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Strategic approaches to teaching and learning development for art and design librarians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2017

Leo Appleton
Affiliation:
Director of Library Services, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK Email: [email protected] (Formerly Associate Director of Library and Academic Support Services, University of the Arts London)
Elizabeth Staddon
Affiliation:
Head of Arts Education, Teaching and Learning Exchange, University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EY, UK Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

At the University of the Arts London (UAL), Library Services and the University's educational development department have collaborated to ensure that teaching and learning development for its librarians is approached strategically and can be linked directly to the institutional teaching, learning and enhancement strategy. In doing so the librarians at UAL are provided with opportunities to develop pedagogic skills and techniques which acknowledge the arts education environment in which they are working and some of the specific differences which need to be considered when teaching art and design students. This paper presents some of the approaches and initiatives that have been deployed to achieve this.

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Research Article
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Copyright © ARLIS/UK&Ireland 2017 

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