I have only been at Hamline for about 7 months now, but in
that time I have conducted several tours of the law library for
undergraduates from Hamline and for graduate students from
other area universities. In addition, I have done library tours
in past positions.
My preference is for a type of a hybrid between the
walk-about and the classroom tour. Once I had the occasion
of being able to conduct two sections of the same class
through a library (the class was too big to bring through all at
once), with one being a walk-about and the other a
classroom tour. I found that the classroom group responded
better then the walkabout group did, and the feedback I got
reinforced this impression. The walkaround group felt that it
was too confusing to try and learn the uses of the books
while walking around and standing. It was much better to be
able to sit down and take notes while the books were being
shown.
Since the classrooms I ususally use are within the library, I
can show the students some of the library as well. However,
first I talk to them about legal research from the classroom
perspective. I like to have the books I am talking about
marked with examples that relate to the subject matter of the
class. (I usually talk with the instructor about the class and
what they are studying.)
If I am being very detailed, it is because I will be doing an
orientation tomorrow for a graduate class from another
university. As a result, I am using this e-mail as a way of
reviewing what I am going to do.
Good luck with your bibliographic instruction.
Bryan M. Carson, J.D., M.I.L.S.
Reference/Computer Services Librarian
Hamline University Law Library
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St Paul, Minnesota 55104
612-523-2063
bcarson@gw.hamline.edu
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"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,
or we know where we can find information upon it."
--Samuel Johnson
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All opinions expressed are my own and not my employer's.
All original content (c) 1997 Bryan M. Carson. All rights
reserved.
>>> "Marsha Thomas" <marsha.thomas@law.utah.edu>
06/13/97 03:00pm >>>
This is a question for Academic Law Libraries who have
undergraduate students who use their Law Library for
research.
Do you offer some type of bibliographic instruction on how to
use the
resources? If so, what type of instruction do you use
(classroom,
walk around tour, etc.)?
Is there anything else you do to help lesson the impact on
reference?
(like encouraging professors to give appropriate assignments,
etc.)
Any suggestions will be helpful.
Marsha Thomas
University of Utah College of Law
S.J. Quinney Law Library
marsha.thomas@law.utah.edu
(801) 581-6438
(801) 585-3033
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