Once Upon a Time: Storytelling and its Place in the Teaching of Reference.
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| Title: | Once Upon a Time: Storytelling and its Place in the Teaching of Reference. |
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| Authors: | Roy, Loriene1 (AUTHOR) loriene@ischool.utexas.edu |
| Source: | Reference Librarian. Jul-Sep2016, Vol. 57 Issue 3, p242-246. 5p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Reference librarians, *Library reference services, *Storytelling, Reference interviews (Library science), Privacy |
| Abstract: | The article examines the potential of using stories of reference encounters and narratives in reference classes. It shares 4 stories the author previously used in classes as examples of key concepts or practices and are stories on how to open the reference interview, how to respect a patron's privacy and how to arrive at a patron's true question. These vignettes of stories include assessing whether the patron needs assistance and how to respond in like in respecting privacy. |
| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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| Abstract: | The article examines the potential of using stories of reference encounters and narratives in reference classes. It shares 4 stories the author previously used in classes as examples of key concepts or practices and are stories on how to open the reference interview, how to respect a patron's privacy and how to arrive at a patron's true question. These vignettes of stories include assessing whether the patron needs assistance and how to respond in like in respecting privacy. |
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| ISSN: | 02763877 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02763877.2016.1129250 |
