Feinberg Library Instruction Session Guidelines for Faculty

Feinberg Library Instruction Sessions Guidelines for Faculty

Attend the session.
Thoroughly explain to students the requirements of the assignment for which the librarian is providing library instruction.
Schedule a session to be held with a librarian after the assignment requirements have been discussed with the students, but prior to the assignment due date.
Communicate your content expectations to the librarian well before the session.
Encourage students’ preparedness for the session, including formulating and testing research questions and/or research strategies prior to the session and noting difficulties encountered during the research process.
When applicable, provide the librarian prior to the session with specific examples of research difficulties students are encountering in the course of the assignment.
Fill out the online Faculty session evaluation.
If asked, distribute, collect, and send back the student session evaluations.

Request a copy of the syllabus and/or assignment from the professor at the start of the scheduling process if the professor has not sent the documents along with the session request.
Consult with instructors about assignment specifics and the instructors’ desired content well in advance of the scheduled session.
Communicate with the professor to establish the students’ information needs/research difficulties, preferably including difficulties from the students’ perspective.
Tailor the session to the specific assignment.
Produce appropriate materials for the session (LibGuides, PPT, handouts, etc).
Review student and faculty evaluations after they are tabulated in order to discern areas for improvement.

For additional information, please contact:

Elin O'Hara-Gonya, Associate Librarian
Office: Feinberg 323
Phone: (518) 564-5187
E-mail: oharaea@plattsburgh.edu