Emphasis should be placed on the variety of contemporary technologies used for accessing learning resources. Stephen F. Austin State University is in compliance with this criterion. The program statements attribute responsibility for achieving this outcome to the entire SFA faculty. Orientation to library services is provided to new faculty as part of their orientation to the university. The orientation has recently been restructured so that the library orientation is offered separately and so that faculty have nearly the entire time allotted to meet with their subject librarians.
Faculty are responsible for introducing their students to basic use of the library.
Students and faculty can also request individual orientations with their subject librarians. Seven Steps to Effective Library Research is tailored to the Ralph W. Steen Library services and collections. Pages from the web version of the tour may be easily printed in order to provide new library users with a walking tour of the library.