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Library Instructional Services

This guide will provide information on the Library's Instructional Services Team, examples of collaborations with faculty, and how to partner with the team.

Instructional Services

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MISSION

The Instructional Services Team at the Pace University Library is here to help members of the Pace community acquire information literacy skills and become critical thinkers who are able to identify, retrieve, and evaluate information for use in academic and creative pursuits as well as for lifelong learning.

How do we accomplish this?

  • Work with faculty to discuss methods of incorporating information literacy and research skills into their courses
  • Design a wide-range of outcomes and instructional experiences based on course disciplines and goals
  • Perform in-class instruction, live or asynchronous, to engage with students and meet learning goals
  • Provide resources such as slideshows, guides, tutorials, and online activities for the development of information literacy, research skills, and critical or creative thinking around information
  • Support the overall learning goals of Pace University

Instruction Options: 

  • Research Instruction Sessions In Person or on Zoom
  • Librarian role in Classes LMS (librarian provides additional support to students via Discussion Board or individual conversations)
  • Asynchronous Material Creation & Assessment
  • Library Orientations, UNV 101 Sessions, and custom workshops
  • One-on-One Consultations (In-person or Online)
  • Research Guide Creation

How to use this guide:

  • Faculty can use this guide to learn about how our department can collaborate to create valuable information literacy experiences for their classes.
  • Navigate the tabs on the left to view our instruction goals, modes of instruction and examples of our work. 
  • Request instruction using the forms linked on the "How to Request Research Instruction" page. 

What Faculty & Students Have to Say About Library Instruction

"The workshop was put together in a coherent way and was very smooth and easy to follow. This made working through it very comfortable and stress-free."
"I always found the Pace databases a bit hard to navigate, but I feel a lot more confident about utilizing them now!"
"[Your] interactive finding visual culture workshop using Padlet worked really well in all three of my classes. [The] video showing students how to search for historical context was equally as impressive."
"[The worksheet] helped me to navigate the library website and find tons of articles, journals, and newspapers I may need...I will take what I learned and use it to complete other research assignments I have in the future! The librarian was very informative! Thank you for this opportunity!"
"Thank you so much for this. I had one on one meetings with all the students this week and more than a few mentioned how helpful this was. I appreciate your time and efforts here. This is my first year at Pace and I’m blown away really about how engaged and helpful you are to our students."
"Thank you for a very thorough, interesting, and informative presentation. The students really appreciated your guidance as they begin to develop their final papers. I will pass along the handout to them (as well as your e-mail address).
"I was really able to stay engaged with the videos and interactive slides. It helped me in developing a better understanding of keywords and phrases to guide my research."
“Just wanted to thank you again for the super job you did in directing my students on their project. They were really impressed by how much you had researched before you came to the class. Personally, I think the information and direction you provided was amazing. Now I am expecting big things from them! Thanks again!”