Library Support for Faculty: Information Literacy

Faculty Librarian Collaboration

With the vast array of growing information each year, it has become vital that students develop comprehensive information literacy skills in order to become lifelong learners.  This is where Trexler Librarians can aid you in educating your students.

Trexler Librarians welcome the opportunity to collaborate with our faculty to incorporate information literacy skills into their existing courses.  We work with students in exploring library resources, developing search strategies, and thinking critically about how to approach information.  This can take the form of one or more instruction sessions, developing class assignments, or team teaching.

Information literacy sessions are most effective when scheduled to coordinate with students beginning to work on an assignment.

What can librarians teach your students?

• Developing a topic for their paper or project
• Evaluating information for credibility, including websites and other online sources
• Using databases effectively
• Developing search strategies and using specialized functions
• Keyword searching vs. subject searching
• Expert Google searching - using both Google Scholar and Google web searches
• Finding background information through library resources
• The information cycle, including the peer review process
• Citing sources & citation formatting
• Recognizing and avoiding plagiarism

How do I schedule an Information Literacy Session for my class?

Contact  the Instruction Services Coordinator, Kathleen Zamietra, about incoporating information literacy skills in your course.

Librarians can:

• Visit your class in person
• Visit a synchronous class virtually
• Offer an attendance-optional virtual library session for students in an asynchronous class, with a recording to post for students who cannot attend
• Create stand-alone recording for an asynchronous class
• Direct you to existing video and interactive tutorials for class enrichment or assignments