Abstract: The library instruction program at Indiana University-South Bend
(IUSB) is much like programs at most other universities. The freshman study
skills class and the freshman writing class have required library components
in which the librarians introduce the basics of academic library research.
Upper level and graduate classes have instruction only upon the request of
the individual instructors. While we occasionally have the luxury of seeing a
class two times in a semester, the majority of instruction is one-shot. We
also offer occasional workshops open to any student, and our reference-byappointment
allows more in-depth instruction for an individual. While assessment
of our instruction program shows that students do benefit from our
efforts, students often ask how they could learn more.
For quite some time we had considered offering a credit course, but
we had not been able to free up one individual's time to develop and teach it,
and none of the librarians wanted to take on all of the additional work alone.
After much discussion, we eventually decided to team teach the course using
all of the instruction librarians (who are also most of our reference librarians).
In the spring of 1996, we began teaching a one credit-hour course
called Library Resources and Skills offered through the School of Library
and Information Science (SLIS). This article describes the process we used
in planning, teaching, and revising the course since its inception.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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