Library Instruction & Information Literacy
Planning a Library Session
| Step 1 | What are your students' library research needs and their level of familiarity with library sources? Do you want them to find journal articles? Books? What would you like covered? |
| Step 2 | Contact a librarian of your choice, or the library reference desk to decide time, place and what to cover. |
| Step 3 | Consider assigning 100- or 200- level students
the McIntyre Library TILT tutorial
or the McIntyre Guide. These cover library basics: using indexes
(databases), using the catalog, boolean and relevancy searching,
and evaluation criteria. See Suggestions
for using TILT & TILT
Student Learning Goals. You also might consider assigning a library tour (available only at the beginning of the semester). |
| Step 4 | After the library session, remind students that library research help is available, either at the reference desk, by email, or by appointment with a reference librarian. |
| Step 5 | Feel free to contact the librarian if the students are having difficulty or to provide feedback for the improvement of future classes. Did students learn what you wanted them to during the session? Did they need more or less time in the library? |
