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Library Instruction

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Contact and staff information: Information about the Library Instruction Team faculty members
Partner programs: Descriptions of over 15 WSU programs that collaborate with the Library Instruction Team
Directions to Team office: Direction to the Library Instruction Office.

Information Literacy Education (ILE): The Information Literacy Education (ILE) Learning Environment is a flexible online learning space designed to deliver information literacy instruction targeted to the needs of specific research assignments.
Definitions, theoretical background, and program outcomes: Definitions of information literacy; information literacy advancement from national, state, and WSU organizations
Tutorials and Guides: Containing over 50 online tutorials including online tours of Pullman campus libraries and the resources/services available, how to use databases, and information literacy topics
Creating effective library assignments: General principles and guidelines for successful library assignments, suggestions for basic assignment structures

Schedule a class: Schedule a library instruction session, a library orientation or tour, reserve a room for a library related meeting
Assignment alert form: Form designed to give librarians advance notice of library assignments and student resource needs
Classroom descriptions and guidelines: Classroom usage guidlines; equipment, space, and furniture specifications for the five Pullman campus library instruction classrooms
Schedule a student-led tour: Schedule a 15-20 minute student-led tour of the Holland and Terrell Libraries

Credit-bearing course offerings

Accessing Information for Research (UCOLL 300): Course description, links to past and current syllabi, key WSU Libraries guides and resources

Instruction partner programs

Pathways to Academic Success Seminar (UCOLL 104): About PASS, past and current librarian contacts and key WSU Libraries guides and resources
English Composition (Engl 101): About English Composition, key WSU Libraries guides and resources for English Composition classes
World Civilizations (GenEd 110, 111): About World Civilizations, key WSU Libraries guides and resources for World Civilizations classes

An overview of our services and resources: Instruction librarians teach instructional sessions, collaborate to design curriculum, give general tours and orientations, and more
Services for Distance Learners: Special policies, resources, learning aids, and course-specific materials for distance students
Library Instruction Update: A regular series of presentations covering information literacy issues, open to the entire WSU community
Classes on Demand: Hand-on instructional sessions for the WSU community, everything from creating webpages to using article indexes and databases
Subject Resources: Subject guides featuring the best library resources for every discipline, and contact information for subject specialists
Subject Specialists: Subject specialists work with departmental faculty, staff and students to understand and support the research and information needs of the academic unit, support instruction, and provide referrals to the many services offered by the WSU Libraries
Library Instruction Evaluation System: Have students evaluate library instruction sessions and view the results
Library In Your Room: Facilitates the access of library electronic resources from any convenient location

Most of the over 40 public services librarians at Washington State University provide library instruction to campus faculty, students, and staff. Librarians who are subject specialists and departmental liaisons offer instruction in their respective subject areas. Some librarians also teach the Libraries' Accessing Information for Research (UCOLL 300) course, and in collaboration with the Freshman Focus, Pathways to Academic Success Seminar and/or English Composition programs.

Many librarians form the Library Instruction Team and have primary responsibility for the Library Instruction Program at WSU Pullman. Each of these librarians are ready to help meet your library instruction needs, including individual consultation sessions:

Corey Johnson Head of Library Instruction		Lara Cummings Instruction Librarian
Jane Scales Distance Learning Librarian		Steve Borrelli Instruction Design Librarian
Betty Galbraith Library Instruction Coordinator for Science and Engineering		Zinthia Bricero-Rosales Research Services and Systems Librarian
Gabriella Reznowski Humanity/Languages & Cultures Libarian		Erica Nicol Humanity/Social Science Reference Librarian
Christy Zlatos Librarian & Reference Coordinator		Marilyn Von Seggern Government Documents Librarian
Lorena O'English Social Science Reference & Instruction Librarian

We serve a variety of programs, faculty, and students at different levels of scholarship. Our mission is to teach library users how to access, retrieve, evaluate, use and enjoy information sources in the creation of new knowledge. As academic communities confront the information age, library instruction at Washington State University aims to be responsive to cultural, technological and curricular change in the University, and to the variant skills and comfort levels of the University's library users. In all of these endeavors, librarians model the pursuit of knowledge and impart skills and enthusiasm for learning through excellent teaching. Library faculty collaborate with University faculty and campus partner programs in this mission.