Library Instruction | Hannon Library at Southern Oregon University

Library Instruction | Hannon Library at Southern Oregon University
Library Instruction / Information Literacy
Program Outline for Instructors
The Hannon Library Instruction/Information Literacy Program offers support and integrated course instruction for all classes. The program is designed to meet the needs of freshman, lower division, upper division, and graduate students.
Instruction and Information Literacy Mission Statement
Information Literacy Goals and Proficiencies
The Goals of the Library Instruction / Information Literacy Program are:
To assist students in developing information literacy and critical thinking skills to access and use information resources effectively and ethically.
To instill an awareness of the basic resources and services available though the Hannon Library.
To reduce the anxiety associated with the library and help create a positive attitude in students when using the library.
In order to facilitate these goals, please observe the following guidelines:
Arrange instruction well in advance of intended instruction session
Allow about 10-15 minutes on a day prior to the first instruction session for the librarian to come to the students' classroom for an introductory/assessment pre-session (optional)
All library instruction should be integrated with a specific assignment that the colloquium instructor has prepared in advance. (eg. Find a book, an article, and a web site about your topic)
Instruction may be incorporated into Moodle for instructors using Moodle within their classes
After the initial contact via email, the librarians will be unobtrusive in the design and process of the Colloquium curriculum. Librarians will not attend cohort meetings unless invited by leaders.
Please feel free to contact Dale Vidmar at: 2-6842 or by email at:
vidmar@sou.edu
to arrange instruction sessions, or if you would like assistance or would like to discuss how to structure an assignment around using the library.
For more information or to set up an instruction session, contact
Dale Vidmar
at 2-6842.
The Current Program Offers the Following
Online instruction from the Library's Instruction / Information Literacy Web site to include:
Self-paced Library Instruction for use by colloquium instructors with their students:
Virtual Library
Tour (coming soon!)
10 Tips: A Guide to Using the Hannon Library
Finding
Topics
Finding
Books Using Hannon Library Search
Finding
Magazine and Journal Articles
Finding
Scholarly Journal Articles
Scholarly
vs. Popular Journals
What
is a Good Internet Site?
Web-based support pages for specific assignments.
On-call instruction arranged in advance for individual instructors
seeking assistance with a project requiring library research skills.
10 to 15 minute introductory session in which a librarian goes to
the students' classroom prior to the students' instruction session at
the Library.
Students are introduced to that librarian as a specific resource
person.
Students are also introduced to the Instruction/Information Literacy
Program and how it can assist them.
Librarian asks students some questions to obtain a needs assessment
prior to instruction
The major goal of the introductory session is to reduce anxiety and
encourage contact between students and librarian.
An Internet Research Session to introduce students to the following
web sites:
Hannon Library Web Site
- to help students access library databases and other information.
Internet
Searching Tools
- a guide that lists search tools, metasearch
tools, and subject directories in an evaluated order based on their
interface, versatility, and ease of use. The site is also designed to
help students develop better skills for finding and evaluating information
that is useful and worthwhile.
Internet Instruction should accompany a project that integrates and
makes use of the information without unnecessary busywork. Project should
be designed by the instructor and should be given to the librarian in
advance of an instruction session.
Other Sites for Internet Instruction, including tutorials:
Finding
Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
Web Search
Tutorial by Pandia
BARE
BONES 101: A Web Search Tutorial
Tips
to Effective Internet Searching
Evaluating
Web Resources
Introduction to using Library Resources for students - a one or two
session meeting. Instruction should:
Be arranged in advance by colloquium instructor in coordination
with librarian.
Work in conjunction with an assignment such as:
Find a book, an article, and a Web site about your topic.
Compile a bibliography for your topic
Coincide with a project such as a paper or speech.
Offer students an opportunity to gain some proficiency in library
or information literacy skills.
Meeting with student groups to help with their group project (To be
arranged between instructor and librarian on an as needed basis).
Tours and Instruction session for high schools, middle schools, and
elementary schools. For more information about school visits to the Library,
see the
Policy and Procedures for School
Visits to the Hannon Library