Library Instruction
The Waidner-Spahr Library of Dickinson College is a teaching and learning laboratory. As part of the overall mission of Dickinson College, the Library nurtures information literacy as a lifelong learning process. The librarians are committed, in conjunction with the faculty of the College, to provide useful instruction in the location, evaluation and utilization of information in its many different forms.
In keeping with the Association of College and Research Libraries’ “Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction,” the librarians of Waidner-Spahr strive to make each student at Dickinson College a competent, efficient, and critical information gatherer, by teaching them how to:
- Recognize when information is needed
- Determine/select what available resources are the most appropriate for each investigation
- Phrase appropriate lines of questioning to begin research/Designs effective search strategies/Determines when and if initial search queries should be revised
- Locate/retrieve/acquire information determined to be valuable
- Critically evaluate the relevancy of the information gathered
- Use the acquired information for knowledge comparisons and added value
- Appropriately acknowledge/cite resources
- Recognize and respond appropriately to the economic, legal and social issues associated with information retrieval.
To accomplish these goals, the liaison librarians continually strive to develop and maintain strong partnerships with faculty members from all academic disciplines, in order to integrate progressive information literacy programs to students at all four levels of the study of their major.
Please click on the Library Liaison link to determine what librarian is attached to your department.
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