Services for Faculty 

• Information Literacy & Instruction Program
• InfoSessions: Library Training Workshops
• Instructional Curricular Coordinators

Librarians assist and instruct students in the identification, use, and evaluation of information sources through instruction sessions (curricular and non-curricular), online tutorials, and the library web site.

Librarians can also help faculty members develop reading lists, establish links to readings in Blackboard, comply with copyright regulations, and identify the inappropriate use of references or plagiarism instances.

Librarians work with students to make them independent, self-sufficient information users. Adapting the American College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, to our programs here at Babson, we have the following goals for students at both the undergraduate and the graduate level.

After completion of required courses the information literate student:

Has familiarity with library facility, resources and services

Can conduct global company/organization and industry research

Evaluates information and its sources critically

Understands the value of information and uses it ethically

Librarians work as partners with faculty members to assist and instruct students in the identification, use, and evaluation of information sources. We begin by providing library orientations to all students at the beginning of their first year at Babson. Research guides, open workshops, individual and group consultations, plus faculty-requested research guides, workshops, and live demonstrations on research strategies for specific class projects are examples of additional services provided to students.

Faculty members should call or e-mail their division’s library liaison to discuss options and arrange instructional sessions.

For more information about our library instruction and information literacy programs, contact Dominique Winn, Undergraduate Instruction Librarian, at dwinn@babson.edu or x6482, and Kristin Djorup, Graduate Instruction Librarian, at kdjorup@babson.edu or x4471.