Summary of ILI-L Listserv Discussion on Mini Instruction Sessions

There has been a pretty good discussion going on at the ILI-L listserv for a week or so about mini instruction sessions, which we have also referred to as "one-shot" presentations on this blog. Mary Murray, Instruction Librarian at Juniata College, was nice enough to post a summary of the discussion with lots of great ideas as an easily accessible MSWord document.

Alternative Research Assignments

Here's a nice list of alternative research assignments compiled by a librarian at American River College in Sacramento,CA.

Ideas For Developing Interesting Research Assignments

The following resources may be helpful in developing new ideas for one-shot instruction sessions or creating assignments with faculty:

Ideas for Library Related Assignments
Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound

Ideas for Research Assignments
Library, Spokane Community College

Sample Library Assignments That Meet Information Literacy Goals
Lakeland Community College

Oregon Library Instruction Wiki
Oregon Library Association’s Library Instruction Roundtable