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Advocating for students through encouragement: Communication on a human level

Author(s) -

Toccara D. Porter

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

college and research libraries news

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 2150-6698

pISSN - 0099-0086

DOI - 10.5860/crln.80.9.528

Subject(s) - honesty , information literacy , psychology , library instruction , literacy , pedagogy , mathematics education , social psychology

Don’t give up.” “You’ve got this!” The manner in which we communicate with students is not always measurable when assessing a librarian’s performance. Nevertheless, honesty and encouragement factor into how I communicate with students during library instruction. This essay details an approach that I have used in eight years of teaching information literacy sessions to advocate for and talk with students on a human level.

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