| Bibliographic Instruction Program |
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The Bibliographic Instruction Program at Union defines its mission in terms of striving to nurture within its students the desire to become lifelong learners. The Library's bibliographic instruction program contributes to the College mission by trying to provide Union students with the research tools and strategies that will help them to meet their personal information needs-not only throughout their college years but for as long as they remain intellectually active contributors to society. Specifically, we are trying to teach students how to identify useful information and how to pull it together from a variety of sources as they make critical judgments about the value and reliability of what they have found. Through this program we attempt to make formal contact with every First-Year Preceptorial student and then again, in many cases, when the student is conducting course- or thesis-related research. A great deal of informal, individualized instruction-from selecting and searching the appropriate electronic database right through downloading results to the student's individual e-mail account-also takes place daily as a result of the reference service provided here. Because various information technologies play a critical role in the contemporary information seeking process, we devote considerable time to instruction in their use. We are careful, however, to place all the tools and sources that we present within the broader context of the research process in general. The instruction program undergoes constant revision in response to faculty and student needs and input, the evolution of information technology, and our own professional self-examination. All librarians contribute to the Library's instructional and to some extent, at least, this experience has served as a vehicle for keeping abreast of the technological changes that are taking place. The program-and particularly the effort each librarian puts into his or her personal contacts with the students-also aims to demonstrate the Library's a sincere desire to provide the best possible service to every individual with whom we have contact. To inquire about Library Instruction Options or to Schedule a Library Instruction Session Contact: Bruce Connolly, Reference and Bibliographic Instruction Librarian: x6281, x6613. Suggestions or problems with this page should be directed to Bruce Connolly |