Library Support for Valpo Core Faculty

Available on the Valpo Core 2006-07: Student Resources website

www.valpo.edu/library/fc/

This web page (link above) provides students with a focused set of resources chosen specifically to support their Core readings and assignments. Each unit will have reference materials and web resources listed with each specific work.

As library-related assignment supports are created, they will be listed from this page as well.

The "Who Can Help Me?" section helps them in determining how to contact librarians for specific assistance and where to receive quick answers to their general questions.

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Other Resources

An especially useful text:

Challenging and supporting the first-year student : a handbook for improving the first year of college
M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot; San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005
   Christopher Center Stacks-3rd floor, LB2343.3 .U63 2005
   Table of contents    Publisher description    Contributor biographical information

Christopher Center Library Instruction Services Program

        Information Literacy and Student Learning:

• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
  "These standards were reviewed by the ACRL Standards Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) on January 18, 2000, at the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in San Antonio, Texas. These standards were also endorsed by the American Association for Higher Education and the Council of Independent Colleges (February, 2004). " from the ACRL Information Literacy website
     http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm
     http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/informationliteracy.htm
  
• Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
  From the ALA American Association of School Librarians, this K-12 standards document is a foundational resource when considering students' need to be information literate.
     http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/informationpower/InformationLiteracyStandards_final.pdf

VU Writing Center

Types of Writing Assignments (UW Madison)

The Christopher Center as a Classroom

• First floor:
  Writing Center (Joyce Hicks, x5216),
  Computer clusters and alcove area, Meadow Reading Room, Media viewing rooms
  
• Second floor:
  Classroom 205 (Tiered classroom, reservation information)
  Community Room (reservation information)
  Training rooms 261-A & 261-B (reservation information)
  
• Third floor:
  University Archives, A - L Stacks, Collaboration and Study rooms of varying sizes
  Conference Room 368 (seats 14-16; reservation information)
  
• Fourth floor:
  Terrace, M - Z Stacks, Collaboration and Study rooms of varying sizes,
  Conference Room 468 (seats 14-16; reservation information)