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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.

Goals & Objectives

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Goals and Objectives of Instruction:

  • Introduce students to the tools, resources and research skills necessary to complete course assignments and non-course related research and creative work.
  • Promote critical thinking as well as the ethical use of information.
  • Increase collaboration with both faculty and librarians to design and enhance instructional activities that maximize available resources.
  • Continually assess and evaluate instructional programs in order to measure student learning outcomes and student satisfaction.
  • Keep programs current with changing curricular needs and emerging and evolving technologies, including distance education programs.

Are students overconfident in their research skills?

Library research shows that students, especially undergraduates, have a marked overconfidence in their research skills. While faculty may expect that students have acquired research skills from high school and some college courses, this may not be the case. Library instruction can help students acquire or practice research skills and apply them directly to their current assignment. 

"Statistical analysis showed that students displayed marked overconfidence on both tools, signifying a need for increased library and metacognitive skill instruction. A general knowledge survey was created for comparison purposes. Statistical analysis showed that students displayed marked overconfidence on both tools, signifying a need for increased library and metacognitive skill instruction." (Angell & Kose, 2016)

ACRL Framework

ACRL Framework: 

Our Mission, Goals, and Objectives are guided by the Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Learn more about how these Frames are applied to disciplinary instruction in the tabs on the left. 

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The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and the Six Major Frames. From: Burress, T., Clark, M., Hernandez, S., & Myhill, N. (2015, June). Wikipedia: Teaching Metaliteracy in the Digital Landscape [poster]. Presented at the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, San Francisco.