One of the library's goals is to ensure that students develop information literacy skills for independent learning. We encourage faculty to have a librarian meet with their class to discuss resources that would be helpful for library-related assignments. Librarians and faculty work together to plan the session, which is based on the class assignment.
Help is available for creating effective classroom library assignments .
Faculty have found that library instruction can improve the quality of students' papers and assignments. Students experience less anxiety about working in the library and become familiar with basic research techniques. Classes are usually held in one of two instruction rooms located at McDonald Memorial Library. Instruction Room I is located on the first floor of the library opposite the microform center and the current journal collection. This room provides 24 workstations for active learning.