{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-in-the-academic-library-storytelling-skills-for-librarians-paperback","title":"Once Upon a Time in the Academic Library: Storytelling Skills for Librarians - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Barefoot\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSara Parme\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElin Woods\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt could be argued that to tell stories is to be human. Storytelling evolved alongside us to provide entertainment via literature, plays, and visual arts. It helps shape society through parables, moral tales, and religion. Storytelling plays a role in business, law, medicine, and education in modern society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Academic librarians can apply storytelling in the same way that teachers, entertainers, lawyers, and businesspeople have done for centuries, as education within information literacy instruction and as communication in the areas of reference, outreach, management, assessment, and more. \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time in the Academic Library \u003c\/i\u003eexplores applications of storytelling across academic librarianship in three sections: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Information Literacy Classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Stacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysical and Virtual Library Spaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A thorough introduction discusses the historical and theoretical roots of storytelling, as well as the mechanics and social justice applications. Chapter authors demonstrate using storytelling to share diverse viewpoints that connect with their users, and each chapter contains practical examples of how storytelling can be used within the library and cultural considerations for the audience. The first section focuses on storytelling as a pedagogical tool; the others include examples of how storytelling has been used as a communication method in sharing and developing collections, at service points, and in online spaces. \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time in the Academic Library \u003c\/i\u003ecan provide ideas and inspiration for incorporating storytelling into your teaching and communication, and inspire you to invent new ways of using it in your work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eR. Barefoot\u003c\/b\u003e is the online learning librarian at the University of Delaware. She became interested in the connection between storytelling and learning while pursuing her master of education degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has previously published in \u003ci\u003eReference Services Review, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Library Assessment Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eParme\u003c\/b\u003e, MLIS, MBA, is the Project Director for the Appalachian College Association's Open and Affordable Resources Initiative and the Grants Coordinator of PA GOAL, Pennsylvania's open and affordable grants program. After working in academic libraries for nine years, thanks to the mentors and some wonderful people she's met along the way, her professional interests are virtual community building, project management, and not reinventing the wheel. She's always found the open and affordable community to be where the nice people are, and her professional aim is to surround herself with as many nice people as possible. In her previous job evaluations, she's often described as \"informal\" and \"enthusiastic,\" two characteristics she's chosen to embrace as strengths when meeting new people and challenges. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Administration and Leadership Studies. Her dissertation focuses on status and incivility among academic library employees. She's a productivity geek and can have lengthy conversations about planners and focus apps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElin Woods\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent researcher previously holding librarian posts at Saint Francis University and most recently at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania as a student success librarian. Her slightly unconventional path to libraries included time spent working at a newspaper and planning events before pursuing her MLIS from Clarion University. Since then, she has worked in both public and academic libraries, believing that they both have something to learn from one another. Her favorite way to tell stories is in the form of food, as she especially loves baking her way through historical Welsh and northern English cookbooks and the recipes she has from her grandmothers. When she's not whipping up something in the kitchen, you can find her exploring Appalachia or on the hunt for the perfect red lipstick. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461965693106,"sku":"9780838938607","price":100.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9d3c16cb9a09dc0c330369c8e1347330.webp?v=1778959716","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/once-upon-a-time-in-the-academic-library-storytelling-skills-for-librarians-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}