Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Conference Strand
Ethics in Information
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 212
Relevance
N/A
Proposal
See presentation description.
Short Description
Realizing traditional, guided library tours are not particularly helpful or interesting for students, librarians at Auburn University developed the “Ethnographers for an Hour” library discovery tour. This library session offers students a hands-on exploration of the physical layout of the library and library services. Students are divided into teams, given a blank map of the floor they are assigned to investigate, and given time to explore before coming back together to report their findings to the class as a whole. This presentation will describe the “Ethnographers for an Hour” library session, how we present it to students, and what students learn from the activity.
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Carter, Toni, "Turning Students into Ethnographers: A Library Discovery Tour" (2011). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 19.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2011/2011/19
Turning Students into Ethnographers: A Library Discovery Tour
Room 212
See presentation description.
