Instruction web page

(Links to...)

• Email Instruction
• See all Library Research Guide
• See all Library Workshops
• Academic Technology Services & User Support (ATSUS)
• Cornell University Student Academic Goalshttp://www.cornell.edu/provost/assessment/resources.cfm

About the instruction program

Our instruction mission is to enhance learning and integrate information competency into the curriculum. Library staff partner with faculty and other instructors to help all members of the academic community to find their way into collections, and to master research techniques and methods. In a rapidly changing information and education environment, we help them learn the skills needed to find, read, evaluate, and use complex resources from the Cornell University Library and beyond, in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion.

Faculty can select from a variety of instruction approaches including in-person presentations, group consultations, and online guides and tutorials. These approaches can be easily integrated into existing coursework. The Library also partners with on-campus resources, such as The Center for Teaching Excellence, to help faculty design new assignments that integrate and assess components of information literacy. Contact us for more information.

(VIDEO: Faculty profile)

Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will develop an understanding of how scholarly information is formally and informally produced, organized and disseminated in order to select appropriate research tools and resources relevant to their field of inquiry.
• Students will find and use relevant information available from the Library collections, the internet, and other sources in order to confidently access needed information effectively and efficiently.
• Students will be able to evaluate information sources critically according to selected criteria (such as authority, currency, bias, etc) in order to select appropriate sources to inform their research.
• Students will analyze and synthesize the information they find in order to accomplish a specific purpose (a paper, presentation, movie, etc.).
• Students will develop an understanding of the ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of information in order to use, cite, and acknowledge information sources appropriately