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Receive help with classes from the Libraries@UW-Madison

Posted 8/21/2003

Will your students be doing library research this semester? Concerned
that they should use more than just the free Web for their research
assignments? If so, the Library & Information Literacy Instruction
Program offers a variety of programs that can assist you in helping your
students learn how to find relevant information efficiently from a
variety of sources.


LEARN ABOUT NEW RESOURCES & SERVICES
Each semester the campus libraries acquire many new resources. They also
introduce new services, such as changes in electronic reserves <http://www.library.wisc.edu/copyright/reserves.html> and in article and book delivery <http://www.library.wisc.edu/services/ill.htm>.

Many students do not know these new resources exist, let alone how to
use them. The campus Library & Information Literacy Instruction Program
can help your students learn about these through a variety of
opportunities. For more information about new resources, see:
<http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/WhatsNew.html>.


CUSTOMIZED COURSE-RELATED INSTRUCTION
Librarians from the campus Library & Information Literacy Instruction
Program can work with you to develop customized instructional sessions
to help students learn the specific skills and strategies needed to
complete research assignments for your courses. For more information
about scheduling a session, see:
<http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Instruction/sched.htm>.

We also have a generic library course page in both WebCT
<http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/webct/> and Learn@UW (Desire to Learn)
<http://www.doit.wisc.edu/faculty/elearning/cms/> that can be customized
for your course with course-specific links to library resources and
services. For more information, contact: Renee Schuh, 265-9849, rmschuh@wisc.edu.


DROP-IN LIBRARY WORKSHOPS AND TOURS AND SATURDAY PROGRAMS
*Each semester the libraries offer drop-in tours and workshops for
faculty, students, and staff. The workshops teach everything from
building a Web page to finding grant information. For those who are new
to campus, we have a workshop called "Libraries in a Nutshell: An
Overview of Resources and Services."

*For your convenience, several workshops are being offered on Saturdays.
For a complete schedule of our tours and workshops, see:
<http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Instruction/>.

*As part of our "Have Workshops/Will Travel" service, we also will be
glad to do some of our workshops for meetings or colloquia in your
department. To schedule a program for your department or group, contact
the campus coordinator for library instruction, Abbie Loomis, aloomis@library.wisc.edu, 262-4308, <http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Instruction/>.


NEW WORKSHOP SERIES! "EXPANDING THE POTENTIAL OF PRIMARY SOURCES:
LOCAL COLLECTIONS GO ONLINE"
This new series, scheduled for 1:15 p.m. the first Wednesday of each
month, will feature one of the libraries' locally-created digital
projects, as well as other discipline-related online sources. This fall
the series will focus on digital collections being developed by campus
librarians in the Decorative Arts, in University Archives, in Asian
Studies, and in music. For schedule information, see:
<http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Instruction/descriptions2003c.htm>.


NEW DEEP WEB WORKSHOP! "BEYOND GOOGLE: EXPLORING THE DEEP WEB AND EVALUATING WHAT YOU FIND"
This new program teaches strategies for advanced Internet searching and
for using specialized Internet databases. It also explores
subject-oriented Web directories to find high quality Web sites. See:
<http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Instruction/descriptions2003c.htm>.


MORE DETAILS
For more information about the campus Library & Information Literacy
Instruction Program, see <http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Instruction/>, or contact the Program Coordinator at 262-4308 (E-mail: aloomis@library.wisc.edu).

 

 

 

 

 

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