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What is Library Instruction and its benefits?

Library instruction provides students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to appropriately interact with information in any form. With this, library instructors are committed to helping students through the research and creative project lifecycle. Through library instruction, students enhance their information literacy (including data literacy, media literacy, and other related literacies). By integrating library instruction into your coursework, students can:

Gain a deeper understanding of information bias and misinformation
Learn how to approach the research lifecycle for creating, finding, and sharing information
Confront and critique their information practices and biases
Incorporate tools necessary to become organized researchers
Interact with librarians they'll encounter throughout their time at the university

What is Information Literacy?

Information literacy is the ability to engage with information to achieve an information need related to research and creative endeavors. Librarians are experts in information literacy, data literacy, media literacy, and a host of other related literacies, helping students discern bias and determine what information is appropriate to fulfill their information need.

What is taught during Library Instruction?

Library Instruction sessions are customizable. Faculty can choose from a variety of topics, including (but not limited to):

Strategically searching the library's catalog and other academic databases.
Academic Publishing.
Citation and Citation Politics.
Media Literacy (podcasting, video recording, etc.).
Primary Sources, Special Collections, and Archival Materials.
Data Management, Data Analysis, and Data Visualization.

Who provides Library Instruction?

Library instruction is provided by librarians across the University Libraries. Consult the chart below to find the right instructor for your discipline.

Librarian	Disciplines	Department / Library
Kay P. Maye	Sociology, Education, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Social Work, Economics, Political Economy, Emergency & Security Studies, Data Analysis & Visualization, Data Management	Scholarly Engagement
Raquel Horlick	Biomedical Engineering, Biosciences, Cell and Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology	Scholarly Engagement
Victoria Elmwood	Classics, English, French and Italian, German and Slavic Studies, Medieval Studies	Scholarly Engagement
Katherine Hicks	Art, Architecture, Communications, Philosophy, and Media + Design	Scholarly Engagement
Rachel Stein	Anthropology, History, Jewish Studies, Political Science, Africana Studies, Middle East & North African Studies, Asian Studies, Native American Studies, Linguistics	Scholarly Engagement
Lisa Hooper	Music, Dance, Theatre, introductory creative media literacy	Scholarly Engagement/Media Services
Sean Knowlton	Digital Scholarship, Research Management	Digital Initiatives
Laura Wright	School of Medicine, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine	Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Downtown Campus
Mary Holt	School of Medicine, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine	Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Downtown Campus
Bea Calvert	School of Medicine, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine	Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Downtown Campus
Agnieszka Czeblakow	Primary Source Literacy, Book History, Archives and Archival Research	Tulane University Special Collections
Melissa A. Weber	Multidisciplinary, Primary Source Literacy	Tulane University Special Collections - Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz
The Latin American Library	Latin American Studies (all disciplines), Spanish & Portuguese	The Latin American Library
Turchin Business Library	Business	Turchin Business Library
Bernadette Floresca	Primary Source Literacy, Archives and Archival Research, Women’s and Gender History, and Gender and Sexuality Studies	Newcomb Archives and Vorhoff Collection

Tutorials

Interested in asynchronous learning materials? Check out our video tutorials.

Assessing Library Instruction

Instruction Librarians are committed to provided excellent service! To do so, we collect data before and after instruction sessions that helps us continually elevate our practice. Please give your students the following survey before each instruction session: Pre-Learning Survey (Course Instruction). Collected data will not be shared outside of the library.