Education Library Faculty/Contract Lecturer Guide

In 2011, the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) approved the Information Literacy Standards for Teacher Education. 

The main purposes of the Information Literacy Standards for Teacher Education are to:

• Guide teacher education faculty and instruction librarians in developing information literacy instruction for teacher education students.

• Enable the evaluation and assessment of such instruction and curricula through benchmarking outcomes.

The Standards aim to communicate to teacher education students expectations for information literacy knowledge and skills they need to develop and apply in their academic work and pre-service teaching. The Standards also aim to lead teacher education students to consider how they might integrate information literacy into their future curriculum, instruction, and assessment activities once a member of the teaching profession.

The Education Library offers introductory orientation sessions and Curriculum-integrated sessions  for B.Ed. and graduate level courses.  Examples of sessions include: 

• Curriculum & Instruction in ..... courses:  the library can provide an introduction to the landscape of print and digital teaching resources (fiction, non-fiction, multimedia,  software, primary sources, kits, etc.) available for these specific subject areas. 
• Aboriginal Education and Native Language Instructor Programs:  The Education Library can provide an overview of specific resources available for these subjects that are available both in print and online in the Education Library and in other libraries on campus. 
• ED 5010:  the Education Librarian can bring students through the literature search process with an overview of the academic search tools available through the library.  Google Scholar and effective Google searching are also a part of this session. 

To arrange a customized library instruction session for your course, please contact Gisella Scalese, Education Librarian by phone 807-343-8719 or email gscalese@lakeheadu.ca