The Connelly Library provides a variety of instructional services to La Salle University undergraduate and graduate students. Instruction may include any of the following:

Formal Classroom Instruction
Course Related/ Assignment Specific instruction
1-on-1 at the Information Desk
In-Class Presentations in your classroom
Hands-On

Classroom instruction should be scheduled at least two weeks in advance to ensure the use of the Library classroom and allow time for dialogue between faculty and teaching librarians. For more information about the service and to make a formal request you can do one of the following:
E-mail doane@lasalle.edu or call (215) 951-1287.

Information Literacy

Our Mission	Definition
Why Teach Information Literacy?	Information Literacy Competency Standards
Active Learning Techniques	Best Practices
Recommended Readings	Handouts

Our Mission

To facilitate activities in the teaching and understanding of information literacy competencies in order to support and enhance the La Salle University curriculum and encourage the development of lifelong learning skills.

Information literacy implies a general understanding of and competence in three integrally related areas:

Knowing how information is formally and informally produced, organized and disseminated;

Knowing how knowledge is communicated and;

Knowing how to evaluate, synthesize and incorporate information into written, oral and media presentations

Definition

"A set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilintro.html#ildef

Why Teach Information Literacy?

According to the ACRL Standards and the Middles States Commission on Higher Education: http://www.msache.org/

"Each institution should foster optimal use of its learning resources through strategies and initiatives designed to help students develop information literacy…."
Commission Higher Education Middle States Association (1994 pp. 15-16)