FP Library Instruction Program

The Franklin Pierce College Library will promote information literacy and improve student use of library resources in the following ways:

• We will offer library instruction sessions which educate students in the principles of information literacy, in alignment with the College's "TeaCH" goals.
• We will offer instruction sessions which improve students' use of library resources.
• We will offer instruction sessions which utilize active learning principles.
• We will work with faculty to discuss class and assignment design in ways that promote the use of library resources and the development of an information-literate student body.
• We will seek out and use new technologies for the purposes of advancing the above goals.

The Library supports and adopts the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries in January of 2002.

Library Instruction Sessions

For a full list of library instruction sessions offered this semester, please see the main Research page on this site.

To Schedule a Session:

Contact the Reference Librarian (at least 1 week in advance) and include in your request:

• your name
• your extension
• course number
• course title
• days of week/time
• number of students
• your 3 preferred date choices

If you want to use the instruction room for a use other than library instruction, please contact the Reference/Serials Librarian and review the Library Instruction Room Use Policy to make sure your planned use of the room meets with the guidelines laid out in that policy.

What is Information Literacy?!?

Using the definition offered in the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, an information literate individual is able to:

• Determine the extent of information needed
• Access the needed information effectively and efficiently
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Incorporate selected information into one's knowledge base
• Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
• Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally

What is a Scholarly Source?!?

Scholarly sources are ones which are written by and for people who study and teach about a particular topic. They are often difficult to read, as they frequently use "jargon" that may be unfamiliar to the general public. Scholarly sources are usually unaccompanied by advertisements and they use only graphs, charts, and informative drawings or images as illustrations.