Notes for Course Instructors
The BHCC Library Liaison Program and Information Literacy Workshop Program are the vehicles that ensure and guide coordination and collaboration among the BHCC library staff and the BHCC full time and adjunct faculty. The Virtual Library Movement, Digital Convergence, Knowledge Management, The Telecommunications Act and The Digital Millennium Copyright Act are just of few of the issues that necessitated and continue to propel the need to align the BHCC library with the ideas surrounding what goes into forming and delivering the Library of the 21 Century here at BHCC.
The BHCC library is user focused. Its collection of resources and the staff who bring meaning to its holdings relate and contribute directly to the idea of providing academic support to all BHCC students. Information use is intricately intertwined throughout the BHCC General Education Requirements and information proficency use is a critical factor in the success of BHCC students in their academic, personal and work lives. The guidelines are simple. Take a look at the Competency Standards and consider how easy it is to draw parallels to existing course activities. The library provides a centralized resource where you can help students to gain proficiency in practicing participation in their own learning in creative, self-directed, and interesting ways.
Below are a few links to help you see where the BHCC library has been active in the area of information literacy and how you might particpate.
- Library Instruction Files This link takes you to the active library instruction page where working files are posted for student use during and following a library instruction session. The files are organized by subject area.
- Workshop Consultation Form Consult with a BHCC librarian to establish the parameters for aligning a course assignment with information literacy standards.
- Information Literacy at BHCC Familiarize yourself with the content and ideas of what is referred to as Information Literacy.
- Plugging into Information Literacy An article about the BHCC library workshop program and how, with a little bit of creative effort, it fits into courses across the curriculum.
- Faculty Workshops Discover what's new, learn about some of the features of traditional sources and resources, and work with library staff members to help them to help your students to succeed.
- Student Workshops Take a look at the workshops already underway. The calendar of workshop activity details the number and scope of sessions that help the BHCC library staff to reach over 3,500 students through quality interactive information based experiences that help students to be stronger and more independent lifelong learners.
Contact your library liaison as soon as possible:
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Diane Smith: Arts, Humanities, Architecture, Foreign Languages, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, Community and Public Service, Education, English, and Communication Media (E331, ext. 3240, smith@noblenet.org)
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Enzo Surin: Student Government Association and the Office for Students with Disabilities (E330, ext. 2071, surin@noblenet.org)
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Jesse Gordon: Physics and Math, Criminal Justice, Science, Government and History (E328, ext. 2307, jgordon@noblenet.org)
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Dan Crocker: Computer Technology, Hospitality, Office Education, ESL, Business, Workforce Development, and Health (E328, ext. 3479, dcrocker@bhcc.mass.edu)