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round table of the
Wisconsin Library Association
4610 South Biltmore Lane, Suite 100
Madison, Wisconsin 53718
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What is User Education?
Also known as:
Library Orientation
Bibliographic Instruction
Training
Library Instruction
Information Literacy
If you...
- give library orientation
tours
- teach workshops at your
library
- teach library research
skills
- instruct a class of students
or a group of users on using library resources
- are involved in curriculum
planning for information retrieval skills
- create tutorials or use
other instructional technologies to teach library research skills
...YOU are involved
in user education and should consider joining LUERT!
What Does LUERT
Do?
- Provides a forum
for all Wisconsin librarians interested in user education.
- Assists libraries
in developing a philosophy behind user education services.
- Advances library
instruction in all types of libraries for all users.
- Initiates or sponsors
knowledge and understanding of user education activities.
- Explores the application
and impact of new technology on user education services.
- Promotes the awareness
of the role of user education services.
- Cooperates with
other Wisconsin Library Association
(WLA) sections, divisions and round tables in planning and implementing
user education services.
Reasons You Should Join
LUERT:
- To help shape the library user education programs offered at WLA conferences,
including the general fall conference and annual division conferences.
- To learn from each other how we educate our users, across library
types.
- To help shape library user education services, such as information
literacy initiatives.
Who Can Join LUERT?
- LUERT membership is open to any WLA member. As a new or renewing member,
you can choose it as one of the two sections/round tables included with
your dues or you may add it as an additional section for only $5.
How Can You Join?
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