Introduction
See Classes I to XIII and Rowell G, Giustini D. Are constructivist approaches used to teach health librarians effective? a case-study on teaching a course on health librarianship. 2009 CHLA/ABSC Annual Conference 
A theme across LIBR534 is the idea of location - locating yourself, the idea of where health librarians practice in the digital age, finding a way to be a part of the clinical process, situating ourselves in the academic research of our organizations, etc. The idea of location is also linked to our visibility in our profession and within our organizations, our print libraries and the tensions/challenges of marketing ourselves when bricks-and-mortar libraries are not viewed with the same importance as the web, health library consortia and digital access in general.
- Objectives of class I (January 7th):
- LIBR534 2010 - Student Profiles
- To meet & engage with fellow students, instructors, share stories & experiences
- To discuss course format, content, delivery and assessment (assignments)
- To discuss expectations around communication and class participation
- To locate yourselves vis a vis health sciences librarianship
- Students place themselves relative to each other (background, education, interests)
- Discuss personal experiences as consumers or patients in Canada's (or American) health system;
- Share other experiences related to health (providing service as a librarian, GAA or even as a librarian in health area);
- To share observations about the importance of health information in society;
- Questions to consider:
- why are you (we) here? what are our goals?
- why are you taking this course? what are we going to do?
- what kind of education is needed for a career in health librarianship?
- who are health librarians? what motivates us/them? what do we do differently? what role(s) are changing?
- what makes us health librarians? what is it we do as librarians that is indispensible?
- where do we typically practice? how is that changing? ie. location, clientele, 5Ws (who, what, where, when why/how)
- how important is domain knowledge or subject expertise in this branch of librarianship?
- By the time you leave class I you will have:
- met the instructors and your colleagues
- reviewed course outline, goals and objectives of course; discussed overall arc of LIBR534
- reviewed content of LIBR534, instructors' teaching style(s) and expectations of class
- an idea how to communicate via listserv between classes
- created concept map of your context in class, classmates, experiences in librarianship and/or libraries
- Exercises for class I:
- Discuss class/topics you are most interested in/your background
- Create concept/mind map in small groups
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