The Public Services Instruction Team provides leadership for library-wide instruction initiatives, and supports CUL in its commitment to effective instruction and comprehensive information and related literacies (data literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, primary source literacy), by serving as a clearinghouse for information, facilitating a community of practice, and partnering with other groups on initiatives and projects of shared import.

 In December, PSEC Instruction hosts an end-of-semester event featuring trainings, presentations, refreshments, and discussion. Every May, PSEC Instruction co-organizes an end of semester event with the Reference and Outreach (R&O) and Liaison Program Steering committees. PSEC Instruction uses these outlets to highlight a variety of instruction methods being taught, in addition to conducting workshops and training on how to improve instruction. Topics might include: assessment, teaching with technology, threshold concepts, and curriculum development.  Instructors working on new projects are invited to share their work with the larger group.

Within Instruction, tasks are distributed across subteams:

  • Information Literacy/Instruction Leadership
  • LibGuides
  • Programming
  • Outreach and Communications
  • Assessment

 

 

 Leadership Team
  • Jeremy Cusker, Team Lead
  • Lenora Schneller, Past Team Lead and Specialized Humanities and Social Sciences representative
  • Ashley Shea, Incoming Team Lead
  • Christina Sheley, Director Sponsor

Cluster Reps/Liaisons

  • (Open), Physical Sciences representative
  • (Open), Humanities and Social Sciences representative
  • Lenora Schneller, Specialized Humanities and Social Sciences representative
  • Julia Gardner, RMC representative
  • Mel Jensen, Life Sciences representative
  • Nina Scholtz, Law representative
  • (Open), Specialized Business and Hospitality representative
  • Christian Miller, ILR representative
  • Kelly Johnson, Veterinary Library representative

Member(s)-at-large

  • Lynn Thitchener, member-at-large
  • Ashley Shea, member-at-large
  • Marcie Farwell, member-at-large