Library Instruction
Library Instruction for Education
Our subject specialist for
education can provide customized hands-on library instruction
for students, demonstrating the tools and collections available for
their research. Besides teaching search techniques and "tips of the
trade," instruction sessions can also focus on the evaluation of
information sources, correct citation (including use of RefWorks),
and other topics relating to library research.
Examples of Instruction Sessions -
Classroom Facilities - Requesting a Library Instruction Session
Examples of Instruction
Sessions
Library instruction sessions can last an entire class session,
or can be as short as 15 to 20 minutes (depending on the subjects
covered). Some examples of library instruction sessions
include:
- An orientation to the K-12 Curriculum
Materials Collection.
- A comprehensive introduction to education resources for a BA
seminar.
- An instruction session focusing on how to locate newspaper and
magazine articles from the 1950s and 1960s about school
desegregation.
- An workshop on the
RefWorks bibliographic management tool.
- An overview of sources for education statistics.
- A brief discussion of the importance of note-taking and record
keeping for
academic honesty.
- A visit to the Special Collections Research
Center to review sources about U of C's Education Department in
the University
Archives.
Classroom
Facilities
The Library has a number of spaces which can be used for library
instruction sessions, including:
- Room A-11: A multimedia conference room that
can seat up to 50 students.
- Room 153: A hands-on computer classroom that
sits 15-20 students.
- Media Seminar Room (Coming Soon!): A
technology-equipped seminar room for classes of 20-30
students.
- K-12 Curriculum Materials Collection Seminar Room (Room
406): A small seminar room for 8-10 people, designed to
support the use of the K-12 Curriculum Materials
Collection. Priority of use is given to students and faculty of
the University of Chicago's Urban Teacher Education Program
(UTEP).
- Marie Louise Rosenthal Seminar Room: A
technology-equipped seminar room for the use of Special Collections
Research Center materials in your teaching. Learn
more.
Iinstruction sessions can also be provided outside the Library
in your classroom.
Requesting an Instruction
Session
If you are interested in arranging for an instruction session,
please contact Rebecca Starkey.
