ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Library Orientation Program
Description
The library orientation is a programme that is offered to faculty, first year students and transferees as an introduction to the library’s resources, as well as information on study skills and academic integrity to help and make their school experience successful.
It is designed to educate faculty and students in locating and using appropriate print and non-print or online resources for their research and assignments. The program includes the following:
Demonstration of the libraries electronic services
Hands – on activities
Library tours
To ensure participation of students, coordination is done with teachers of English I classes to facilitate students’ attendance. The librarian conducts the orientation that includes library tours and demonstration.
Objectives
To familiarize students with library facilities, resources and services
To ensure that library users can make use of the library services and its facilities adequately and to their own satisfaction
To enable library users to become skilled at finding information and thus foster feeling of confidence and independence
To acquaint students with the basic databases searching techniques
To introduce faculty and students to issues of academic integrity (Copyright and plagiarism)