Mission Statement
The mission of the Monroe Library's Teaching & Learning Team is to provide the Loyola University New Orleans community with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively identify, find, evaluate, create, share, and use information for academic success, and also to support lifelong learning; this information literacy includes educational technology as well as technology in general. Our team is committed to instruction that respects all learners and learning styles, emphasizes active learning, and incorporates the latest trends in technology and pedagogical approaches.-Approved by the Teaching & Learning Team, July 2007.
- Library Instruction by Appointment
- Current and past library instruction courses/programs
- Online learning and information literacy
Library Instruction By Appointment
The library offers sessions by appointment; these are tailored to the specifics of your course (for faculty) or to individual needs (for faculty, staff, students). To request Instruction by Appointment, Research by Appointment, or Technology by Appointment, please use our online request form.
The Monroe Library follows the ACRL Standards for Information Literacy when designing instructional materials. Information literacy is 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." -American Library Association. Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. (Chicago: American Library Association, 1989.)
Examples of information literacy topics:
- understanding and creating a research question
- academic integrity and plagiarism
- scholarly articles vs popular articles
- identifying primary sources
- evaluating web resources
- finding articles on current events
- understanding citations
- literature reviews
- research strategies
- creating a bibliography
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Current and past library instruction courses/programs
Library Research 2.0. Ongoing. Covers basic technology (Excel, PowerPoint, webpage design, Photoshop) within the context of library research, analyzing web sites, building bibliographies, etc. Meets 75 minutes once a week all semester; one credit hour.
Technology for Music Students. Ongoing.
Required for all freshman music majors; 0 credits; 50 minutes once
a week. In three segments: Music specific library research; MacLab
music sequencing equipment, notation software, etc.; Microsoft Office,
Google Earth and some 2.0 applications. Team-taught by three instructors.
Intro to Music Industry Studies. Ongoing. A 10-session library-specific
segment of the course dedicated to research (like MRI+, PollStar, Rolling
Stone, Business Source Premier, census information, etc.) and bibliography
and citation building.
Research Strategies. Fall 2008. This course was a co-requisite with Education & society and Non-profits and the news agenda. The courses examined the connection between education and social inequalities in New Orleans as well as the role of mass communication, local non-profits and news organizations in shaping public policy. Research Strategies was a one-credit research component of the three-course package.
One-shots. Ongoing. Approximately 40 Instruction by Appointment sessions every fall semester, 30-35 each spring semester. Between five and ten Research-by-Appointment and Technology-by-Appointment, each type, each semester.
Staff Conference Day. Once annually. All staff
from Loyola’s campus participate in professional development workshops,
all on one day, all offered in library classrooms. Several of the workshops
are taught by library staff and faculty: presentations by Special Collections;
hands-on workshops for PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and Word; 2.0 applications,
Google Earth, and other online resources of interest.
Online learning and information literacy
The library currently supports online learning by creating tutorials for use through Blackboard, providing audio and video streaming services, and taking an active role in the faculty groups who work on creating pedagogically sound online or hybrid courses.