We ask that you as faculty members….

- be active participants in the session, answering questions, clarifying assignment questions and research topics, and assisting students during the practice periods in class.

- learn along with students about the always-changing resources for your discipline, not only for your own information, but also to help students with questions later and create the best assignments.

- emphasize the importance and value of the session to students. This includes asking students to pay attention and take notes. We encourage you to give students a grade of some form related to the research skills class.

- remind students that they probably don't "already know all this" because they visited the library before. Sessions are customized for the research needs of the specific class and assignment. New subject-specific resources are introduced in each class. Learning to research involves practice. Just as one does not become a good writer after writing once, or a great baseball player after playing a game once, a violin virtuoso after practicing the instrument once ... one cannot be a good researcher after researching a paper once, especially in a different topic. It is a skill that is constantly improved with experience.

- consider testing and grading students on the content of the session. When it’s tied to a grade, we find students pay stricter attention, interact more readily, and learn more. Instruction Librarian Joyce Miller can provide a short quiz (multiple choice or open-ended questions) for the end of class or provide questions to be included in your exams. Discuss this option with Joyce.

- thwart discipline problems before and during class. Inappropriate classroom behavior includes any actions decreasing the librarian’s ability to teach effectively or preventing other students from learning.

- This includes students (or faculty...) who talk or use a computer when the librarian is teaching or creating any other distractions.

- Please do not permit students to "start research on their own" in class. This is very distracting to the other students and undermines their learning. All students learn something new in each class.