About Library Instruction at Transy: Overview

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This form is for instructors wanting to arrange for an information literacy or research component in their courses or for TU staff requiring library instruction or orientation for their department. We can assist with teaching Google apps, such as making the most of Google calendars, and other campus technology platforms with advance notice.

It is: Ability to identify a knowledge gap and figure out how to fill that gap ethically, efficiently, and effectively. Information literacy instruction reaches across all disciplines and levels.  At Transy, students will learn how information is organized and searched. They will also be instructed in how to identify, locate, and evaluate the best sources of information to satisfy a given need and how to use information ethically.

Our Goal: help students build knowledge and research skills incrementally throughout their four years at Transy which will serve them well when they move on to graduate school or professional work.

It is: Ability to use and to critically evaluate technology resources, virtual learning tools, and technological concepts for their academic assignments and use them ethically.

Our Goal: 

• Formalize the current educational technology instruction which happens organically through the library instruction program and services and to partner with program initiatives of the Digital Liberal Arts and university goals to expand educational technology 

• Develop cohesive, structured educational technology instruction/support for our current and future students and others on campus.

Information Literacy, in a nutshell, is the ability to identify a knowledge gap and figure out how to fill that gap ethically, efficiently, and effectively. Information literacy instruction reaches across all disciplines and levels.  At Transy, students will learn how information is organized and searched. They will also be instructed in how to identify, locate, and evaluate the best sources of information to satisfy a given need and how to use information ethically.

Information literacy skills aren't just used for academic purposes, such as research papers and group presentations. They are also used on the job.  Employers desire people who can navigate the sea of information available, select the most useful or relevant information, and use that information to improve goods and services. Consumer decisions also require us to think critically and spend wisely. Deciding which car or which vacuum cleaner to purchase has an impact on life quality. Besides, an informed citizenry is vital to a healthy democracy. Understanding the issues and having the ability to separate fact from fiction benefits society.

This program is built utilizing the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education