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Information Literacy

Information Literacy at the CIA

The librarians at the Culinary Institute are committed to collaborating with faculty to support our students’ development of key information literacy skills during their time here at the CIA.

What is Information Literacy?

Information literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, organize, use, and communicate information in all its various formats.  It is a combination of research skills, critical thinking skills, and communication skills.

What we aim to achieve

The CIA Library strives to promote information literacy values to all students by developing engaged learning strategies and collaboratively integrate information literacy into curriculum via tutorials, assignments, and course instruction. 

 

Services for Faculty

Information literacy instruction helps students critically assess new information, become better researchers, and effectively use resources available to them through the library. To coordinate information literacy instruction for your course or department, contact Erin Irving.

Library Orientation

Bring your class to the library for an orientation session in which a librarian will introduce students to our services, spaces and resources offered.

Classroom Instruction

Collaborate with our librarians to teach information literacy concepts and research skills. We will design a customized class session for your class and/or assignment. Multiple class sessions, of various lengths, are also an option for projects.

Assignment Design

Librarians can consult with you on activities and assignments that extend information literacy into strategies and resources specific to your course and discipline.

Course Research Guides

Course research guides, available through the library website, can be created to support your specific course. These guides include content such as journal articles, eBooks, databases, videos etc.

Services for Students

Please consider adding our services and/or contact information to your course syllabus. 

Reference Assistance

Students can make an appointment or stop by the reference desk to meet individually with a librarian. To make an appointment visit the library website and click on Make an Appointment under Library Help.

Here it the direct link: https://hiltoncalendar.culinary.edu/appointments 

Citation Walk-In Hours

Every Monday 2pm-4pm, librarians are available at the reference desk to help with citing papers properly. No appointment necessary. 

Meet the Librarians 

Sonia Lisboa-Ochoa, Reference Librarian sonia.lisboa-ochoa@culinary.edu

Erin Irving, Manager, Library and Information Services erin.irving@culinary

 


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