Date January 29, 1996

Person(s) Responding: Jacqueline Shuirman, Sylvia Winder, Dan Dickmeyer, Madeline Britton, Debra Jones [ Johanna Bowen]

Contact Phone Number 408-479-5726

1. General Description of Program/Service

Library instruction is an essential component of Library services in our academic community. Librarians design and deliver instruction in the use of traditional as well as electronic information resources. Instructional models include:

• Classroom based orientations to information resources;
• Library 10 -Information Research, a 1 unit course taught in partnership with English 1A asa corequisite;
  
• Library 15 I - Using the Internet, an introduction to research utilizing online sources such as the World Wide Web;
  
• Library 15 C - Critical Thinking in an Online World, (a recommended class with English 2)
• Specialized instructional sessions in research competencies are offered to meet the research needs of classes throughout the curriculum. As teaching Librarians we actively encourage library users to become trained researchers in the complex and changing world of information.

In this information age, library activities are at the heart of information access training (Malinconico, 234). Libraries work together with other members of the education community to participate in and realize the educational mission of the institution. Librarians participate in the design and development of instruction programs and services (Woodard, 767). As funding for school libraries decrease, library instruction at the college level becomes acutely necessary. The notion that one size fits all doesn't work and will work less in the future. Librarians need to be responsive to the varied backgrounds and circumstances of all library users.Library users will increasingly utilize electronic information tools, searchingOPAC's, online sources and CD-ROMs, etc. Typically, inexperienced users will search...in ways that are inefficient and ineffective. (Tenopir, p. 96).Librarians must take the responsibility of training users to better understand the coverage of the electronic databases as well as develop better research and evaluative strategies.

Library instruction is moving from the reference area to electronic classrooms. (Feinman, p. 33). Classroom sessions enhance the learning process by encouraging team teaching and learning while providing hands -on access to electronic information tools, including online resources, multimedia, and audio/ video technology. (Feinman, p.53).

Librarians will need more training to keep pace with changes in resources, instructional techniques and use of instructional equipment (Woodard 769). Librarians will also need to do more outreach to faculty regarding what we can offer in classroom instruction and new resources in their specific disciplines. The rising importance of information and information handling technologies is drawing librarians ever more conspicuously into the mainstream of the activities of the organization they serve. (Malinconico , 234).

3. Interrelationships with Other Areas of the College:

The disciplines taught in all departments of the College are supported by the Library's multi-disciplinary approach to information literacy. Presentations on research strategies for particular disciplines are given by Librarians throughout the year.

The Library Instruction program plans to coordinate efforts with the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center to design courses and programs which will instill in the learner the cognitive skills, and the confidence to seek out, analyze, and synthesize valuable and relevant information for any research or personal need. The Library Instruction program seeks further collaborative learning experiences with College departments and programs (ref. Library 10, Library 15 I and 15 C).

Librarians also anticipate the development of new learning models to meet the challenges of an ever changing, dynamic information society within the context of the Library/Learning Resources Center.

4. Department or Unit Objectives:

• 1) Develop collaborative teaching and learning experiences for instructors and students of specific subject disciplines and occupational programs, highlighting the available online and print resources. The courses could take the form of the present Library 10 and Library 15, ( one to two unit credits) but with a specific focus and depth. The new Library instruction facility will enable the coordination and delivery of these courses. (Goals 1,2, 4, 6)
  
• 2) Provide on-demand instruction in the ever evolving state of information technology, by providing adequate and comprehensive open access to and training in information resources. (Goals 2,3, 4, 6, 7)
  
• 3) Schedule revolving two hour instructional sessions through-out the academic year, using Netscape to explore subject resources on the World Wide Web.
  
• 4) Develop outreach programs to the satellite learning sites of Cabrillo (Watsonville, San Lorenzo Valley), high schools, and community groups to explore the learning opportunities of the Library/LRC for all community members. (Goals 1, 2, 3)

• 1) Academic subject specific and occupation specific Research and Information Literacy courses, developed collaboratively with college instructors, with the input of community professional members.
  
• 2) Information Literacy course (one unit) as a General Education Requirement in Area A: Communications & Critical Thinking.
  
• 3) Drop-in sessions scheduled throughout the semester teaching the mechanics of searching specific electronic sources. (OPAC, World Wide Web, Academic Abstracts, etc.).
  
• 4) Tailored programs for transfer students to teach the information competencies skills they will require upon transfer to UC and CSU campuses.
  
• 5) Design an introductory program to the Library/Learning Resource Center for incoming high school students.

  All of the programs/services listed will directly effect students' abilities to achieve success not only for specific research assignments but also in the pursuit of lifelong learning.

The Library is the intellectual center of the college. The mission of library instruction is to provide the college community with open access to information and with the understanding of how to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information.

In order to achieve this mission the library must devote its instruction resources to support a broad spectrum of the college curriculum. The Library instruction program must meet the needs of students, faculty, staff, administration, and community. To accomplish this mission the library must:

• Establish a full time Library Instruction Librarian faculty position
  
• Introduce a full spectrum of credit bearing and non credit bearing courses to provide the community with the necessary options which will facilitate information literacy.
  
• Develop programs to provide instruction for Watsonville students.
  
• Develop programs for occupational studies and for articulation with high school students.

a. Proposed service/program change

• Develop cross disciplinary instruction to match the research components of classroom instruction throughout the campus.
  
• Offer drop-in learning sessions on electronic information tools including the World Wide Web, OPAC, Academic Abstracts, etc.
  
• Workshops for faculty/administration/staff focusing on information tools and resources.

• Provide an instruction program for the Watsonville campus.
  
• Develop a program with local High Schools to facilitate articulation.
  
• Develop a 1 to 2 unit course on Information Literacy and Access as a required course for all entering students.
  

• One full-time Library Instruction Librarian to coordinate and design Library Instruction services and to interact with Campus Computing and Academic /Vocational Instruction/Education Development Center/Articulation office.

It is hoped that the Furniture and Equipment budget for the new building will provide a base from which to offer the new programs.

e. Facilities implications of proposed changes/additions/deletions.

The Library/LRC remodel has been designed to accommodate the instructional programs/services outlined in this document.

f. Critical timelines, if any.

The Library Instruction program should be able to implement many of the new programs upon the completion of the Library/LRC. The program will benefit immediately by staffing and equipment additions. The new program for information literacy will require an additional full time librarian position for 1996/97.

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