The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Melissa Mallon, Lauren Hays, Cara Bradley, Rhonda Huisman, and Jackie Belanger, eds. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2019. 378p. $76.00 (ISBN 0-8389-4621-3). LC 2019943314.

Abstract

Although there is not one official definition for the scholarship of teaching and learning, a basic definition is that it is the multidisciplinary study of teaching and student learning in specific contexts within higher education. The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, edited by Melissa Mallon, Lauren Hayes, Cara Bradley, Rhonda Huisman, and Jackie Belanger, collects writings from academic librarians in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland on SoTL (as it is abbreviated in the book). The editors have research interests in teaching, learning, instruction design, and assessment, and Mallon has previously written another book on library instruction, The Pivotal Role of Academic Librarians in Digital Learning (2017).