Resources and Services for Faculty
Request a Library Instruction Session
To request a library session, please contact us as early as possible so we can accommodate your preferences. You may use the electronic form or contact individual librarians directly. Please provide the name of the course, day and time of the class, potential dates on which to teach the library sessions and specific assignment requirements.
Individual contacts at both campuses include the following:
At UP Green Library:
- For ENC 1101, 1102 & SLS 1501 please contact Cynthia Dottin - phone: 305-348-2414; email: dottinc@fiu.edu
- For all other classes you may contact the liaison librarian for your department or Stephanie Brenenson, Coordinator of Library Instruction - phone: 305-348-1843; email: brenenso@fiu.edu
At BBC Library:
Instruction Options
Library instruction for specific courses and disciplines
Library instruction is available to any course within any academic discipline. Library instruction offered in the context of a discipline-specific course is one of the most effective methods to teach research skills because it has a direct relationship to the research requirements of a course and consequently supplements the course itself. Course-related instruction is taught by a librarian in one or more sessions. These sessions are specifically tailored to your class needs and are most effective when done in conjunction with a specific assignment. In addition, the timing of a session is especially important to student motivation and learning and should coincide with occasions when the students will be working on their research assignments.
Librarians will work with you to design instruction sessions that cover appropriate topics such as those listed below. When scheduling your library session(s), it is helpful to remember that the more content we cover, the more time we will need to meet these objectives. Please discuss this with the librarian who will be teaching your class.
- Developing a search strategy
- Finding and locating books, articles and other information resources
- Finding web resources
- Preventing plagiarism
- Evaluating information resources
ENC 1101 & ENC 1102 Classes
As part of the Libraries' Information Literacy Program, these sessions are provided for all freshman to develop skills to effectively locate and evaluate information. To arrange a class, see contact information above.
Student self-help options
Tutorials and guides are available for students to learn independently.
- Integrating Information Competencies into course objectives
- Assignment Troubleshooting
Library Instruction Program