Reference Service, Library Use Instruction and Information Literacy Reference Service, Library Use Instruction and Information Literacy Reference Service Librarians are faculty members who are professionally trained to assist you in your library work. They save you time and frustation in your search for information. Librarians assist you in searching for available materials on your topic, as well as locating materials in the LRC, in another library, or on the Internet and the World Wide Web. They can assist you in developing curriculum oriented toward library use.
Librarians provide help to faculty and staff either in person, by telephone or through e-mail.
The LRS is committed to a program of course-integrated library instruction. This programs introduces students to information resources, strengthens their research skills, and facilitates critical thinking skills. Course-integrated programs which introduce basic library skills as part of required coursework are available in several disciplines. Learning Resource Services and the faculty of Austin Community College are working together to develop a plan for the integration of information literacy skills across the curriculum. Further information about libraries and information literacy can be found at the web page for the ACRL Institute for Information Literacy .