BHCC Library Workshop Program
Information Literacy at the Library | Library Instruction Programs | The Workshop Program | Workshop Development | Instruction Support Files | Assessment and Evaluation
For more information, BHCC instructors should contact their faculty liaison:
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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, crocker@noblenet.org)
Information Literacy at BHCC
The BHCC Library follows ALA / ACRL definitions and standards for Information Literacy. We look at Information Literacy as a set of skills that:
- Enables people to recognize when information is needed
- Enables people to locate, evaluate, and use effectively needed information.
- Forms the basis for lifelong learning
- Is common to all disciplines, all learning environments, and all levels of education.
See the paper Plugging Into Information Literacy for a deeper discussion of Information Literacy as a education initiative.
Subject Focus Sessions
The bulk of the library's work in Information Literacy outreach is accomplished through the Workshop program, which serves 2,500 to 3,000 students per calendar year. These sessions are constructed using a template based upon the American College & Research Libraries (ACRL) competency standards, indicators, and outcomes.
Collaboration is Key
Faculty Workshops related to Library instruction
Subject-focused workshops are taught by the the Faculty Liason to that subject department, and these workshops are specifically designed to support the instructor's efforts to meet course goals. Workshop content is most often the direct result of a deliberate collaboration between an instructor and the presenting librarian to ensure practical application of the session's content.
During this collaboration process, instructors are asked about class goals as well as expectations for the library workshop session. To make this workshop as useful as possible to BHCC instructors and students, librarian instructors also ask for a copy of the class's syllabus and any pertinent assignments. Workshop objectives and goals may be based on previous sessions for that class or topic, or they may be tailored to your class's particular needs as discovered through the collaborative process.
While each workshop is tailored to the class assignment, the library staff has an internally-developed set of ACRL competencies mapped to BHCC course levels to serve as general guidelines:
- ENG 090 / 095: course description and competencies
- ENG 111: course description and competencies
- ENG 112: course description and competencies
- upper level ENG / LIT 200 and above: course description and competencies
For specific examples of library workshop activity, take a look at these specialized web files supporting current sessions.