Librarians at the Carl B. scaffold instruction based on Information Literacy dispositions and knowledge practices:
Carl B. librarians use these resources in their instruction:
Librarians are ready to be supportive of your integrative learning plans and projects throughout the process.
As you work with the Framework for PEAK Development, please let your librarian know how the library can serve your class needs.
All first-year students participate in an orientation to campus which includes a tour of the library building and its services. This early introduction to the library highlights library use as an integral part of academic culture.
Following the orientation tour, all Inquiry students participate in a Library Launch, a librarian-led hands-on introduction to the library. The Library Launch typically includes the following elements:
If you are teaching an Inquiry Seminar, contact your library liaison early to schedule the Library Launch for your students.
Faculty are welcome to schedule additional library research instruction sessions after the Library Launch. Sessions typically:
Librarians are ready to support you in your pedagogical goals for first-year students as they learn research skills and develop critical thinking dispositions.
See these past examples of how faculty have incorporated research into classes.
Contact your library liaison for assistance incorporating research into an assignment.
In consultation with faculty, librarians can tailor instruction sessions to meet specific needs for the individual class and for the discipline subject area.
Numerous students will have an instruction session in the Library Lab or Classroom at least once during their senior year, while others are required by faculty to "check-in" with a librarian for individualized help with their research over the course of their final year at Concordia. Our outcomes for Information Literacy for senior year are flexible and intended to serve individual faculty members' needs and goals for the course.
Contact your library liaison; they can help schedule a session in the library and answer questions you might have about information literacy.
Yes! Your library liaison will work with you to meet the needs of your class throughout the semester.
Yes! We often have faculty schedule hands-on working days with library reference sources, databases, and books to help students move their research forward. These sessions can be scheduled to have the faculty member and/or the librarian serving as guide-on-the-side for student work.
Your liaison librarian can work with you to create a worksheet or online activity, providing students with hands-on work time and resources, which can then be graded by you as part of a class participation, journaling activity, etc.
Yes, contact the Concordia College Archives at archives@cord.edu for more information.
Check out the DH@CC Toolkit, which provides background information on Digital Humanities, a tool list with tutorials, and workshop materials to get you started.