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Library more than
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By Jamillah
R. Gabriel
On-line Forty-Niner
As the semester
moves on, students will come to rely on the University Library
and its resources more and more. Impending projects and papers
will send students running to the Library for material on
every imaginable subject. In particular, students may find
the services of the Library's Instruction Office helpful.
Most students get their first exposure to the library through
the University 100 course, which includes a library component
designed to help entering students get acquainted. This component,
a collaboration between Library Instruction and University
100, consists of assignments where students answer questions
that promote a better understanding of the COAST online catalog.
"It's a way to reach large numbers of new students and
to provide them with fundamental information," said Henry
DuBois, associate dean of library services.
University 100 is usually offered the week before classes
officially begin, rather than throughout the semester like
regular courses. As a result, a basic problem of the component
is that it is not linked to a real life need. DuBois said
that students' "point of need," when a student actually
needs to use COAST to find a book for a course assignment,
is not always met.
"I was able to learn some valuable information about
how the Library works, but when my first paper was assigned,
I had forgotten a lot of it," said Jennifer Stevens,
a sophomore sociology major.
The Library is looking for ways to better integrate the real
needs of the student with information literacy instruction,
DuBois said, citing that course-integrated instruction and
consultations with librarians help achieve this.
Course-integrated instruction is a service in which the instructor
has a librarian give a lecture on the resources available
that are relevant to a particular course, said Nadia Milukhin,
coordinator of Library Instruction Lectures.
This is particularly helpful in narrowing down numerous resources
to just a select few that are most applicable.
Unlike course-integrated instruction, consultation by appointment
can prove to be very beneficial to the student who would like
one-on-one help with a research project. Students can schedule
consultations with subject specialist librarians who help
get students started with research material, Milukhin said.
"Through discussion of a detailed search strategy, students
can learn about specialized reference works in detail,"
said DuBois.
In addition to all of these services, students can also arrange
to take a library tour, view a virtual tour through the Library's
Web page at www.csulb.edu/library, or view the U100 library
component workbook, which is available for checkout at the
reserve services department.
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