The impact of a graduate assistantship and optional courses on becoming a teaching librarian

Abstract

This reflective chapter discusses the impact hands-on practice and optional coursework had on an academic librarian's preparedness to teach information literacy. The chapter is published within Training Library Instructors Volume 1, A Guide to Training Graduate Students. According to the publisher, "Training Library Instructors collects examples of how we train our colleagues to teach, whether they’re student workers, non-librarian staff, new or experienced librarians, or something else entirely. Volume 1, A Guide to Training Graduate Students, focuses on teacher training for graduate students in LIS programs and in academic libraries. It presents existing literature and theories, approaches to teaching library school students to teach, and critical reflections from librarians about their varied experiences receiving teacher training."