
LOEX 2014
Selected Bibliography
Bateman, W. L. (1990). Open to question: the art of teaching and learning by inquiry. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 1990.
Bedwell, L., & Banks, C. (2013). Seeing Through the Eyes of Students: Participant Observation in an
Academic Library. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library & Information Practice & Research, 8(1), 117.
Bernard, H. (2011). Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches. Lanham,
MD: AltaMira Press.
Bryant, J. J., Matthews, G. G., & Walton, G. G. (2009). Academic libraries and social and learning space: A
case study of Loughborough university library, UK. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 41(1),
7-18. doi: 10.1177/0961000608099895
Duke, L. M., Asher, A. D. (2012). College Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know. ALA Editions.
Gibbons, S. (2013). Techniques to understand the changing needs of library users. IFLA Journal, 39(2), 162167.
Khoo, M., Rozaklis, L., & Hall, C. (2012). A survey of the use of ethnographic methods in the study of
libraries and library users. Library & Information Science Research, 34(2), 82-91.
Manuel, K., Beck, S., & Molloy, M. (2005). An ethnographic study of attitudes influencing faculty
collaboration in library instruction. The Reference Librarian, (89-90), 139-161.
Marshall, A., Burns, V., & Briden, J. (2007). Know Your Students: Rochester's Two-Year Ethnographic Study
Reveals What Students Do on Campus and How the Library Fits In. Library Journal, 132(18), 26-29.
Wakimoto, D. (2013). Ethnographic Methods are Becoming More Popular in LIS Research. Evidence Based
Library & Information Practice, 8(1), 96-98.
Andrew Asher, Michael Courtney, Carrie Donovan
Indiana University Libraries
Email: asherand@indiana.edu / micourtn@indiana.edu / cdonovan@indiana.edu
Twitter: @aasher / @liboutreach / @carriedonovan