It is our hope that these Library Survival Skills banners will not only add a bright splash of color, but also will pique the curiosity of students, faculty, and staff alike. The Library Survival Skills banners highlight our ongoing commitment to information literacy. The banners are a very visible way of announcing that Library Survival Skills workshops will once again be offered this spring semester. Students have several options. For our entrepreneurial business students, a series of Business Library Survival Skills workshops will also be offered.
All workshops are free and no registration is required.
Because this program is so popular, requests for specific library instruction sessions must be made at least two weeks in advance. During these faculty-requested sessions, students are actively involved in understanding the process of identifying, retrieving, evaluating, and using information in both traditional and electronic resources that will help them complete research assignments. The distinction between popular and scholarly materials, primary and secondary sources, as well as critical evaluation of web resources may also be covered. Students and faculty consistently tell us that they find these sessions invaluable. It is our hope that these instructional opportunities offered by the Pollak Library will not only prepare students for their immediate curricular activities, but also help them to be effective lifelong users of information in its multifarious formats.