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Library Instruction For First Year Students, Amrita Dhawan, Ching-Jung Chen Jan 2014

Library Instruction For First Year Students, Amrita Dhawan, Ching-Jung Chen

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Purpose
– This paper aims to discuss the background, design and implementation of the new library instruction. When a new core curriculum for first-year students was adopted at the City College of New York in the fall of 2008, the City College Library took this opportunity to establish a new approach to teach library research to freshmen. Two library workshops were embedded into a six-credit combined content and writing course.
Design/methodology/approach
– This paper documents the process by which the City College Library successfully transitioned to the new system and also reflects on the theory and practice of teaching information …