Douglas Library Instructional Services
Library staff provide a range of instructional services for faculty. These include:
Course-Related Instruction
Librarians are happy to work with faculty to develop an instructional session for students that is tailored to the objectives of a class assignment. Students learn what resources are available, how to access the digital library, construct searches, evaluate what they find, and cite sources. To request a course-related instruction session, please contact the Head of Library Services.
Tours
Tours of the library also include an orientation to library services. To request a tour, please fill out the online Course-Related Instruction Request.
LIB 101: Library Research Skills
This one-credit course is offered in the library's classroom and as a distance learning course. See the College Catalog for a course description or the Master Course Schedule for course offerings.
Information Literacy
According to the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, information literacy is defined as “the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.”
The following 6 concepts anchor the ACRL framework:
- Authority is Constructed and Contextual
- Information Creation as a Process
- Information has Value
- Research as Inquiry
- Scholarship as Conversation
- Searching as Strategic Exploration
Librarians incorporate these concepts into course-related instruction sessions and LIB 101: Library Research Skills courses. We are happy to collaborate with faculty interested in addressing these concepts in their class assignments.