Service learning: linking library education and practice

As concern grows over the relevance of a master's degree to the professional work of librarianship, more and more schools will be looking to incorporate service learning into the student experience. Roy brings together authors from the top-tier schools to outline their programs and surrounding efforts and a) provides examples of how to incorporate service learning into library and information science education; b) gives an overview of the history of service-learning; and c) outlines the student, faculty, and field supervisor roles. Service Learning serves as the rare educational resource that will tie professional and formalized education together.

A brief history of service learning in LIS / Lorna Peterson -- Human rights as a framework for reflection in service learning : "para que otro mundo es posible" / Kathleen de la Peña McCook -- Beyond service learning : toward community schools and reflective community learners / Ann Bishop, Bertram C. Bruce, and Sunny Jeong -- Service learning from three perspectives : administrative, faculty, and student / Rae-Anne Montague, Martin Wolske, and Beth Larkee -- Experiential education : the student role and experience / Sara Albert and A. Arro Smith -- The school library media practicum as service education / Johan Koren -- Service learning and international students / Gilok Choi -- Service learning connecting diverse communities and LIS students and faculty / Loriene Roy -- Puentes de la comunidad : exploring the impact of LIS service learning on library services to Latino youth in the Carolinas / Jamie Campbell Naidoo -- Highlights of service learning experiences in selected LIS programs / Sara Albert -- Working from within : critical service learning as core learning in the MLIS curriculum / Clara M. Chu -- Cultural heritage initiatives at the University of Michigan School of Info…