Use of Storytelling and Narrative Teaching Methods in Academic Library Instruction

Her research focuses on narrative theory in library instruction. Joanna Szurmak is Research Services and Liaison Librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga Library in Canada. Her research focuses on narrative theory in library instruction. Mindy Thuna is the Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Library in the University of Toronto, Toronto in Canada.

• Part I: The Power of Narrative in Theory 1. Introduction – Telling Stories: Story and Narrative Defined2. Stories R Us: The Evidence from Neuroscience3. Homo narrans: Narrative Theory in Communications and Artificial Intelligence 4. The Story so Far: Narratives in Adult Learning Theory5. An Emerging Synergy: Narrative Techniques and Information Literacy PracticesPart II: The Power of Narrative in Teaching Practice: An Inventory 6. Overview of Narrative Use in Adult Education7. Where the Story Started: Teaching with Narratives in the Humanities8. The Case Study: Narratives in Business and Finance Teaching9. Teaching with Narratives in the Social Sciences10. Teaching with Narratives in Education11. Lab Stories: Teaching with Narratives in the SciencesPart III: The Power of Narrative in Academic Library Instruction 12. Narrative Tools in Academic Library Instruction: A Literature Review13. Going Meta with Literacy Narratives: The Results of Our Research14. ACRL Framework: Narratives of Scholarship, Narratives of Information Literacy15. A Taxonomy of Narrative Uses in Academic Library Instruction16. Narrative Tools in Academic Library Instruction: An Inventory of Practices