Cornell University Library Instruction Charge
The Public Services Instruction Team provides leadership for library-wide instruction initiatives, and supports CUL in its commitment to effective instruction and comprehensive information and related literacies (data literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, primary source literacy), by serving as a clearinghouse for information, facilitating a community of practice, and partnering with other groups on initiatives and projects of shared import.
End of Semester Events
In December, PSEC Instruction hosts an end-of-semester event featuring trainings, presentations, refreshments, and discussion. Every May, PSEC Instruction co-organizes an end of semester event with the Reference and Outreach (R&O) and Liaison Program Steering committees. PSEC Instruction uses these outlets to highlight a variety of instruction methods being taught, in addition to conducting workshops and training on how to improve instruction. Topics might include: assessment, teaching with technology, threshold concepts, and curriculum development. Instructors working on new projects are invited to share their work with the larger group.
Subteams
Within Instruction, tasks are distributed across subteams:
- Information Literacy/Instruction Leadership
- LibGuides
- Programming
- Outreach and Communications
- Assessment
Instruction Team Members 2020-2021
Leadership Team
- Jeremy Cusker, Team Lead
- Lenora Schneller, Past Team Lead and Specialized Humanities and Social Sciences representative
- Ashley Shea, Incoming Team Lead
- Christina Sheley, Director Sponsor
Cluster Reps/Liaisons
- (Open), Physical Sciences representative
- (Open), Humanities and Social Sciences representative
- Lenora Schneller, Specialized Humanities and Social Sciences representative
- Julia Gardner, RMC representative
- Mel Jensen, Life Sciences representative
- Nina Scholtz, Law representative
- (Open), Specialized Business and Hospitality representative
- Christian Miller, ILR representative
Member(s)-at-large
- Lynn Thitchener, member-at-large
- Ashley Shea, member-at-large
- Marcie Farwell, member-at-large