First Year Program 2009 

The First Year Program Library session is an active learning lesson plan, customized for each FYR cluster, and is Step 1 in the LACC Integrated Curricular Elements (ICE) for Information Literacy:

Information Literacy Group Final Report

Step I: Liberal Arts Clusters (FYR)
During the freshman year, all students will attend an information literacy session during the FYR class of the Liberal Arts Clusters. The fifty-minute Information Literacy Scavenger Hunt is customized for each cluster. This active learning exercise includes a brief introduction to the Library web site, catalog, and databases. Students use the web site, the Reference Desk and 1st floor service desk to guide them in their search for books from the Reference collection, circulating books, an eBook, a current periodical, a bound journal, microfilm, microfiche and a video. Students bring back the items they find and demonstrate what tools they used to find their assigned materials. This session provides students with a more in-depth appreciation of the wide range of library resources and empowers them to use the Library with the help of the web site and the reference librarians.

Students are divided into five groups, and each group is given a different assignment, relevant to their cluster (i.e. when we teach the Art/Music cluster, students are asked to find an Oversized art book and a music CD, while other clusters may find a video and/or DVD relevant to their two LACC classes). Sample cluster assignments are provided below, along with handouts for the Library of Congress Classification System and the Top 10 Things Every Freshman Should Know About the J. Eugene Smith Library.

Top 10 Things Every Freshman Should Know About the J. Eugene Smith Library

Library Of Congress Classification System

FYP #1: Economics & Environmental Sciences*

FYP #2: Chemistry & Psychology*

FYP #3: Education & Math*

FYP #4: English & Theater*

FYP #5-Sociology & History*

Contact Information:

E-mail Susan Herzog, Janice Wilson or Carol Reichardt

Call Susan (x54470), Janice (x55550) or Carol (x55566).

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Last Update: June 26, 2009.

* Adapted from Gradowski G. (1998). Crime and punishment. In Gradowski G., Snavely, L. & Dempsey, P. (Eds.). Designs for active learning: A sourcebook of classroom strategies for information education (p. 10). Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries and Prorak, D. (1998) Focus on Skills: Using the Classification System and Finding Periodicals. In Gradowski G., Snavely, L. & Dempsey, P. (Eds.). Designs for active learning: A sourcebook of classroom strategies for information education (p. 19-22). Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries.