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Teaching Reference Interview Skills with Improv

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2022
This study explores the use of improv guidelines and exercises to explore best practices for the provision of reference services. Existing literature indicates that improv skills have applications in many areas of life, are being used in the higher education classroom, and are being used in libraries.
Emily Vardell
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Interpersonal Skills in the Reference Workplace

Reference Librarian, 2004
SUMMARY Reference librarians are expected to interact effectively with a variety of clientele and are taught skills such as approachability, showing interest, and verbal and non-verbal cues. Librarians who have a knack for interpersonal skills do very well both at the reference desk and interacting with their co-workers.
Lorraine J Pellack
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Knowledge and Skills for Reading Reference Maps

2021
With the triangular-plot graphic to discuss various types of maps, and the three-set Venn model for various literacies, the knowledge and skills involved in map reading and interpretation can be explored systematically. This chapter focuses on the left side of the triangle. Specific map literacy (ML), quantitative literacy (QL), and geographic literacy
Ming Xie, Steven Reader, H. L. Vacher
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The Reference Information Skills Game

1995
This simple new approach to teaching information skills takes students beyond mere fact-finding to designing and recording search strategies. Structured as a game-with search maps, award badges, and search strategy suggestions-the activities help students acquire and sharpen reference, information retrieval, and problem-solving skills on a daily basis.
Myram Forney Tunnicliff, Susan Sheldon Soenen   +1 more
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Reference Skills for the School Librarian

2019
Designed for courses that prepare LIS students for school librarianship, this title teaches basic reference processes, sources, services, and skills and provides authentic school library reference scenarios and exercises. This fourth edition ofReference Skills for the School Librarian: Tools and Tipsacknowledges the vital importance of ...
Ann Riedling, Cynthia Houston
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Reference Skills for the School Librarian

2013
This book is a user-friendly guide for K–12 librarians, teachers, and school library media specialists that covers all major areas in reference, from the reference interview to encyclopedias and dictionaries. Like the previous editions of this successful title,Reference Skills for the School Librarian: Tools and Tips, Third Editionprovides essential ...
Ann Marlow Riedling, Loretta Shake, Cynthia Houston   +2 more
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Importance of Study Skills and Reference Skills for English Language Students

Journal of English Language Teaching, 2019
The main objective of teaching English language is to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills among the learners. Each skill is important for a language learner. Listening and reading are considered ‘passive skills’, whereas speaking and writing are considered ‘active skills’. The two important skills to develop writing skills are study
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A digital workshop in reference to critical thinking skills

2023
Esta investigación acción de tipo cualitativo brinda una descripción de lo que un taller digital reveló en referencia con habilidades de pensamiento crítico en estudiantes de noveno grado de un colegio público de Bogotá, Colombia. Los artefactos de los estudiantes como resultado del taller digital, las notas del profesor y la entrevista focal fueron ...
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‘Predictor skill’ study supports see, treat and refer

Emergency Nurse, 2003
Emergency nurses can predict the destination outcome of almost 85 per cent of patients brought into A&E, research has shown.
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Behavioral Referents for Molar Ratings of Heterosocial Skill

Psychological Reports, 1982
A linear modeling technique was used to identify valid behavioral referents of molar heterosocial skill ratings in both men and women. Videotapes of the heterosocial interactions of 30 men and 30 women representing a wide range of skill were shown to untrained peers who made molar heterosocial skill ratings and supplied lists of the behavioral cues ...
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