The working group, consisting of Camille, Gaby, Lynn, Jaron, Tracey and Wendy, approved the following statement:

" In a rapidly changing information environment, librarians partner with faculty to teach students how to find, select, and use the best resources available in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion. Students benefit from a variety of instructional methods, from credit-bearing research courses to video tutorials."

Working group editing space

Original Statement
The library's instruction mission is to enhance learning and integrate information competency into the curriculum. Library staff partner with faculty and other instructors to help all members of the academic community to find their way into collections, and to master research techniques and methods. In a rapidly changing information and education environment, we help them learn the skills needed to find, read, evaluate, and use complex resources from the Cornell University Library and beyond, in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion.

Edited Statement
Cornell University Librarians partner with faculty to enhance learning and integrate information literacy into the curriculum. In a rapidly changing information and education environment, we help students learn how to find, read, evaluate, and use complex resources, in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion, by offering elective and credit-based workshops, designing web based guides and tutorials, and embedding librarians into courses.
Edited Statement- gaby
Cornell University[? not sure if we should cross this out..] Librarians partner with faculty to enhance learning and integrate information literacy into the curriculum. In a rapidly changing information and education environment, we to help students learn how to find, read, evaluate, and use complex resources, in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion, by offering elective and credit-based workshops, designing web based guides and tutorials, and embedding librarians into courses.

Can we change "find, read, evaluate, and use" to "find, use, and evaluate?" Tracey

Edited Statement -- Lynn (just trying some things out. Okay to discard if it doesn't sound "right.")

In partnership with Cornell faculty, librarians offer elective and credit-bearing courses and workshops on information discovery and use, create online guides and tutorials, and integrate librarians into classroom instruction to help students learn how to find, evaluate, and use complex resources confidently, efficiently, and ethically

Edited Statement Camille

In a rapidly changing information environment, librarians partner with faculty and others to help students learn how to find, evaluate, and use the best resources available in a confident, efficient, and ethical fashion, using a variety of instructional methods from full courses to online tutorials (last bit is a link to library instruction website).

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2 Comments

  1. The last, by Camille, is really strong.

    In my attempt, I had deleted the phrase "in a rapidly changing environment" because I was trying to avoid the run-on sentence. I'm glad to see it back! I think it's an important piece.

    I like Camille's version, expect I would still say "complex resources" rather than "the best resources available", but either way, it sounds good (to my ears).

  2. I agree that the last stmt is really strong.